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I just learned of this tragic news.
My deepest sympathies to family and friends.
Such a tragic loss.

OMG - I have no connection to the Graces, but for so many years I've admired and followed from afar their entire family's dedication to the warbird community, that I'm devastated by this news. This is so awful to hear.

Very sad news...condolences to all now hurting.

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It was a good idea, it just didn't work.

Shocked..Deepest sympathies to all her family and friends.Her life story is worth reading.

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If the CO ask,s you to be Tail End Charlie...Just Shoot Him..A Piece of Cake

Never met her -- sure wish I had, because from across the ocean I greatly admired her accomplishments. Tragic loss.

Sincerest sympathies to the family.

So sad to hear, my deepest condolences to the family and all affected...

A tragic irony is that her husband Nick was also killed in a car crash back in 1988.

The Grace Spitfire which both she and Nick flew over the past decades was operated by 485 (NZ) Squadron and got the first kill on D-Day. Pilot that day, Johnnie Houlton, was able to met Carolyn (and his Spit) back in the 90s

RIP Carolyn.

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Terribly sad.
I knew her from frequent FlyPast articles that highlighted her as well as her son, Richard, who operates Air Leasing, a warbird restoration shop.

There are many moving tributes on the firm's facebook page (The Grace Spitfire), she was a great ambassador for the warbird movement.

Rest in Peace.

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Remember the vets, the wonderful planes they flew and their sacrifices for a future many of them did not live to see.

Richard was in the car but fortunately had minor injuries and I believe was out of hospital fairly quickly. I feel so awful for him and his sister Olivia.

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Zac in NZ
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"It's his plane, he spent the money to restore it, he can do with it what he wants. I will never understand what's hard to comprehend about this." - kalamazookid, 20/08/2013
"The more time you spend around warbirds the sooner you learn nothing, is simple." - JohnB, 24/02/22