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15 October 2014
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Stories categorised in 'Women's Auxiliary Air Force'. These stories may contain references to other themes.

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My Wartime Wedding

I was engaged to Ted who was a Regular in the RAF and stationed at 32 MU St Athans, South Wales... Ted...

RedTape

My first job was in censorship work in Liverpool and then in Bermuda — where, although the work was...

My First 24 Hour Pass in the WAAFS

Within three weeks of my being posted to RAF Bicester, I accidentally met my cousin Jack who was also...

The Camp of Silence and of Death

The Senior RAF officer had given orders that all personnel in the area should visit this prison and it was...

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The WAAFs in Upavon from Northampton -Margaret Mooreicon for Story with photo

I made many good friends in the WAAF and played in the Up Avon Invincible hockey team in 1945....

WAAF Experiences - RADAR Chain Home Low

Amalgamated Press — London WAAF — Radar Operator — Chain Home Low Gloucester —...

My WAAF Careericon for Story with photo

I made some good friends at Aldergrove and I have kept in touch with one — albeit only by lengthy...

Womens Auxilliary Airforce

Later in 1942 I was transferred to Victory House in London and was billeted in an Hotel near Euston...

Big Ben and Doodle Bugs

On one occasion, I had been out in Felixstowe and was waiting for a Taxi in the railway station, with its...

Bomber Command

Having passed I was send to Bomber Command 4 Group York and subsequently taken to 78 Squadron Breighton,...

The Jankers Queenicon for Story with photo

I was so crazy to join the W.A.A.F's, that I upped my age by one year and was called up together with...

W.A.A.F B. SIDDONS 2055978icon for Story with photo

He did some `ops` whilst at White Waltham,Lincs. flying on 10 raids to Berlin in Wellingtons and then...

My Time in the WAAFicon for Story with photo

When I arrived at Huntingdon Station, I was met by a truck driver who threw my kit bag in the back of...

A 'Tall' Story

When I was in Scotland I met a Pole at a dance and we decided that we'd get married when the war...

Betty Bevan WAAF tales from a Pontardawe Girl in London

Betty was lucky to see many of the films and plays on in London at the time. Ivy was a cockney Londoner...

In the WRAF and the Artillery - Kinloss and London

Americans, Canadians, Poles, Czechs, Free French, all brave pilots who volunteered or flew their planes out...

A Jammy War

Dad had been working as an artist in the film studios in Shepherd's Bush. I was good friends with a...

Escape Into The WAAF's

Spying a WAAF recruiting poster behind her left ear I promptly declared undying love of the RAF. I was to...

Mother Riley Remembered and Cromer Beach the Day Before D Day

When stationed at RAF Swannington in 1944, I – along with many other Air Force personnel was invited...

Volunteering for the W.A.A.F.icon for Story with photo

When I asked what the job entailed I was told it was either watching a radar screen with an arrow circling...

406 Squadron and RAF Manston

On talking to a friend in Mea House Choir in Newcastle upon Tyne found that she was in Ireland, WAAF...

A Story with a Happy Ending.

After A.C.R.C initiation at Weston-Super-Mare, a wireless course at Yatesbury, gunnery school at Manby, a...

Serving in the W.A.A.F. at Morecambe in 1942 by Edna Stafford (nee Hodgson)

Serving in the W.A.A.F. at Morecambe in 1942 by Edna Stafford. In due course we each had interviews with...

Barrage Balloon Site 30

A telephone call requested the staff to pull in the balloon as quickly as possible because a British bomber...

Watime Life in East Hull

The next day a rumour spread saying that a big local businessman was going to send lorries to take women...

WAAF years

We spent four weeks in Bridgenorth being issued with uniforms and learning 'King's...

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