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Amy Johnson

pioneering English aviator (1903–1941)

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Amy Johnson was a pioneering English aviator who became famous in the 1930s for her record-breaking long-distance flights, including a solo journey from England to Australia. She matters as a trailblazer who demonstrated that women could achieve extraordinary feats in aviation during an era when flying was dominated by men.

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Born: ( 1903-07-01 ) 1 July 1903, Kingston upon Hull , East Riding of Yorkshire , England
Disappeared: 5 January 1941 (1941-01-05) (aged 37), Thames Estuary , near Herne Bay , Kent , England
Status: Believed to have died in an aviation accident
Education: Boulevard Municipal Secondary School
Alma mater: University of Sheffield
Occupations: Aviator engineer
Spouse: Jim Mollison ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 29 July 1932</span>"}]]}'>1932 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1938 )

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Amy Johnson (born 1 July 1903 – disappeared 5 January 1941) was a pioneering English pilot who was the first woman to fly solo from London to Australia.

Flying solo or with her husband, Jim Mollison, she set many long-distance records during the 1930s. In 1933, Katharine Hepburn's character in the film Christopher Strong was inspired by Johnson. She flew in the Second World War as a part of the Air Transport Auxiliary. Her aircraft crashed into the Thames Estuary: she died after bailing out. Because her body was never recovered, the precise cause of her death—drowning, hypothermia or being pulled into a warship's moving propellers, is unknown and has been a subject of discussion since the possibility of friendly fire was raised in 1999.