Our Wartime Days: The WAAF in World War II

22 Janvier 2014

Told through the eyes of those serving at the time, this is the story of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force during the years of World War II. Reminiscences and anecdotes describe in vivid detail what their lives were like from recruiting to demobilization, and a wealth of photographs, mostly taken by the women themselves. From the issue of uniforms and first nights in the barrack hut, WAAF members recall the variety of their experiences and their memories of being witnesses at vital moments of the war. For many of the women, some called up on National Service, this was their first time away from home, and they recall the strangeness of Service discipline and rules, the pleasure at cocking a snook at authority, the food, and spartan accommodation. Young and cheerful, they discovered humor in adversity, formed lasting friendships and shared an unbounded admiration for the pilots with whom they served.(less)

Squadron Leader Beryl E. Escott was born in Newfoundland and educated in Guernsey, South Wales, Lancashire, Yorkshire and at Durham University. She joined the RAF in 1961 and in her spare time edited magazines and wrote books for the service. On leaving the RAF in 1986, she started work on her first book in civil life, Women in Air Force Blue, a history of the service, followed by Mission Improbable, about SOE WAAF agents. Then came Our Wartime Days, 20th Century Women of Courage, and some others. Widely recognised as the leading WAAF historian, she lives in Warwickshire

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Paperback, 208 pages Published June 1st 2009 by The History Press (first published December 31st 1993) original title Our Wartime Days: The WAAF in World War II ISBN 0752450298 (ISBN13: 9780752450292) edition language English

Tag(s) : #Femmes dans les guerres, #Guerre 1939 -1945 - Vichy, #Espionnage - Femmes