- Contributed byÌý
- actiondeskberks
- People in story:Ìý
- Jean Archer
- Location of story:Ìý
- Newcastle, Birmingham, Kent
- Background to story:Ìý
- Royal Air Force
- Article ID:Ìý
- A2854587
- Contributed on:Ìý
- 21 July 2004
I am 80 years old. I worked for the WAAF — Women’s Auxilary Air Force in Newcastle during bombings
I started as balloon operator and then as a nurse training. During D-Day I remember training and watching glider pilots in Cosford airfield, near Birmingham. (RAF).
I also remember going into shelters and watching bombs drop on Bristol. In the last part of the war I lived near Kent.
I think it’s really important to know how many people died. A lot of boys never came back. I always go to London to march with WAAF. Women then didn’t expect recognition, they had more humility. I feel they make a lot of fuss about things now. I lost a lot of friends.
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