Jean Batten
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1909 – 1982
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Who was Jean Batten?
Jean Gardner Batten CBE OSC was a New Zealand aviator. Born in Rotorua, she became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930s, internationally, by taking a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. It was she who in 1936 made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand.
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- Born
- Sep 15, 1909
Rotorua - Siblings
- Nationality
- New Zealand
- Profession
- Died
- Nov 22, 1982
Majorca
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on July 23, 2013
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