Becky Frater is a helicopter pilot and hockey player. Frayer was educated at Westcliff High School for Girls.[1] Frater trained to be a teacher but in 1997 she joined the Army. She was the first woman to command a naval air squadron in the Royal Navy,[2] the first pilot of the Lynx attack helicopter "Maritime Attack"[3] and the first female member of the Black Cats display team.[4][5][6] She is a keen hockey player and has played for England.[7] In 2019 Frater was one of 100 women who were chosen for a photographic exhibition in Leicester highlighting women who had completed firsts.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Southend Air Festival May 2010". UK Airshow Review. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  2. ↑ "RAF Shawbury helicopter squadron's first female Lt Cdr". BBC News. 3 July 2013. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. 1 2 "'FIRST WOMEN' PORTRAIT EXHIBITION TO OPEN IN LEICESTER". Pukaar News. 10 September 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  4. ↑ Interview with Lieutenant Commander Becky Frater RN, First Women, 9 June 2018
  5. ↑ "Former teacher to become first female Black Cats pilot". The Telegraph. 22 May 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  6. ↑ "Royal Navy's woman stunt pilot". The Express. 22 March 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. ↑ Lieutenant Commander Becky Frater Royal Navy – Commanding Officer 705 Naval Air Squadron (PDF), Royal Navy


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