- Contributed by听
- gmractiondesk
- People in story:听
- Rosemary Hayes
- Location of story:听
- British Isles
- Background to story:听
- Royal Navy
- Article ID:听
- A4204531
- Contributed on:听
- 16 June 2005
This story was submitted to the People's War site by Ian Hayes of the 大象传媒 GMR Action Desk on behalf of Rosemary Hayes and has been added to the site with her permission. The author fully understands the site's terms and conditions.
I volunteered to become a WREN, partly because I liked the uniform. Prior to the war, I was a Lab. assistant at Birmingham University. I worked for Professor Oliphant, Dr.Boot and Dr.Randall, developing the Magnitron for radar during the war. This used short waves and was used during the Battle of Britain to defeat German aircraft. I was an electrical air mechanic in the Wrens. I was originally based in Scotland, and Stretton. we serviced the aircraft of the Fleet Air Arm--mainly Corsairs and Hellcats. I was demobbed in 1945, but I wanted to remain a Wren.
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