Jane Winstone

Ngā ingoa tuatahi

Jane AWMM

Ingoa whānau

Winstone AWMM

Ira tangata

Female AWMM

Whānautanga mai

24 Sept 1912 AWMM

Wāhi noho i mua i te whakaurunga

WW2 Wanganui AWMM

Pakanga

World War II, 1939-1945 AWMM

Te Ope o Tū / te peka

Air Force AWMM

Te urunga

WW2 19 Aug 1942 AWMM

Taipitopito ekenga waka

WW2 Second Officer AWMM Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) AWMM

Tuhinga hauora

Killed in Air Accident, Cause of Death AWMM
Killed in an aircraft accident AWMM

Te tūnga whakamutunga

10 Feb 1944 AWMM Lieutenant/Military AWMM
Royal Air Force, Air Transport Auxiliary, 12 Ferry Pool AWMM

Jane Winstone was the daughter of Arthur George Winstone and Lina Storme Clapham, of Wanganui

Fiance of Angus Carr MacKenzie (NZ404491) lost on an operation in the Atlantic in 1942.

She took up flying at the age of 16 and flew solo at age 17. She also met her fiance through the Wanganui Aero Club.

In 2005 a retirement village in Wanganui was named in memory of "one of New Zealand's greatest aviators" the Jane Winstone Retirement Village. AWMM

Matenga

10 Feb 1944 AWMM
Age  31 AWMM

Te momo matenga

Killed in Air Accident AWMM

Urupā

Maidenhead Cemetery, Berkshire, England AWMM Sec. D. Row W. Grave 17. AWMM

Ingoa maumaharatanga

Jane Winstone Retirement Village, Wanganui, New Zealand AWMM

Tangata Ope Tauā

Hononga ki waho

• Dictionary of New Zealand Biography. Essay.
  http://www.dnzb.govt.nz/dnzb/alt_essayBody.asp?essayID=5W42
  Further Reference
• 'Wanganui retirement village named after aviatrix.' Press Release; Ryman Healthcare, 5 August 2005
  https://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/GE0508/S00030/wanganui-retirement-village-named-after-aviatrix.htm
  Further Reference
• ATA Personnel Archives
  https://archive.atamuseum.org/personnel.php
  Further Reference
• Commonwealth War Graves Commission
  https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2436492/JANE%20WINSTONE/
  Further Reference
• Fortune, Gabrielle. 'ATA-girl': The Fab Five of New Zealand Aviation. Auckland War Memorial Museum - Tāmaki Paenga Hira. First published: 31 March 2021.
  https://www.aucklandmuseum.com/war-memorial/online-cenotaph/features/anzac-2021/attagirls
  Further Reference

Ngā tuhinga

• Martyn, E. (1998-2008). For Your Tomorrow (Vols. 1-3). Christchurch, N.Z.: Volplane Press.
• Laine, S. (1989). Silver wings : New Zealand women aviators. Wellington, N.Z.: Grantham House.
• Service Women Project: Sponsorship to research this record was kindly provided by the Auckland Returned Services Association, Returned Servicewomen's Branch; Marjorie Traill, Dorothy Grant, Daphne Shaw and Margaret Woollett.
• Royal New Zealand Air Force. (1941–1945). Contact: National magazine of the R.N.Z.A.F.; the official organ of the Air Force Association (Inc.). Levin, New Zealand: Royal New Zealand Air Force.
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