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Born at Wortley, Leeds, Yorkshire, she was educated at Sheffield High School, and joined the Women"s Auxiliary Air Force in 1941.
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Molly Allott
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She remained in the WAAF after the war, and continued into the permanent Women"s Royal Air Force when it was established in 1949. After postings in Egypt and Singapore, she served on the staff of John Grandy, commanding Royal Air Force Germany, from 1960 to 1963, and returned to the United Kingdom for a staff post in Royal Air Force Fighter Command. She later served at Royal Air Force Training Command before being promoted to Director of the Women"s Royal Air Force in 1973.
She was concurrently made an aide-de-camp to the Queen, holding both titles until 1976.
After stepping down as Director, she chaired the Girls Venture Corps and held positions with the Union Jack Club and the Royal Air Force Benevolent Fund. She also helped fundraise for the Battle of Britain Museum at the Royal Air Force Museum, Hendon.
She was the first woman in the Royal Air Force Supply Branch to have been promoted to the rank of Air Commodore.
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December 12, 2013 (aged 94)