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- ↑ "RAF Shawbury helicopter squadron's first female Lt Cdr". BBC News. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- 1 2 "'FIRST WOMEN' PORTRAIT EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN LEICESTER". Pukaar News. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Interview with Lieutenant Commander Becky Frater RN, First Women, 9 June 2018
- ↑ "Former teacher to become first female Black Cats pilot". The Telegraph. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ "Royal Navy's woman stunt pilot". The Express. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Lieutenant Commander Becky Frater Royal Navy – Commanding Officer 705 Naval Air Squadron (PDF), Royal Navy
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