Theatre Review: Spitfire Girls @ The Buxton Opera House
The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) is an unsung part of the history of World War 2. Formed because of the need to transport planes from base to base but without the pilots available to do the job, it recruited men who were unfit for combat and – unthought of previously – women to fulfill the role with the revolutionary idea of equal pay. Spitfire Girls – which is now on tour – offers a slice of what life was like […]
