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Elizabeth Loggin, 103: Ski-loving air stewardess and ‘Y’ service officer during the war

Elizabeth Loggin in St Moritz in 1953
Elizabeth Loggin in St Moritz in 1953

It was with a degree of relief that Elizabeth Loggin arrived in Château-d’Oex, Switzerland, from London in 1946. After the trials of the Blitz, the prospect of managing the day-to-day running of the Hostellerie Bon Accueil felt like a holiday. She learnt to ski, a sport she continued into her eighties. She returned frequently to the resort with her husband and three children, their daily walk beneath David Niven’s chalet causing the actor much amusement, strung out as they were in a long, dawdling line. He once invited them in for tea.

One of the more prestigious jobs of the early 1950s was as an air stewardess for the British Overseas Airways Corporation on the new four-engined Argonaut airliner. Elizabeth found work with the airline