There's a very good BBC documentary called Spitfire Women about the women of the ATA that is broadcast every now and again. Most recently 2 or 3 weeks ago. It includes interviews with some of the last surviving members describing their experiences.
Chilli got her nickname because of her nationality and it was easier to pronounce than her real name although lots of them seemed to have nicknames. One of the pilots (I think it was Mary Ellis) described an incident where Chilli was ferrying a plane and had to put down in a field due to technical problems. The locals couldn't understand her and assumed she was one of the enemy so they detained her and handed her over to plod. It took the brass 24hrs to get her released.
After that the CO decided that Chilli had to learn some english so he assigned her to work in the maintenance hangar for a while. Needless to say, the english she learned from the male maintenance crews was somewhat colourful.
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