The last surviving female Spitfire pilot who flew 400 of the planes during the Second World War has died aged 101.
Mary Ellis was the last known remaining pilot of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA), which delivered Spitfires and bombers to RAF airfields during the war.
At the start of the war, women were not allowed to fly military aircraft, but this changed in 1940. Mrs Ellis, whose maiden name was Wilkins, joined the ATA in 1941 after hearing an advert for women pilots on the radio.
She was born into a farming family in Brize Norton, Oxfordshire, in 1919 and learnt to fly at a nearby flying club.
After joining the ATA, she started at Central Flying School, training on Tiger Moths, Harts, and Hinds. She had spent more than 1,100 hours flying 56 different types of aircraft by the end of the war.
Mrs Ellis was one of the last six female pilots still flying for ATA by the end of 1945.
Red Arrows pilot Mike Ling MBE was among those to pay tribute to Mrs Ellis on Twitter.
Author John Nichol, the retired Royal Air Force navigator, described Mrs Ellis as a "truly remarkable lady".
And Dan Snow, the television historian, posted pictures of a visit to Mrs Ellis just last week.
During the post-war period, Mrs Ellis returned to Brize Norton and continued farming, before moving to the Isle of Wight where she took up a job at an airfield.
She enjoyed keeping sheep and used them to graze the grass. She also enjoyed driving rally cars. Mrs Ellis married Donald Ellis in 1961, who shared her love of flying.
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Earlier this year, she was awarded the Freedom of the Isle of Wight, aged 100.