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**Honor Salmon** (wanda aka haifa Pitman) (30 ga Oktoba 1912 - 19 ga Afrilu 1943) matukin jirgi ne na farko na rundunar sojin sama ta Birtaniya a cikin Kariyar Sufuri ta Jiragen Sama (ATA) a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Ta kasance ɗaya daga cikin mata matukan jirgi goma sha biyar da suka rasa rayukansu a cikin jirgin sama suna hidimar ATA.

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Honor Isabel Pitman a Kensington a ranar 30 ga Oktoba, 1912 ga Francis Isabel (ɗan Butler) da Ernest Pitman.  Mahaifiyarta 'yar Ireland ce kuma mahaifinta mawallafi ne a kamfanin gidansu Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons tare da mahaifinsa da ɗan'uwansa Alfred.  Kakan mahaifinta Sir Isaac Pitman, shi ne ya ƙirƙiro gajerun hanyoyi kuma arzikin iyali ya samo asali ne daga aikinsa. Tana da 'yan'uwa biyar, ɗan siyasa kuma masanin ka'idar ilimi Isaac James Pitman (an haife shi a 1901), Christian Ernest (an haife shi a 1902), John (an haife shi a 1907), Peter (an haife shi a 1911) da Diana (an haife shi a 1914). 

An yi wa Honor Pitman baftisma a ranar 12 ga Disamba, 1912 a Weston All Saints, a Bath, Somerset . 

Pitman ya yi karatu a Makarantar Abbot's Hill da Makarantar Westonbirt, a Tetbury, Gloucestershire .  

## Aikin tukin jirgin sama
Pitman ta koyi yadda ake tashi sama tun tana 'yar shekara 14, amma saboda ƙuruciyarta da kuma shekarunta na hana ta yin tafiya ita kaɗai, "koyaushe dole ne ta tashi da wani kuma ba za ta iya zuwa wasu jiragen sama don sauka ba" a bayan Bristol da Wessex Aero Club.  Pitman tana da shekaru 24 lokacin da ta cancanci samun lasisin matukin jirginta (Lambar 14649), wanda Royal Aero Club ta bayar, a ranar 23 ga Disamba, 1936 a Bristol da Wessex Aeroplane Club, tana tashi da BA Swallow da 85.&nbsp;Injin radial na Pobjoy Cataract .  A shekarar 1936, Pitman ta shiga ƙungiyar agajin gaggawa ta gaggawa (FANY).  A shekarar 1938, Pitman ta yi tafiya zuwa Ostiraliya. Ta yi tafiyar awanni 120 a matsayin matukin jirgi mai ƙwarewa a cikin ƙananan jiragen sama na Swallows, Cadets da Aeronca kafin fara Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya kawo ƙarshen tashi da farar hula. 

## Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu - ATS da ATA

### Sabis na Yankuna Masu Taimako
Membobin ƙungiyar agajin gaggawa ta Nursing Yeomanry sun zama wani ɓangare na Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) bayan barkewar yaƙi, kuma da farko an tura Pitman zuwa Kamfanin Motoci na Wiltshire ATS na 7, wanda ke Southampton. Daga baya aka ɗaukaka ta zuwa Shugabar Sashen Makanikai don 12th Oxford Motor Transport.  A cikin ƙidayar jama'a ta 1939 an rubuta ta a matsayin wacce ke zaune a Mons House da ke Amesbury, Wiltshire, kuma tana aiki a matsayin direba a ATS.  

A watan Maris na shekarar 1940, Pitman ta rubuta wa Mataimakin Sufurin Jiragen Sama wasika domin ta san cewa suna neman mata matukan jirgi masu ƙwarewa don su tashi da jirage a cikin sufuri. *"Ina so in san ko akwai yiwuwar in shiga sashenku na hidimar? Ni matukin jirgi ne mai 'A' kuma na yi kimanin awanni 120 kacal ina tashi a cikin ƙananan jiragen sama - Swallows, Cadets da Aroncas, amma ina shirye in ɗauki kowane horo a kowane layi idan zan iya taimaka muku. Shekaru 4 da suka gabata na shiga FANYs da fatan za a fara sashen tashi, amma wannan bai taɓa faruwa ba.... Ina fatan dawowata daga Ostiraliya a bara zan sami jirgina da aiki don lasisin 'B' dina amma maimakon haka dole ne in gamsu da karanta littattafan rubutu."* 

### Mataimakin Sufurin Jiragen Sama
Daga ƙarshe an gayyace ta ta yi gwajin jirgin sama ta hannun Mataimakin Sufurin Jiragen Sama amma rashin ƙwarewarta ta tashi ya sa ba ta shiga ATA a matsayin matukin jirgi ba sai a ranar 15 ga Maris 1941.  

Pitman tana aiki a wurin ATA's No. 15 Ferry Pool, da ke Hamble a Southampton tare da matsayin matukin jirgi na farko.  Ta yi aure jim kaɗan bayan ta shiga ATA kuma an san ta da Honor Salmon. Ta yi jiragen sama iri-iri guda 25 kuma ta yi awanni 370 tana tashi a lokacin aikinta na ATA. Mata matukan jirgi sun yi jigilar jiragen sama a faɗin Burtaniya, daga masana'antu zuwa tashoshin RAF da sassan kulawa.  

Tsawon shekara guda, aikinta na tuƙi ya yi kyau. A ranakun 5 da 6 ga Maris, 1942, ta fuskanci haɗurra biyu, ɗaya a cikin wani jirgin ruwa mai suna Spitfire yayin da take cikin mawuyacin hali, na biyu a cikin wani guguwa lokacin da jirgin ƙasa mai saukar ungulu ya faɗi. [1] Wannan ya haifar mata da damuwa sosai kuma aka sanya ta hutun wata guda, sannan aka umarce ta da ta ɗauki kwas ɗin sake fasalin matukin jirgi. Malamar ta ji cewa ta amfana da wannan kuma tana buƙatar ta yi amfani da hankali sosai wajen tuƙinta. [2]

Jirgin ATA ya lura da yadda take tashi, musamman bayan wani hatsari da ya sake faruwa a ranar 6 ga Agusta  1942 lokacin da ta wuce gefen titin jirgin sama a cikin wani jirgin Spitfire kuma jirgin ya yi taho-mu-gama kuma propeller ya lalace. Ba a ɗora mata alhakin wannan hatsarin ba saboda rashin kula da sararin samaniya. Ana ɗaukarta matukin jirgi mai ƙarfin gwiwa a wasu lokutan amma abokan aikinta na ATA suna son ta. Kwamanda Pauline Gower ta bayyana ta a matsayin "mutum mai fara'a da jarumta." 

## Rayuwa ta sirri
Honor Pitman ta auri Manjo Henry Methuen Pomeroy Salmon (1901-1953) a Cocin St Peter, Dyrham, Gloucestershire, a ranar 20 ga Yuni 1941, bayan haka aka san ta da Honor Salmon. Mijinta yana da gidan sarauta na Tockington a Gloucestershire. Babu 'ya'ya daga auren. 

## Mutuwa da tunawa

Honor Salmon ta mutu tana da shekaru 30 a ranar 19 ga Afrilu, 1943 lokacin da jirgin Airspeed Oxford MN765 da take jigilarsa a cikin mummunan yanayi ya yi hatsari a wani fili a kan tudu a Roundway Hill kusa da Calne a Wiltshire . Binciken ATA ya gano cewa ta ci gaba da tashi a cikin mummunan yanayi kuma ita ce ke da laifi. 

An binne ta a St Peters, a Dyrham, Gloucestershire, kusa da gidan iyalinta.  'Yan'uwanta biyu waɗanda suma suka mutu a lokacin aikin soja a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu. Peter Pitman-Butler, Kyaftin a cikin rundunar sojojin Sarauniya ta 7, Royal Armoured Corps, ya mutu a watan Yulin 1940, kuma an binne shi a Makabartar Yaƙin Cairo, Masar   da John Pitman, Kyaftin a cikin rundunar sojojin Sarki ta 3, Royal Armoured Corps, an kashe shi a Falasdinu a ranar 1 ga Oktoba, 1943, kuma aka binne shi a Makabartar Yaƙin Khayat Beach, Isra'ila. Ana tunawa da 'yan'uwan uku a kan allo a cocin da ke Dyrham. 

Honor Salmon ta bar £32,279 a cikin wasiyyarta; mijinta da ɗan'uwanta Christian Earnest Pitman an ba su izinin samun takardar shaidar zama ɗan ƙasa a ranar 25 ga Nuwamba 1943.  &#x5B; ** &#x5D;

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