page_title: May Bradford Shepherd
hierarchical_section_title: May Bradford Shepherd
caption_attribution_description: English: Format: Gelatin silver photonegative Notes: May Bradford was the first woman pilot to hold “A” &amp; “B” ground engineer’s licences in Australia From the collections of the Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales www.sl.nsw.gov.au Information about photographic collections of the State Library of New South Wales acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/search/SimpleSearch.aspx Persistent url: acms.sl.nsw.gov.au/item/itemDetailPaged.aspx?itemID=6513
context_page_description: May Gertrude Shepherd, was an Australian aviator and the first woman in Australia to hold first class pilot's 'A', 'B' and 'C' licences concurrently, in addition to a 'D' electrical ground engineers' certificate. She was also the first and the only woman in Australia, at the time, known to hold a 'X' certificate in oxy-welding and metallurgy.
context_section_description: May Gertrude Shepherd (née Bradford), (1897 - 24 January 1937) was an Australian aviator and the first woman in Australia to hold first class pilot's 'A', 'B' and 'C' licences concurrently, in addition to a 'D' electrical ground engineers' certificate. She was also the first and the only woman in Australia, at the time, known to hold a 'X' certificate in oxy-welding and metallurgy.
caption: May Bradford welding part of the all Australian monoplane for the England-Australia air race, 1934
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