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Mandatory Credit: Photo by Herbert Mason/ANL/REX (1906580a) Aviator Jean Batten Being Carried Shoulders High At Croydon Jean Gardner Batten Cbe Osc (15 September 1909 A 22 November 1982) Was A New Zealand Aviator. Born In Rotorua She Became The Best-known New Zealander Of The 1930s Internationally By Taking A Number Of Record-breaking Solo Flights Across The World. It Was She Who In 1936 Made The First-ever Solo Flight From England To New Zealand. Aviator Jean Batten Being Carried Shoulders High At Croydon Jean Gardner Batten Cbe Osc (15 September 1909 A 22 November 1982) Was A New Zealand Aviator. Born In Rotorua She Became The Best-known New Zealander Of The 1930s Internationally By Taking A