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WW2 Women’s Auxiliary Army Battalion is the subject of new Netflix movie
She served in the Women’s Army Auxiliary Corps from 1942 to 1945, when she was part of the 6888 Battalion. She returned to military service in 1950, joining the Air Force as a first lieutenant ...
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How did women contribute to the Battle of Britain?
In the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), women took on a wide range of roles. Nina lists trades such as “drivers, clerks including special duties, telephonists, radio direction finding ...
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Newly renovated exhibit at U.S. Air Force museum showcases history of women in flight
The National Museum of the U.S. Air Force recently finished renovations ... These groups, the Women’s Auxiliary Ferrying Squadron and the Women’s Flying Training Detachment, were merged ...
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Margaret Hourigan: Nottingham RAF Plotter honoured in powerful ‘Women In War’ exhibition and first all-female RAF flypast
She joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) before rising to the rank of Sergeant as a plotter with Fighter and Bomber ...
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Photo: A member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) tracking aircraft via radar in 1944.(British Official Photo/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images) Features in: A look at real life ...
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Air Force women's basketball host post season game, fall to Utah Valley in WNIT
The Air Force Falcons got to host their first ever post season game, taking on Utah Valley in the first round of the Women's ...
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D-Day: Nicky Campbell talks to his mum Sheila
BBC Radio 5 Live presenter Nicky Campbell has spoken to his mum, Sheila, who was a radar operator for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. She was stationed at Beachy Head in East Sussex and helped to ...