Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force line up for inspection at their London headquarters, England. The corps was formed to assist the British...
Wearing parachutes, four members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force pose by a British warplane, circa 1943.
Royal Air Force Fighter Command, 1939-1945, General view of the Operations Room at No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor , Wiltshire, showing WAAF...
Nurses of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force: Leading Aircraftwoman Myra Roberts , Corporal Lydia Alford and Leading Aircraftwoman Edna Birbeck on...
Control officer watches WAAFs plotting the course of fly past planes at Uxbridge RAF Station, as part of the celebrations for the Battle of Britain...
Women At War 1939 - 1945, Womens Auxiliary Air Force: WAAF personnel on an RAF glider station in Britain repair and pack coloured parachutes for use...
Royal Air Force para-nurses at Upper Heyford in Oxfordshire, 7 October 1948. 'The nurses, a new service to aid air crash victims, have just returned...
Women's Auxiliary Air Force technician uses an oxy acetylene torch to spot weld a repair to an engine part on 5th April 1943 at an RAF Maintenance...
Three British soldiers on furlough from Iceland during World War II cross Trafalgar Square arm-in-arm with two WAAFs, two Land Army women and an ATS...
Group of five female ferry pilots from the Air Transport Auxiliary , wear full flight suits and parachutes as they study a map prior to a flight from...
Members of the WAAF serving in Coastal Command, circa 1940 . Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force packing parachutes during World War II.From...
Instrument repairers with aerial cameras on which they work. On left a F24 which can take 5 x 5 exposures either manually or automatically. The other...
The 'ops' room at the secret operational headquarters at Uxbridge RAF station, from where the Battle of Britain was conducted, is now the control...
Control officer watches WAAFs plotting the course of fly past planes at Uxbridge RAF Station, as part of the celebrations for the Battle of Britain...
Royal Air Force Radar, 1939-1945, Chain Home: WAAF radar operator Denise Miley plotting aircraft on the CRT of an RF7 Receiver in the Receiver Room...
Fighter Station showing the Women's Auxiliary Air Force: Leading Aircraftwomen R.Davie , M. Kidson , J. Wylie , Scotland, 1944.
Flight mechanics of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force undergo maintenance work on an aircraft radial engine at Technical Training Command as part of...
Physical Training at a Recruits' Depot', circa 1943. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were referred to as 'WAAFs', was the female...
Members of the Women’s Royal Air Force go through a physical training exercise next to a Spitfire aircraft at Hawkinge Depot near Folkestone, UK,...
Air Vice-Marshal Sir Trafford Leigh-Mallory inspects members of the WAAF at a Fighter Command station during World War II, 31st March 1940.
World War II, 15th June 1944, England, Press Information during the D-Day Invasion of France, The list of accredited correspondents are checked by...
Group of seven female ferry pilots from the Air Transport Auxiliary , help each other with their parachutes prior to a flight from their base at...
Member of the WAAF accompanies a pilot back to the aerodrome after a flight, June 1941. She is trained to act as ground crew on bomber and fighter...
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force on duty at an RAF station in England, loading stores into the back of a truck.
Some of WAAF personnel who have received the intricate instruction necessary to take on the job of flight-mechanic for engineering and air frames,...
Two female flight mechanics in the WAAF make the final adjustments to an Oxford training plane. Mechanics like these women, who assemble and service...
An RAF worker loading bombs in preparation for Britain's almost nightly attacks on the industries of the German Reich. A WAAF member has chalked 'On...
Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force drives a tractor hauling a bomb load to an awaiting Vickers Wellington MkIII bomber of 115 Squadron Royal...
One of a band of woman pilots, responsible for ferrying back-up supplies and new aircraft from factory sites to their service airfields within...
Women's Auxiliary Air Force flight mechanic wearing protective goggles when using an acetylene welder.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force tightens cables attached to a barrage balloon as part of a training program.
British Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Instrument repairing. Female auxiliary division of Royal Air Force. British postcard series, No. 14.
British Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Two women loading a gun. Female auxiliary division of Royal Air Force. British postcard series, No. 9.
Balloon Site, Coventry, a barrage balloon being hoisted into position by WAAF women in blue overalls. Coventry is visible in thebackground, circa...
British WAAF Corporal using another trained WAAF to demonstrate the right and wrong way to drill to members of the Polish section of the WAAF. The...
British born Lilian Bader is of dual heritage, as her father was Barbadian while her mother was Irish. Throughout her life, Bader overcame gender and...
Flying bomb and WAAF escort during the Battle of Britain 25th anniversary flying display at RAF Biggin Hill, London, UK, 18th September 1965.
Classroom group of ACW aircraftwomen of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force undergo instruction in the use of the Morse code telegraph key and sounder...
Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester and Air Commandant of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force inspects members of an anti aircraft defence barrage...
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work repairing damaged anti aircraft defence barrage balloons on 26th February 1940 at an unknown...
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force of No 1 RAF Balloon Training Unit, RAF Balloon Command manoeuvre anti aircraft defence barrage balloons...
Far right, American pilot Jacqueline Cochran talks to members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force at work on a Hawker Hurricane MkIIb fighter aircraft...
Operations Room', circa 1943. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were referred to as 'WAAFs', was the female auxiliary of the British...
On Signals Duty', circa 1943. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force , whose members were referred to as 'WAAFs', was the female auxiliary of the British...
At A Balloon Centre', circa 1943. Barrage balloons were used to defend against attack by enemy aircraft. They were raised aloft on cables to create a...
Woman of the WAAF handling a barrage balloon, 1943. The WAAF takes over. The handling of barrage balloon requires skill, team-work and considerable...
American aviator Jacqueline Cochran visits an RAF fighter station in the UK as a guest of the WAAF , 1941. She was the first woman to fly a bomber...
