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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

It’s an honor to be mentioned in the same breath as @davidgrann.bsky.social. So glad you liked the book!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Cool episode, with lots of interesting reading suggestions. Thanks!

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Lisa Yelon @lisayelon.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

New blog post: Dig in to these two great true stories from writers @davidgrann.bsky.social and @beckyaikman.bsky.social. #booksky #nonfic www.lisayelon.com/blog/histori...

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Historical Non-Fiction — Lisa Yelon

Amazing tales of survival and bravery!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Thank you. A lot of moving parts.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

I’m so glad you like these unruly women! Thanks for recommending them.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 08/08/2025

Short but fascinating. I had a great time talking history with Peter on @historyshortspod.bsky.social

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 03/08/2025

Thank you for your kind words about “Spitfires”! Every one of them was a big personality in this saga, and Jackie Cochran brought her own special level to the mix. I had a blast writing it.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 19/07/2025

I appreciate your interest, Deborah!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Jackie Cochran was unstoppable. Thanks to her, the first American women to pilot military aircraft flew in Britain during World War II.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 19/06/2025

Any one of the American pilots could have been the inspiration for a movie, that’s how dramatic they were.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 18/06/2025

Jackie Cochran had a BIG personality. And that’s probably what it took to get the first American women pilots into military aircraft. They flew for Britain in WW2 because the US wouldn’t accept them.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

This was a lively talk! Thanks for having me on to share this story that deserves to be remembered.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

Talking about forgotten trailblazing women is the counter programming we need!

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Gabino Iglesias @gabino.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

Monthly reminder: Many people have a book in them, but it takes a special kind of freak to leave the Land of Laziness, cross the Plains of Procrastination and Insecurity Mountain, find the Blade of No One Made You Do This, and use it to cut your chest open and yank that book out.

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Paul Krugman @pkrugman.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Homicide rates: NY 4.5, FL 7.2 Life expectancy: NY 79, FL 76.1 Uninsured rate: NY 4.8, FL 10.7

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/05/2025

On this Memorial Day, I want to honor Mary Webb Nicholson. She was killed in the crash of a faulty RAF Miles Master fighter during WW II. Mary was one of 25 American women pilots who flew for Britain during the war, because the U.S. military did not permit women to fly. (Photo courtesy her family.)

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 24/05/2025

I’m so happy you liked it, Jo!

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Tracy Slater @tracyslater.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Love this piece by @beckyaikman.bsky.social up on @literaryhub.bsky.social, from Aikman's latest book, SPITFIRES. "Someday, the women all knew, if they survived the war, the door to modernity that had opened for them might close again." Just ordered & can't wait to read! lithub.com/how-a-group-...

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How a Group of Fearless American Women Defied Convention to Defeat the Nazis

Twenty-five American women were part of a little-known corps that ferried planes for England during World War II. They had crossed the perilous wartime Atlantic in 1942 because the United States mi…

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

She was a trailblazer in so many ways. Lived the adventure to the fullest.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

And what an adventure it was.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

Today on the 80th anniversary of VE Day, marking the end of World War II in Europe, it’s time we honored the American women featured in SPITFIRES. They flew the biggest, fastest, scariest aircraft in Britain when they weren’t allowed to fly for their own country. It’s been 80 years people!

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Bloomsbury Books US @bloomsburybooksus.bsky.social · 07/05/2025

Listen to author @beckyaikman.bsky.social as she joins the History of WWII Podcast to discuss her new book SPITFIRES! Learn about the American women who flew during the war. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Ep 534-Becky Aikman Interview-Spitfires:The American Women Who Flew in the Face of Danger During WWII

Podcast Episode · The History of WWII Podcast · 05/06/2025 · 40m

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Five years in the making, SPITFIRES is out today!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

Is your mother a trailblazer? Aren’t they all? Then this is the perfect gift! SPITFIRES, the story of the bold, forgotten American trailblazers who flew for Britain during World War II. On sale tomorrow or pre-order now! Either way, you’ll get it in time to impress your mom!

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

Jonathan Eig won the Pulitzer Prize AND a place on the York Times bestseller list for magnificent KING: A LIFE. I’m so honored that he wrote this blurb for SPITFIRES.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

CBS Saturday Morning features me and my book SPITFIRES tomorrow morning! The piece captures the excitement, drama and personal stories of the American women who flew for Britain during World War II.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I’m honored that @keithob.bsky.social enjoyed the book. I hope you do, too.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

One of my favorite authors, @keithob.bsky.social, wrote the enthralling New York Times bestseller FLY GIRLS, about the thrilling exploits of 1930s women risking it all in air races. I’m grateful he shared his thoughts on SPITFIRES.

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Carve Her Name @carvehername.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

#OnThisDay, 27 April 1925, Edna Ferber wins the Pulitzer Prize for fiction with her novel 'So Big'. She donates the prize money to the Authors League to support sick and elderly authors. #WomenInHistory #OTD #History #WomensHistory #ReadMoreWomen #AmericanHistory 🗃️

photo of Edna Ferber looking over a balcony. She is a white woman in a cloche hat with a grim fur on her shoulders.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Olivia Campbell knows how to spin an exciting tale about women pioneers. I’m thrilled that she enjoyed the ride with the SPITFIRES heroines.

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Betsy West @betsywest.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

Our friend Mohsen Mahdawi. Legal US resident. Palestinian leader at Columbia who spoke out against antisemitism. Kind, thoughtful man. Today, Mohsen went to his final citizenship interview in VT where masked ICE agents put him in handcuffs and drove off. We don’t know where he is.

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Greg Jenner (Historian) @gregjenner.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

Today UK authors are protesting against Meta for stealing our work to train their AI model. Authors earn an average of £7000 per year, we are not rich, and yet a trillion dollar company decided it didn’t want to license our work fairly as it was “too expensive” Theft is not a valid alternative.

META BOOK THIEVES - They Must Do The Write Thing

The Society of Authors are protesting Meta’s HQ today

This image shows illustrations of authors holding placards saying “make it fair” and “do the write thing”

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 02/04/2025

ABOUT THE SPITFIRES: Ann Wood was president of her college class, ambitious for a career in government or business. As an American pilot in Britain during World War II, she made connections in hopes of finding postwar work that was rarely open to women at the time.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

I admire the beautifully written work of Shelley Puhak, who is kind enough to recognize my efforts in SPITFIRES.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 30/03/2025

It’s so sad that they all didn’t live long enough to write more books.

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Becky Aikman @beckyaikman.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

Major General Mari K. Eder knows a thing or two about daring women who are brave enough to serve their country. Her seal of approval for SPITFIRES means a lot to me.

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