The former Wren, stationed in Egypt during the Second World War, screamed with delight as she jumped from a plane over her native Suffolk. She said: "When the door opened I thought 'There is nothing more I can do or say'. "I remember my legs going out and it's a kind of blur. I shut my eyes.
Mission accomplished." Manette, from Benhall, near Ipswich, celebrated her 100th birthday with a 130mph drive around Silverstone in a Ferrari.
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