The work undertaken by the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was wide ranging; from cooking to meteorology; from administrative duties to maintaining and repairing aircraft.
Women replaced RAF personnel in those trades where there were shortages. There was an ebb and flow of requirements. The safety and physical well-being of the women were primary concerns. Except for nursing orderlies, aircrew duty was never approved.
Women replaced RAF personnel in those trades where there were shortages. There was an ebb and flow of requirements. The safety and physical well-being of the women were primary concerns. Except for nursing orderlies, aircrew duty was never approved.
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| Assistant Section Officer Elizabeth Weightman. Photographic interpretation played an important role in assessing targets |
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| WAAF armourers preparing a bomberaircraft for an operation |
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| WAAFs helped to bring back casualties and prisoners of war from Europe soon after D-Day |
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| WAAFs in the Middle East, circa 1944 |
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| RAF station dance, Bradwell Bay 1944 |
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| WAAF Flight Mechanics |
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