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A Wartime Winter Journey with the WAAF to Bletchley Park

Thus it was that six of us destined to be 'Special Duties’ set off at 4.30 on February 7th 1942...

Playtime In Bomber Command 5 Group

The R.A.F. lorry swayed and rocked through the darkening evening, as we made our way to yet another R.A.F....

W.A.A.F. Barrage Balloon Operator to Flight Mechanic

See: Manchester Bomber Crash in Holmpton, East Yorkshire 14th January 1942 - Part 1 and Manchester Bomber...

I Was A Pioneer

The Warrant Officer in charge of our workshop was of the opinion that WAAF personnel should be able to...

Grace Stocks' Wartime Life (Part 1)

Once we had demonstrated a reasonable degree of competence on small cars, we took a lesson in driving at...

Happy memories as a WAF

I said "I want to be like my brother and join the airforce". He said "but you're a...

Memories of the RAF and Air Defence of Great Britain by Margaret Diplock (nee McCarthy)

Memories of the RAF and Air Defence of Great Britain by Margaret Diplock. I was interviewed at Roose...

Irene Shaw's Story

Irene Bennett's Story In 1941, shortly after the Sheffield Blitz, I joined the WAAF... After a...

A W.A.A.F. at Martlesham Heath 1940 by Mary Blood (nee Pettit)

Mary's story, together with the war story of her husband, Harry Blood, was transcribed onto a floppy...

The Time of My Life

The Cathedral, Castle, Town Hall, Opera House, and many other fine old buildings were floodlit and draped...

Journey to Ireland

Armed with our travel documents, we proceeded from Manchester Victoria Station to Preston, where we were...

My Service Life, by a WAAF

I then took a ‘letters’ course at Holton where we had mice in the lockers after the food that...

Fighter Command WAAF

I have a photograph taken at the Usworth NAFFI of Mum plus a number of other WAAFs... She remembers meeting...

Two Girls on a War Mission

We had been friends since we were 10 years old.The RAF needed teleprinter operators so we both trained at...

W.A.A.F. Radar - On Duty 1944 (South Devon)

The place was RAF Bolt Tail - a Radar Station - which lay between Hope Cove and Bolberry Down. RAF Bolt...

Recollections of a WAAF 1942 - 1951

Eventually some of us were sent to Moreton in Marsh and for a while I was a receptionist in the...

Barrage Balloons at Landguard Point.

I was then in Balloon Squadron 928. I haven't seen anything much about the Balloon Squadrons but we...

WAAF Memories

I was in that for a long time, then it was disbanded, and I went to a station at Stratton Strawless Hall....

The Party

I was finally stationed in High Wycombe Bomber Command Headquarters as a waitress in the Officers Mess......

Life in the WAAF by P Bruzard

I travelled on the Orion liner to Lagos then flew via Khartoum and Cairo to Palestine. In Palestine I...

Diary of a WAAF, 1944/1947

The following is a list of items we were given: 2 tunics, 2 skirts, 1 greatcoat, 1 cap, 1 cap badge, 1...

Dorothy's Memories of WW2

Meanwhile great strides were being made in radar and air technology and slowly we began to gain the upper...

My Great Adventure

A sea otter of the Fleet Air Arm was going to Guernsey from Lee-on-Solent and I was offered a lift. We...

LACW Molly Frost - Ballykelly Bereavement

The lady who ran the house was called Ma Hassan, she had two sons, one worked in the bank and eventually...

Joining the WAAF as an MT Driver by Irene Leigh (nee Grant)

Joining the WAAF as an MT Driver by Irene Leigh. Myself and Betty were sent back to Morecombe, our landlady...

Why My Grandmother Joined the WAAF

My grandmother's name is Muriel Molloy but it hasn't always been that... Jack was shot down and...