Alex Clarke recalls that two of his aunts ferried aircraft during World War II. A family story concerns one aunt taking her lifelong female partner on a moonlit flight in 1942, possibly aboard a Wellington or Lancaster. The aircraft and details remain uncertain, and the passenger was said to have been unauthorized. The recollection also describes a relationship known within the family despite the euphemisms used around it.
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A ferry pilot's wartime relationship
A family recollection connects wartime aircraft ferrying with a possibly unauthorized flight and a relationship acknowledged within the family.