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A WAAF corporal serving as an air traffic controller during World War II. Many jobs formerly held by men were filled by WAAFs due to wartime labour shortages. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was created on 28 June 1939, absorbing the forty-eight RAF companies of the Auxiliary Territorial Service which had existed since 1938, following the Munich Agreement. [2]
On 1 February 1949, the name of the First World War organisation was revived when the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, which had been founded in 1939, was re-established on a regular footing as the Women's Royal Air Force. The WRAF and the RAF grew closer over the following decades, with increasing numbers of trades opened to women, and the two ...
Here is a list of aircraft used by the British Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm (FAA), Army Air Corps (AAC) and British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) [1] during the Second World War.
Pages in category "Royal Air Force personnel of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 1,447 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The Gremlins: A Royal Air Force Story Commemoration of the 60th Anniversary of the U.S. Air Force, the Army Air Force Exchange Service distributed a limited edition of the 1943 children's book; Sample Disney Fifinella mascot at USAF National Museum; All about Fifinella at Wings Across America; Crew photos at 91st Bomb Group
However, Ellis was seconded to the Royal Air Force and continued to ferry aircraft. [6] She was one of the first women to fly the Gloster Meteor, Britain's first jet fighter. [4] She later moved to the Isle of Wight. In 1950, she became the manager of Sandown Airport, and Europe's first female air commandant. [7]
Ireland's top ace in World War Two also was the youngest wing commander in Royal Air Force history. Adolf Galland was famous for painting Mickey Mouse on his aircraft, and the mascot was adopted by his Gruppe during the early airwar phase of World War II. Don Gentile's North American P-51 Mustang named "Shangri-La", with an eagle sporting ...
The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force (CWAAF), the name changed to Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division in February 1942. Women's Division personnel were commonly known as WDs.