Lois Butler

Lois Butler
Born Lois Reid
(1897-11-03)3 November 1897
Montreal
Died 17 August 1970(1970-08-17) (aged 72)
Piraeus, Greece
Resting place St Mary's Church, Studham
Education Havergal College, Toronto
Occupation Aviator
Spouse(s)
  • Lieutenant-Colonel Hugh William Knox-Niven
  • (married 1918-1923)
  • Alan Samuel Butler (chairman of the de Havilland Aircraft Company)
  • (married 1925)
Children Alan David Butler and Carol Horton

Lois Butler (3 November 1897 – 17 August 1970) was an Olympic skier, aviator and one of the early members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA).

Life

Butler was born in Montrael to Minnie and Sir William Duff Reid who owned railways in Canada.[1]

She and her second husband, Alan Samuel Butler, set a world record for two-seater light planes, of 119.77 m.p.h. in 1928.[1]

Butler was a skier and she represented Canada at the 1936 Winter Olympics in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, captaining the women's team and competing in the women’s combined event. [2][3]

Butler was one of the first eight members of the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA). By the end of the war, she had more than 1000 flying hours and had flown 36 types of aircraft, and was one of the most experienced service pilots.[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Lois Butler". www.oxforddnb.com. Retrieved 2016-10-28.
  2. ↑ "Lois Butler Bio, Stats, and Results".
  3. ↑ Whittell, Giles (19 November 2005). "Those Magnificent Women". The Times. Retrieved 28 October 2016 – via Gale.
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