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The new Spitfires need to be flown to RAF bases desperate for reinforcements. That鈥檚 the job of the ATA Girls - the female flyers of World War Two.

The new Spitfires need to be flown to RAF bases desperate for reinforcements. That鈥檚 the job of the ATA Girls - the female flyers of World War Two, some of the first women in Britain to receive the same wages as their male counterparts.

Presenter: Tuppence Middleton
Producers: Alasdair Cross and Emily Knight
Editors: Chris Ledgard and Kirsten Lass

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A female pilot (Credit: Imperial War Museum)

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