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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Margaret (Barnes) Burcher 12 Jun 1921 St Albans, Hertfordshire, England - abt 16 Apr 2000

Margaret (Bowen) Quantrill 18 Feb 1922 Coventry, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Jan 2006

Mathilde (Boyd) Starrett 14 May 1925 Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland - 16 Dec 2013

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Hilda Kate (Clark) Whittaker 30 Mar 1902 Bedminster, Bristol, England, United Kingdom - abt 1977

Angela (Culme-Seymour) Spencer-Churchill 03 Aug 1912 - 22 Jan 2012

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Eileen Dawson 17 Jun 1922 Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland, England, United Kingdom - 28 Sep 1942

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Diane Faunthorpe 02 Mar 1920 Beaminster, Dorset, England, United Kingdom - 27 Mar 2010

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Cicely (Gordon) Lefort 30 Apr 1899 London, England - Feb 1945

G cont.

Irene Guy abt 1913 Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1941

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Frances (Howard) Lane 23 Nov 1911 Winchester, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Feb 1990

Mildred (Huyler) Gillies 07 Jan 1908 Syosset, Nassau County, New York, United States - 14 Oct 1998

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Aime (Jonklaas) Williams 19 Aug 1919 Gampola, Central, Sri Lanka - 15 Jul 2000

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Pamela (Kirke) Ingram 17 Jul 1920 Christchurch, Hampshire, England, United Kingdom - 26 May 2009

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Nellie (Platt) Griffiths 22 Mar 1907 Wybunbury, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Oct 1944

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Zara Sells 01 Oct 1899 Genoa, Italy - 1990

S cont.

Dolores (Sorour) Moggridge 01 Mar 1922 Pretoria, South Africa - 07 Jan 2004

Winifred (Standing) Knapp 1922 Cuckfield, Sussex, England - 31 Jul 1943

Doris (Strickland) Leyland 1920 England, United Kingdom - 01 May 1942

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Lilian (Underwood) Dutton 18 Dec 1919 Warrington, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 01 Jun 2018

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Mary (Westenra) Bailey 01 Dec 1890 County Monaghan, Ireland - 29 Jul 1960

Cynthia (Wilson) Wharton 1920s - 1980s

Marjorie (Wilson) McCracken 1920s - 1990s

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