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'''Hazel Bertha Hill''' (21 July 1920 – 28 September 2010) was only 13 when she helped her father [[Frederick William Hill|Frederick]] to calculate how many guns the new generation of [[Spitfires]] and [[Hurricanes]] would need to have, to bring down enemy aircraft.<ref>{{cite news |work=[[The Times]] |issue =No 73,209 |date = 11 July 2020 |page=21|title= How Hazel, 13, helped win Battle of Britain}}</ref> The pair used 'calculating machines', which were rudimentary computers, at the kitchen table of their London home.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Secret weapon behind the Spitfire – a 13-year-old north London schoolgirl |first=Danielle |last=Sheridan |publisher=Telegraph Media Group |date= 10 July 2020 |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/07/10/secret-weapon-behind-spitfire-13-year-old-north-london-schoolgirl/ |url-status=live |archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> |
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Hazel's son Robin, said he thinks his mother enjoyed maths because she was partially [[dyslexic]] and had trouble with spelling. This led to some teachers thinking she was being naughty as she was obviously intelligent. "I think when she did mathematics, she had none of these problems, which is why it appealed to her so much," Robin said.{{citation needed|date=July 2020}} |
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The RAF publicly acknowledged Hazel's important role in a BBC documentary.<ref name=bbcnews>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|work=BBC News |title= The Schoolgirl Who Helped to Win a War |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000kzx7|url-status=live|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=}}</ref> Captain James Beldon said: "What a great inspiration to young people today, and young girls in particular, who can look upon someone like Hazel in the 1930s making such an important contribution to our later success in the Battle of Britain, which was vital to this country's survival." |
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== Later life == |
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After school, Hazel studied medicine at a university in London and joined the [[Royal Army Medical Corps]] after graduating in 1943. At the end of the war, she became a [[general practitioner|GP]] and in 1948 married Chris Baker, who was one of the soldiers she had treated in the war. The couple moved to [[Wednesbury]], Staffordshire, where Hazel got a job setting up a child health clinic in the newly formed [[National Health Service]]. She later trained as a psychiatrist and published research into school phobia, [[anorexia]] and [[autism]]. Hazel has four sons: Robin, Richard, Frank and Ted. She died, aged 90, in 2010.<ref name=bbcnews/> |
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Revision as of 13:45, 24 December 2020
Hazel Bertha Hill (21 July 1920 – 28 September 2010) was only 13 when she helped her father Frederick to calculate how many guns the new generation of Spitfires and Hurricanes would need to have, to bring down enemy aircraft.[1] The pair used 'calculating machines', which were rudimentary computers, at the kitchen table of their London home.[2]
Hazel's son Robin, said he thinks his mother enjoyed maths because she was partially dyslexic and had trouble with spelling. This led to some teachers thinking she was being naughty as she was obviously intelligent. "I think when she did mathematics, she had none of these problems, which is why it appealed to her so much," Robin said.[citation needed]
The RAF publicly acknowledged Hazel's important role in a BBC documentary.[3] Captain James Beldon said: "What a great inspiration to young people today, and young girls in particular, who can look upon someone like Hazel in the 1930s making such an important contribution to our later success in the Battle of Britain, which was vital to this country's survival."
Later life
After school, Hazel studied medicine at a university in London and joined the Royal Army Medical Corps after graduating in 1943. At the end of the war, she became a GP and in 1948 married Chris Baker, who was one of the soldiers she had treated in the war. The couple moved to Wednesbury, Staffordshire, where Hazel got a job setting up a child health clinic in the newly formed National Health Service. She later trained as a psychiatrist and published research into school phobia, anorexia and autism. Hazel has four sons: Robin, Richard, Frank and Ted. She died, aged 90, in 2010.[3]
References
- ^ "How Hazel, 13, helped win Battle of Britain". The Times. No. No 73, 209. 11 July 2020. p. 21.
{{cite news}}:|issue=has extra text (help) - ^ Sheridan, Danielle (10 July 2020). "Secret weapon behind the Spitfire – a 13-year-old north London schoolgirl". Telegraph Media Group.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b "The Schoolgirl Who Helped to Win a War". BBC News.
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