Jean Batten

Births: North Island, New Zealand (63 items)
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Jean Batten was a New Zealand aviatrix. Born in Rotorua, she became the best-known New Zealander of the 1930s, internationally, by making a number of record-breaking solo flights across the world. She made the first-ever solo flight from England to New Zealand in 1936. Batten also served as a driver with the Anglo-French Ambulance Corps during World War II.