Category: Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Categories: British Women in World War II | Royal Air Force, World War II
This category serves to group profiles and pages related to the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), the female auxiliary of the Royal Air Force during World War II, established on 28 June 1939.
The WAAF was created by absorbing the forty-eight RAF companies of the Auxiliary Territorial Service which had existed since 1938. Conscription of women did not begin until 1941 and only applied to those between 20 and 30 years of age, of which only had the choice of the auxiliary services or factory work. At its peak strength, in 1943, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week. For more information, see Wikipedia:Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
- For the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), the women's branch of the Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1920, see Category:Women's Royal Air Force, World War I.
- For the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF), the women's branch of the Royal Air Force from 1949 to 1994, see Category:Women's Royal Air Force.
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