Celebrating International Womens Day 2024 at Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum

IWD Talk Tickets include admission to all the museum galleries and displays like A Woman’s War, as well as complementary tea and cake.

The men and women of Air Transport Auxiliary made a huge contribution to victory in World War II. Initially, women were dismissed as not being up to a job as a pilot. Flying unarmed, without radios, and navigating by map reading, they soon proved the critics wrong and achieved just as much as the men.

ATA historian Richard Poad MBE, from the ATA Museum in Maidenhead, tells their almost unbelievable story with a wealth of photographs and anecdotes from veterans he has met.

You’re guaranteed to be amazed and inspired!

Don’t forget to make time to browse the museum galleries when you attend this event! Ahead of our 10th Anniversary we’ve opened a range of new exhibition pods, including A Woman’s War, looking at the evolving role of Women in the armed forces.

Talk from 3pm. Galleries open 2pm – 5pm.