Wife of Sir Samuel Hoare, Viscount Templewood but achieved her DBE in her own right, by flying in 1927 a 12,000-mile round trip flight inaugurating the London-Cairo-Delhi air service, the first woman ever to fly such a distance. Her husband accompanied her for which he was appointed GBE. Even for the times this seems an easy way for him to pick up letters after his name.
This section lists the memorials created by the subject on this page:
Lady Maud Hoare DBE
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Croydon airport opening
There are two versions of this plaque, identically worded, attached to either...
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Myra Josephine Royal
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Royal Air Forces Association
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Hilda Hewlett
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Brymon Airways
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WW2 aircraft crash
The story of this crash is very well told at Their Last Night. Here we give a brief summary. The plane was a a Mark 5 Halifax No DK 253 of 427 Squadron based at Leeming, Yorkshire. It was one o...
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