The WAAF (Women's Auxiliary Air Force) and WRAF (Women's Royal Air Force) were historical British women's service branches connected to the Royal Air Force (RAF).
• Created: June 28, 1939, just before World War II started.
• Purpose: To let women take over non-combat jobs so male RAF personnel could fight on the front lines.
• Peak Size: About 182,000 members in July 1943, with over 250,000 serving in total across more than 110 tradesllo
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158 Squadron Halifax II LW246 NP-Z Fl/Sgt. Trower-Foyan, RAF Lissett, accident, Mill Farm at Fordon near Filey
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158 Squadron Halifax II LW246 NP-Z Fl/Sgt. Trower-Foyan, RAF Lissett, accident, Mill Farm at Fordon near Filey
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16.03.1942 57 Squadron Wellington III X3599 Fg Off. Hunter, RAF Feltwell, accident, Slieve Donard Mountain, Northern Ireland
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16.03.1942 57 Squadron Wellington III X3599 Fg Off. Hunter, RAF Feltwell, accident, Slieve Donard Mountain, Northern Ireland
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ACW1 Alice Gross
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A W.A.A.F IN War time
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Cecil Reginald Young Summary Acknowledgments
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Cecil Reginald Young Summary Acknowledgments
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Cpl. Diane Gollop
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Cpl. Rhoda Lazenby
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Jadwiga Piłsudska: Polish ATA Ferry Pilot
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Joan Fanshawe: Battle of Britain Map Plotter
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Kathleen Godfrey: WAAF at Bletchley Park
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Laura Emily Kate Leather nee Crawley
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Lilian Helene Louise Hodgkiss
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Mary Wilkins Ellis: Air Transport Auxiliary Pilot
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Maureen Dunlop de Popp
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Sq/Ldr. Iris 'Fluff' Bower. Born April 15th 1915 in Cardigan, Wales. Died December 18th 2005
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USA Women's Airforce Service Pilots
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Vera Strodl Danish ATA Pilot
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WAAF Dalma Flanders Y Service, Intelligence
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WAAF Intelligence Officer Edith Kup 1939 - 1945
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WAAF Joyce Dean: Battle of Britain Ops Room Plotter
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War Time WAAF
At the going down of the sun, and in the morning we will remember them. -
Laurence Binyon
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