Person    | Female  Born 24/12/1947  Died 21/12/1988

Noelle Lydie Berti

Categories: Aviation, Tragedy

Countries: France, Scotland, USA

Noelle Lydie Berti was born on 24 December 1947 in the 9th Arrondissement, Paris, France, the daughter of Jacqueline Campbell.

The Clipper Crew website gives many details of her life, including that she was 'Miss France D'America 1968' and that she started working for Pan American World Airways on 9 March 1970. She later successfully petitioned for United States citizenship in New York using the name Noelle Lydie Berti Campbell.

She died, aged 40 years, on 21 December 1988 whilst working as a flight attendant aboard Pan AM Flight 103 travelling from London (Heathrow) Airport to John F. Kennedy International Airport, New York City, when it exploded over Lockerbie, Dumfries and Galloway, Scotland.

She is also commemorated as Noelle Lydie Campbell Berti on the memorial cairn in Arlington National Cemetery, 1 Memorial Avenue, Arlington, Arlington County, Virginia, USA, as on both the Memorial to all the Victims and the World Wings International plaque that are at Dryfesdale Cemetery, Dumfries Road, Lockerbie, DG11 1HZ.

Credit for this entry to: Andrew Behan.

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