About Nancy Stratford
Born 1919. Nancy Stratford is an aircraft pilot and helicopter pilot.
Nancy Jane Miller Livingston Stratford (born June 12, 1919) is an American aviator. She transported warplanes as a pilot in the civilian Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA) in Great Britain during World War II and was later a pioneering helicopter pilot in Alaska. She is the last surviving "Attagirl", as the women pilots of the ATA were known. She flew for the first time at 16 when her brother took her on a sightseeing flight over Los Angeles for her birthday. She celebrated her 106th birthday in 2025, saying that the real key to long life is "chocolate and vodka tonics".
In 2015, she was recognized as an Alaskan Aviation Legend by the Alaska Air Carriers Association.
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American aviator
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Nancy Stratford was born in 1919.
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Nancy Stratford is an aircraft pilot and helicopter pilot.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Nancy Stratford. https://biography.guide/nancy-stratford/
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