We grew from about 1,700 members at the outbreak of war to approximately 180,000 by 1943.

We served in up to 15 types of duty ranging from catering to meteorology, transport, telephony and telegraphy, codes and ciphers, Intelligence, Security and Operation Rooms.

Members of the WAAF were among the 1,570 ground crew who lost their lives.

The WAAF re-formed into the WRAF in 1949, and fully integrated into the RAF in 1994.

An extensive bibliography provides further reading sources on many aspects of the WAAF and our history.