Aden Airways Cabin Crew

 

 

Hostesses

 

Following is a list of air hostesses and the years in which they joined the company. This list is considered neither accurate nor complete at this stage.

 

1954

Attei

Mary Walker - married Vic Spencer-chief pilot in 1954. Mary died 1995.

Bishop

Dowle

Marao

Merlo

Griffith

Moja

Hammond

Rizzi
Ann Berryman (now Atkinson). parents Mark and Alice Berryman.  Dad was with PWD from 1947 to 1957. I went  to the Convent School in Steamer Point from 1947 to 1949 and then spent my school holidays in Aden till 1953 then in 1954 joined Aden Airways in the Crescent Hotel Office and did some flying when required.
My sister was born in the Civil Hospital in Crater in
1949
 

1955

 

1956

Gulia Anastasia, worked in Catering Dept before becoming hostess

Franca Lombardini, became chief stewardess

Doyle

Franka Tanzi

Chichi Camnasio

Baxter

Jenschenak

Deverall

 

1957

Bomenti

Franzel

Molinari

 

1958

Caminabio

 

1959

Nanut

1960

Buckham

Harvey

Jones

Margaret Old

Mauchafee

Christine Dent (now Christine MacIntyre)

Fiameta Mordini, became chief stewardess

 

1961

Jennifer Venning (now Jennifer Drummond-Harris) 1961-1964. Father was Cyril Venning, Chief Electrical Engineer.

Wendy Locke (now Wendy Haydn-Sadler) - Feb '61 to Feb '63

Margaret Wilson

Kerr

Summers

Danielle Pironell

Mavis Buckham

 

1962

Natasha Seaton

Norma Fisk (now Norma Wheeler)

Turini

Trimits

Sally Davidson

Emmet

Pamela Starret

Birgit Baker (now Birgit Dyer; she married Captain George Dyer, they went to live in Rhodesia and had two sons. They later divorced. George died in Rhodesia in the 1990's).

Lazarini

Coard

 

1963

Reid

Burnett

Sheila Monroe (became Sheila Dodge then Sheila Pratt), became chief stewardess

Chrissy Chambers

Caroline Cole

Coomi Bharucha

Ann Illott (now Ann Whitfield) June 1963 to July 1966

 

1964

Hooper

Sabrina Crouch (now Sabrina Peat)

Flory

Dennys

Watson

Turnbull

Cawthorne

Knight

Linda Wood 1964-1967

 

1965

Turnbull

Aola

Elliot

Landez

Tricia Hillman

Peat

Asia

Flory

 

1966

Nagat

Lees

Nabiha

Madge

Majeiny

Adla

 

1967

Hope, Lander

 

 

Other Hostesses, joining dates unknown

Vic Norman

Sue Stoner

Maxine

Hilary Herman

Terry Cahill, previously lived in Kenya. Married an Italian Aden Airways ground engineer

Vera Merlow - Moved to Canada and married a Doctor.

Dai Dowell

Rizzi Sisters

Mary Nassar (Arab Airways)

 

 

Legendary Aden Airways cabin service.


 


Margaret Wilson
Margaret joined Aden Airways at the same time as Jennifer Venning and Wendy Locke. The trio trained together.

 


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Sheila Munro's first wedding when she became Sheila Dodge.  Anne Illott, Linda Wood (second left), Tricia London and Coomi Baruchi are in the photo.  Gulia Anastasia is the shorter girl in front looking up at Sheila.  She worked in the Catering Dept. before becoming an air stewardess. Sheila divorced and remarried when she returned to England. She is now Sheila Pratt.


 

Flight Stewards

 

Sham Shan 1956
Tarish 1956 Hamid 1958
Adan 1956 Ahmed 1958
Mohammed 1956 Hahara 1964
Abdi 1956 Tewfik 1966
Magid 1957 Dayal 1967

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