ID | 026951 |
Call Number | 921/SHI |
Title Proper | Girl who could fix anything: Beatrice Shilling, World War II Engineer |
Language | ENG |
Author | Rockliff, Mara ; Duncan, Daniel (ill.) |
Publication | London, Walker Books, 2021. |
Description | 20p Sky Blue Spine |
Note | Beatrice Shilling wasn’t quite like other children. She could make anything. She could fix anything. And when she took a thing apart, she put it back together better than before.But when World War II broke out and British fighter pilots took to the skies in a desperate struggle for survival against Hitler’s bombers, it was clearly time for new ideas. Could Beatrice solve an engine puzzle and help Britain win the war? |
Standard Number | 9781406399004 |
Price. Qualification | £12.99(Hb) |
Classification Number | 921 |
Key Words | Biography ; World war, 1939-1945 ; Aeronautics - Biography ; Engineers - England - Biography ; Women engineers - Biography ; Shilling, Beatrice, 1909-1990 ; Shilling, Beatrice, 1909-1990 - Biography |