Elsie MacGill, Canadian-American author and engineer (died 1980)

Elsie MacGill

Canadian aeronautical engineer (1905–1980)

Elizabeth Muriel Gregory MacGill, known as the "Queen of the Hurricanes", was a Canadian engineer. She was chief aeronautical engineer at Canadian Car and Foundry (CC&F) in Fort William, Ontario during the Second World War. There she oversaw manufacturing of 1,451 Hawker…