The WAAF: A History of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the Second World War (Shire Library, Band 422) - Softcover

Escott, Beryl

 
9780747805724: The WAAF: A History of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in the Second World War (Shire Library, Band 422)
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0747805725 ISBN 13: 9780747805724
Verlag: Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2003

Inhaltsangabe

The story of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force is a journey of exploration. This intriguing history tells the story of the wartime WAAF at work and play. They were no decorative adjunct to the RAF, but an integral working force that eventually saved the RAF 150,000 men, whose places they filled admirably. Debarred from flying, they nevertheless could be found in posts ranging from cooks to aircraft fitters. They were radar operators, plotters in busy operations rooms, nurses in air evacuation. In secrecy they worked as codebreakers at Bletchley Park, in the Y Listening Service, as code and cypher officers in Churchill's War Cabinet, as air interpreters, and as SOE agents in occupied France. Many others were posted abroad to work. This book provides a fascinating bird's-eye view of their many roles.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Squadron Leader Beryl E. Escott was born in Newfoundland and educated 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 'Women in Air Force Blue', a history of the service, and she has since written several other books. Widely recognised as the leading WAAF historian, she lives in Warwickshire.

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Verlag
Bloomsbury Publishing plc
Erscheinungsdatum
2003
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0747805725
ISBN 13 
9780747805724
Einband
Taschenbuch
Anzahl der Seiten
40
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