Description
Object description
Modern ts account (7pp) of her service in the WAAF beginning with initial training at RAF Kenley, Surrey (1938 - November 1939), before her posting to the WAAF recruitment depot at West Drayton (November 1939 - May 1940), brief training with the Photographic Interpretation Service (May 1940), then mainly administrative work at various airbases including 11 Group HQ Fighter Command at Uxbridge, the WAAF Officers School at Loughborough and later Windermere, the WAAF Directorate at the Air Ministry in London (1944) where she volunteered as Squadron Officer to supervise the welfare of WAAF overseas drafts to Egypt and India, 23 Group Flying Training Command at South Cerney, and finally as Squadron Officer responsible for welfare in Hong Kong, Singapore and Ceylon (1945 - August 1947), including useful descriptions of her duties, living conditions, the initial shortage of proper uniforms, the dangers of an unexploded land-mine, and the sense of security and purpose provided by her service in the WAAF.
Content description
Modern ts account (7pp) of her service in the WAAF beginning with initial training at RAF Kenley, Surrey (1938 - November 1939), before her posting to the WAAF recruitment depot at West Drayton (November 1939 - May 1940), brief training with the Photographic Interpretation Service (May 1940), then mainly administrative work at various airbases including 11 Group HQ Fighter Command at Uxbridge, the WAAF Officers School at Loughborough and later Windermere, the WAAF Directorate at the Air Ministry in London (1944) where she volunteered as Squadron Officer to supervise the welfare of WAAF overseas drafts to Egypt and India, 23 Group Flying Training Command at South Cerney, and finally as Squadron Officer responsible for welfare in Hong Kong, Singapore and Ceylon (1945 - August 1947), including useful descriptions of her duties, living conditions, the initial shortage of proper uniforms, the dangers of an unexploded land-mine, and the sense of security and purpose provided by her service in the WAAF.
History note
Cataloguer APR
History note
Catalogue date 1996-11-29