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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were referred to as WAAFs (/ ˈ w æ f s /), was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 181,000 at its peak strength in 1943, (15.7% of the RAF) [ 1 ] with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
Avis Joan Hearn (30 June 1916 – 27 March 2008) was a British servicewoman who served in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) and was one of only six women in the service to be awarded the Military Medal during the Second World War. [1] Hearn was born in Chesham, Buckinghamshire, and, by 1939, was living in Amersham and working as an ...
In 1939, with the outbreak of World War II, Hill joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). [1] She had intended to join the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRENS) but her application had taken too long to process, so she joined the WAAF alongside some friends. She was in fact too short to qualify for military service but the man measuring her ...
In 1977, WASP records were unsealed after an Air Force press release erroneously stated the Air Force was training the first women to fly military aircraft for the U.S. [97] [116] [60] [115] Documents were compiled that showed during their service WASP members were subject to military discipline, assigned top secret missions and many members ...
The Women's Air Force (WAF) was a program which served to bring women into limited roles in the United States Air Force. WAF was formed in 1948 when President Truman signed the Women's Armed Services Integration Act , allowing women to serve directly in the military. [ 1 ]
Joan Daphne Mary Pearson, GC (25 May 1911 – 25 July 2000) was a Women's Auxiliary Air Force officer during the Second World War and one of only thirteen female recipients of the George Cross, the highest decoration for gallantry not in the face of an enemy that can, or could, be awarded to a citizen of the United Kingdom or the Commonwealth.
The foundations of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force were laid by the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) which was formed early in 1918, but, although plans were formulated for the continual employment of women with the RAF in peacetime, they had to be abandoned on account of the drastic post-war economy and by April 1920, the disbandment of the WRAF ...
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was the female auxiliary of the Royal New Zealand Air Force during the Second World War.Established in 1941, it began with an initial draft of 200 women, [1] reaching a peak strength of about 3,800, [2] with a total of about 4,750 women passing through its ranks, of who more than 100 achieved commissioned officer rank.