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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 ...
Three senior female officers in 2019: Cdre Eleanor Ablett, AVM Chris Elliot, and Air Cdre Maria Byford. The following is a list of women who have reached general, flag or air officer rank in the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force, not including those given honorary ranks.
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 .
Air Ministry: Operator: United States Army Air Forces 1943-1944 Royal Air Force 1944-1946 British Army 1946-1948: Controlled by: Eighth Air Force Ninth Air Force RAF Fighter Command 1944-46 * No. 38 Group RAF: Site history; Built: 1942 () /43: Built by: U.S. Army: In use: July 1943 - April 1958 () Battles/wars: European theatre of World War II ...
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]
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.
RAF Stansted Mountfitchet is a former Royal Air Force station during the Second World War located near the village of Stansted Mountfitchet in the District of Uttlesford in Essex, 48 km (30 mi) north-east of central London. The airfield is now London Stansted Airport.