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SALMON, Honor Isabel First Officer, Air Transport Auxiliary. Honor died age 30 on 19 th April 1943. She was based at Number 15 Ferry Pool at Hamble-le-Street near Southampton. On 19 th April 1943, she was ferrying an Airspeed Oxford north from Hamble to Colerne in company with another aircraft, a Spitfire. The visibility deteriorated. The other plane turned back and Honor flew on. Unfortunately, her plane crashed into high ground at Roundway Hill, just north of Devizes, Wiltshire. She was the granddaughter of Sir Isaac Pitman (developer of shorthand) and daughter of Ernest Francis and Frances Isabel Pitman of The Cottage, Dyrham and the sister of Peter Pitman Butler and John Pitman (both commemorated here). She married Major Henry Salmon at St Peter's Church, Dyrham, Gloucestershire, on 20th June 1941. There is a memorial plaque in St Peter’s, Dyrham to her and her two brothers: Her grave in the churchyard is marked by an eagle on a stone plinth:
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SALMON, Honor Isabel
First Officer, Air Transport Auxiliary.
Honor died age 30 on 19th April 1943.
She was based at Number 15 Ferry Pool at Hamble-le-Street near Southampton. On 19th
April 1943, she was ferrying an Airspeed Oxford north from Hamble to Colerne in company with another aircraft, a Spitfire. The visibility deteriorated. The other plane turned back and Honor flew on. Unfortunately, her plane crashed into high ground at Roundway Hill, just north of Devizes, Wiltshire.
She was the granddaughter of Sir Isaac Pitman (developer of shorthand) and daughter of Ernest Francis and Frances Isabel Pitman of The Cottage, Dyrham and the sister of Peter Pitman Butler and John Pitman (both commemorated here).
She married Major Henry Salmon at St Peter's Church, Dyrham, Gloucestershire, on 20th June 1941.
There is a memorial plaque in St Peter’s, Dyrham to her and her two brothers:
Her grave in the churchyard is marked by an eagle on a stone plinth:
Badge of the Air Transport Auxiliary
The Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) was a WW2 civilian organisation run by BOAC under military control. It ferried new and damaged military planes for delivery at UK factories, assembly plants, airfields etc. It also transported service personnel on urgent duty and took part in air ambulance transfers.
For more information about the Air Transport Auxiliary, see:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Air_Transport_Auxiliary
http://airtransportauxiliary.com/
http://atamuseum.org/
http://www.raf-lichfield.co.uk/ATA%20Casualties.htm
http://www.hamble.net/ATA.html
Thanks to the staff of the Air Transport Auxiliary Museum at the Maidenhead Heritage Centre for providing information about Honor Salmon.
