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Betty Meets Winston: Memories of a WAAF

It was then that we discovered the seat with statues of Winston Churchill and President Roosevelt....

Two Friends' Wartime Memories

German POWs were able to work on local farms and had a great deal of "freedom" compared to what was...

An Exciting Life in the WAAF

Jack was in Lowestoft because his ship was being repaired after being torpedoed. We used to go in the NAAFI...

My Wartime Memories

I left Gillingham in 1939 and lived in Shirley, Southampton until July 1940. We had some rough times with...

Night Watch - A Radar Operator Watches As Ships Gather For D-Day Landings by "Radar"

There was a variety of radar equipment to learn about, some designed to track low flying aircraft and...

A WAAF in 1940

My first posting was to a station near Canterbury where I used to meet my boyfriend Dennis, a pilot who was...

A Busy War

My brother Pat was in the Navy as a Chief Petty Officer... Doll, Ida and Marjorie worked in the NAAFE,...

Airfield Driving

Soon the Squadron had to move to R.A.F. Mildenhall in Suffolk and this is something that remains in my mind...

VE Day Memories of Catherine Patience (then 2052476 LACW Catherine Raddings WAAF)

My first posting was to the radar station at Danby Beacon near Whitby. Everyone who wasn't serving on a...

WAAF adventures. 1940-45

Went to Harrogate the following day, to Gran Hotel Harrogate for the WAAFs. Joined 90 squadron at Ratting...

Eileen Parsons Remembers Part 2...Billeting

However it was not always a bed of roses because Balloon Command at that time was very busy due to the...

Ivy's Story

At another RAF station, I had the misfortune to see one of our bombers crash on 鈥渢ake off鈥�, all...

Things that get bombed in the night

Anyway, one night when I was on duty on the SOS wireless receiver I took down a Mayday call from the SS...

Joan Christopher's Story

In 1940, they wanted Women to remuster as balloon operators to replace men and release them for more active...

Life & Leisure in the WAAF

And she'd shout at you 鈥淕raham, get that hair off your collar!.. I still have 2 very good...

A Female Aircraft Inspector's Tale

When the war broke out I volunteered for service and became an aircraft inspector....

Innsworth LACW's Scratchy Knickers and other Memories

We were issued with 3 shirts, bra and 3 鈥榖lackouts鈥� which is what we called the scratchy...

A Change of Careers

Sitting in Olympia of the Winter Gardens learning the mystery of Morse Code and the working of the wireless...

Plotting for the War: A WAAF鈥檚 Story

I was then sent to fighter command headquarters at Bentley Priory, Stanmore where I was assigned to the...

Jean Lockwood(nee Stott) -R.A.F. Girl

From there I was posted to Acklington in Northumberland and it was a fighter station so we didn't use...

Joining Up

On March 1941, I joined the WRAF in Chester.From Chester I was sent along with a few other girls to...

Jump the Gun

My father was told that it was against regulations to fraternise with a 鈥榥on commission鈥�. i.e....

Eileen Parsons Remembers Part 5..a change of duties

This involved working with the Metropolitan Police, court appearances and detention until transport could...

Churchill's Secret Weapon

Winston Churchill was looking for radar operators to replace the men sent overseas, so I was...

Eileen Parsons Remembers Part 6...Another Change

My posting to the WAAF Police in London coincided more or less with his posting to the War Office in...

Grace Stocks' Wartime Life (Part 5)

To commemorate their bravery, they were given the Freedom of Cambridge for the rest of their lives in a...