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Adelaide Pollock

1885 – 1939

Northern Irish aviator

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About Adelaide Pollock

Lived 1885 – 1939 (aged 53–54). Adelaide Pollock was an aircraft pilot.

Adelaide Franklin Cleaver (née Pollock; 188514 August 1939) was an Irish aviator from Northern Ireland.

Life and flying She was the daughter of Northern Ireland's first Minister of Finance, Hugh MacDowell Pollock. Her husband was Lieutenant-Colonel Arthur Spencer Cleaver.

In July 1933 she was responsible for a flying display which was held at Aldergrove Aerodrome, Co. Antrim with the intention of stimulating air-mindedness in Ulster. In 1934, Mary de Bunsen wrote that "Mrs Spencer Cleaver makes the usually fatiguing journey to Northern Ireland three or four times a year in her own aeroplane, and, fitted with extra tanks to save refuelling during the day, it has many times enabled her to breakfast in London, shop in Paris from 11 to 1, and return in plenty of time for dinner at her house in London."

Equipment An immense lover of flying, Cleaver owned several aircraft:

a 1929 de Havilland Gipsy Moth G-AAEA, Willo the Wisp, which she sold to Venetia Montagu; a 1930 de Havilland Gipsy Moth G-AAVY Will o' the Wisp II, which she sold to Lady Howard de Walden; a 1930 De Havilland Puss Moth, G-ABFV a 1933 Percival D.2 Gull Four IID, G-ACIP

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Born
1885
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Adelaide Franklin Cleaver

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People whose lives overlapped Adelaide Pollock's

Frequently asked questions

Who was Adelaide Pollock?

Northern Irish aviator

When was Adelaide Pollock born?

Adelaide Pollock was born in 1885.

When did Adelaide Pollock die?

Adelaide Pollock died on 14 August 1939.

What was Adelaide Pollock's occupation?

Adelaide Pollock was an aircraft pilot.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Adelaide Pollock

· Wikidata: Q45025536

· DBpedia: Adelaide Cleaver

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