| WAAF Association - books about the WAAF / WRAF |
This is mostly
based on the select bibliography in Women in Air Force Blue.
Inclusion does not imply any endorsement. Fiction are noted with
an asterisk.
Last updated 20 Feb 2005.
| Air Ministry | The Second World War, 1939-45, RAF: The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1953, a restricted publication) |
| Babington Smith C | Evidence in Camera (David & Charles, 1957) |
| Baker ER | WAAF Adventure (Lonsdale, 1946) |
| Beauman KB | Partners in Blue (Hutchinson, 1971) |
| Beauman KB | Wings on Her Shoulders (Hutchinson, 1943) |
| 'Beck P' | A WAAF in Bomber Command (Goodall Publications Ltd, 1989) |
| Came D | The Eyes of the Few (PR Macmillan, 1960) |
| Chauncey A | Women of the Royal Air Force (WRAF Old Comrades Association, 1922) |
| Christopher J | Balloons at War - Gasbags, Flying Bombs & Cold War Secrets (Tempus Publishing, Nov 2004) |
| Clayton A | The Enemy is Listening (Hutchinson, 1980) |
| Collett-Wadge D | Women in Uniform (Sampson Low, 1946) |
| Cooper A | The Gentle Sex
(J&KH Publishing PO Box 13, Hailsham E Sussex BN27
3XQ email www.enquiries@jkhpub.co.uk, 1999) 42 pages of this book are devoted to the WAAF, plus many photographs inc the WAAF Band and the recipents of the MM in 1940. |
| Derbyshire | Shirley Joins The WRAF (Bodley Head, 1955) |
| Douglas-Pennant V | Under the Searchlight (Allen & Unwin, 1922) |
| Escott, Sqn Ldr B | Mission Improbable - A salute to the RAF women of SOE in wartime France (Patrick Stephens, 1991) |
| Escott, Sqn Ldr B | Women in Air Force Blue (Patrick Stephens Ltd, 1989) |
| Escott, Sqn Ldr B | The WAAF in Bomber Command in The Means of Victory (Bomber Command Association, 1992) |
| Escott, Sqn Ldr B | Our Wartime Days, The WAAF in World War II (Alan Sutton Publishing Ltd, 1995) |
| Escott, B |
The WAAF (Shire Publications, 2003) |
| Farson & Paris | *Bombers' Moon (V. Gollancz Ltd, 1941) |
| Joubert, P de la Ferté | The Forgotten Ones (Hutchinson, 1961) |
| Forbes & Portal | Book of the WAAF (Amalgamated Press Ltd, 1942) |
| Garth S | With the WAAF (R Tuck, 1942) |
| George GA | Eight Months with the WRAF (Heath Cranton Ltd, 1920) |
| Greig A | *That Summer (Faber & Faber, 2000) |
| Gwynne-Vaughan H | The Junior Leader (Hutchinson & Co, 1943) |
| Hall A | We Also Were There (Merlin Books, 1985) |
| HEB | WAAF in Action (Adam & Chas Black, 1942) |
| Izzard M | A Heroine in Her Time (Macmillan, 1969) |
| Johns, WE | *Worrals on the War-Path : a Worrals of the W.A.A.F. story (Hodder & Stoughton Limited. London, 1943) Adventure story for children set in occupied Europe. |
| Korwin M | In Spite of Everything (Dunlop & Drennan, 1942) |
| Masson M | Christine (Hamish Hamilton, 1975) |
| Macmillan N | Sir Sefton Brancker (Heinemann, 1935) |
| Millard J | Mayday ... Calling Mayday (Bluebelle Books, 1995) |
| Mitchell D | Women on the Warpath (J Cape, 1965) |
| Nicholson J | *Kiss the Girls Goodbye (Hutchinson, 1944) |
| Noble V | Girls You Amaze Me (Allen, 1943) |
| Peake F | Pure Chance - Memoirs of Dame Felicity Peake (Airlife, 1993) |
| Peters Y |
Have You Got Your Irons? - It's a WAAF's Life (Greenridges Press, Northwich, 2004) |
| Pickering S | Tales of a Bomber Command WAAF (and her horse) (Woodfield, 2002) |
| Pickering S | More Tales of a Bomber Command WAAF (and her horse) (Woodfield, 2003) |
| Powys-Lybbe U | The Eye of Intelligence (Kimber, 1983) |
| Priestley JB | British Women Go to War (Collins, 1943) |
| Pushman MG | We All Wore Blue (Futura, 1990) |
| Reid, K |
One WAAF's War (Wilbek & Lewbar, 90 Victoria Road, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 1EU; 2002). A donation is made to WAAFA for each sale of this book of poetry by Kathryn Reid, who was in Flying Control in Bomber & Fighter Commands. |
| Reynolds V & Others | Service Women WRNS, WRAC, WRAF (Educ Explorers, 1977) |
| Ross C | *The Colours of the Night (M Joseph Ltd [Magnum 1981], 1962) |
| Ross C | *Battledress (Eyre & Methuen Ltd [Magnum 1980], 1979) |
| Scott P | They Made Invasion Possible (Hutchinson, 1944) |
| Settle ML | All the Brave Promises (Heinemann, 1966) |
| Shute N | *Pastoral (William Heinemann, 1944) |
| Taylor E | Women Who Went to War 1938-46 (?, ?) |
| Taylor L | Airwomen's Work (Pitman, 1943) |
| Warren PM | The Best of Enemies (Howard Baker, 1986) |
| WRAF | Women of the Royal Air Force on the Rhine (Bachem, Cologne, 1919) |
| WRAF | Handbook for WRAF (Gale & Polden 1919) |
| Williams BR |
As We Were (Woodfield, 2004) the late author was editor of WAAF Association News |
| Williams BR # | They Shall Have Music - The story of the WAAF Voluntary Marching Bands from 1939 (Brigwill, 1995) the late author was editor of WAAF Association News |
| Worrall A | *Lambs in Blue (New Horizon, 1983) |
| Wyndham J | *Love is Blue (Heinemann, 1986) |
| Unknown | R.A.F. Parade
(Sun Engraving Co. Ltd., no date but war-time) Pamphlet that relates to the R.A.F.'s war time activities. Sections on the various branches of the service including the W.A.A.F. pages 22-25 with excellent clear pictures. |
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