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• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  A Wren Visual Signaller uses a flash lamp to receive and send messages to ships at this Fleet Air Arm station, somewhere in Scotland. According to the original caption, after training Wren Visual Signallers are on duty in ports and their category badge...

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two Wren aircraft checkers look over every part of the aircraft to make sure that everything is in place before a flight. Aircraft checkers work in pairs and work their way down a checklist.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Women of the WRNS learn to pull a 12-oared cutter with a view to entering in the local regatta. The women on board are those with more sedentary jobs, such as 'Writers', and have been encouraged to get more involved in sports.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Third Officer Ingledew, WRNS, gives a lecture on aircraft recognition to gunners of the Station Defence. She uses an epidiascope to project pictures of aircraft onto the screen as well as models of aircraft during her daily hour-long lecture.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two Wren Radio Mechanics work with a Naval Rating to test radio receivers in the radio workshop.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Maintenance Wrens now undertake electrical repairs as part of their duty. Here, two members of the WRNS mend an electrical fan in one of the naval officers' cabins on board a training ship.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Radio Mechanics of the WRNS prepare to board a Fleet Air Arm aircraft to test the radio whilst the aircraft is in flight.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Petty Officer Drummond, WRNS, is a cook on an air station and provides meals for 300 Wrens. She joined the WRNS as a wardroom galley cook the day after war broke out. She is now in charge of a WRNS galley.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Three Wren Parachute Packers help a pilot to collect up his parachute after landing.

• WOMEN'S ROYAL NAVAL SERVICE: WITH THE FLEET AIR ARM, SCOTLAND, 1943

  part of "MINISTRY OF INFORMATION SECOND WORLD WAR OFFICIAL COLLECTION" (photographs) Made by: Ministry of Information Photo Division Photographer

  Two Wren cooks carve ham for the lunchtime meal in the galley of a Fleet Air Arm base in Scotland, 1943.