Kitty Kain
New Zealand dietitian and air force leader (1908–1997)
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Frances Ida "Kitty" Kain OBE (née Tyson, 17 September 1908 – 16 August 1997) was a New Zealand dietitian and women's air force leader. She was born in Dunedin, New Zealand on 17 September 1908.[1] A teacher in British Malaya, she returned to New Zealand when the Second World War began. She was commander of the New Zealand Women's Auxiliary Air Force from 1941 until 1943.[2] She was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire in the 1949 New Year Honours.[3]
