SHARLAND, Freydis (1920-2014)
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Paul Theroff
Oct 13, 2026, 9:35:36 AM (8 days ago) Oct 13
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Freydis Sharland, née Leaf, "a pioneering woman pilot", died 24 May 2014.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freydis_Sharland
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/freydis-sharland
Born 22 Sep 1920, dau of Charles Leaf and of his wife, Hon. Catherine Kay-Shuttleworth (dau of 3rd Lord Shuttleworth).
Per Wikipedia: "On the Edinburgh Castle liner to South Africa with her mother to visit her brother, Leaf met Tim Sharland, a former British Army officer. They married shortly after, on New Year's Eve and worked both in Africa and Britain. They had three children, two daughters and a son. Freydis Sharland stopped flying for several years while her children were young but took it up again when her youngest was 17. After she retired from training young women pilots with the Girl's Venture Corps she began flying microlights until the end of the 20th century."
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Freydis_Sharland
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/10/freydis-sharland
Born 22 Sep 1920, dau of Charles Leaf and of his wife, Hon. Catherine Kay-Shuttleworth (dau of 3rd Lord Shuttleworth).
Per Wikipedia: "On the Edinburgh Castle liner to South Africa with her mother to visit her brother, Leaf met Tim Sharland, a former British Army officer. They married shortly after, on New Year's Eve and worked both in Africa and Britain. They had three children, two daughters and a son. Freydis Sharland stopped flying for several years while her children were young but took it up again when her youngest was 17. After she retired from training young women pilots with the Girl's Venture Corps she began flying microlights until the end of the 20th century."
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