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1940 – The Women's War Service Auxiliary and Women's Auxiliary Army Corps are formed; amongst other duties, they are trained in firefighting. 1943 – Dargaville Volunteer Fire Brigade forms New Zealand's first all-female brigade, formed of 11 WWSA members. 1964 – Nine women form the Ahipara Fire Party, the first post-war all-female brigade.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 10:34, 5 February 2013: 800 × 605 (54 KB): Fæ {{Information |description = {{en|''The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , 1939-1945.''<br/> A WAAF driver turns the starting handle of a Standard 5-cwt van at Cardington, Bedfordshire.}} |author = Baker L H (P/O), Royal Air Force official photographer |dat...
English: The Womens' Auxiliary Air Force, 1939-1945. Queen Elizabeth chatting with a WAAF sergeant during a visit to an early training establishment at Innsworth, Gloucester. The WAAFs, with the exception of Assistant Section Officer G H Caffin standing behind the Queen, are wearing 'emergency' uniforms consisting of overalls and berets, which ...
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In the beginning, women in Nazi Germany were not involved in the Wehrmacht, as Adolf Hitler ideologically opposed conscription for women, [2] stating that Germany would "not form any section of women grenade throwers or any corps of women elite snipers." [3] However, with many men going to the front, women were placed in auxiliary positions within the Wehrmacht, called Wehrmachtshelferinnen ...
The Women's Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron (WAFS), never numbering more than 28, was created in September 1942 within the Air Transport Command, under Nancy Harkness Love's leadership. WAFS were recruited from among commercially licensed women pilots with at least 500 hours flying time and a 200-hp rating.
The 32nd and 33rd Post Headquarters Companies started out as Women's Auxiliary Army Corps (WAAC). [4] When the WAACs changed to WAC, many of the black women who had joined stayed on as WACs. [4] The black women enlisted in the WAACs started out in Fort Des Moines, Iowa, for training, and where they lived in segregated conditions from the white ...