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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force ( WAAF ), whose members were referred to as WAAFs ( / ˈwæfs / ), was the female auxiliary of the British Royal Air Force during the Second World War. Established in 1939, WAAF numbers exceeded 181,000 at its peak strength in 1943, (15.7% of the RAF) [ 1] with over 2,000 women enlisting per week.
The Women's Royal Air Force ( WRAF) was the women's branch of the Royal Air Force. It existed in two separate incarnations: the Women's Royal Air Force from 1918 to 1920 and the Women's Royal Air Force from 1949 to 1994. On 1 February 1949, the name of the First World War organisation was revived when the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, which had ...
No insignia. Warrant officer [ note 5] Flight Sergeant [ note 6] Sergeant. Corporal. Leading Aircraftwoman. Aircraftwoman 1st Class. Aircraftwoman 2nd Class. Women's Royal Naval Service.
The Royal Canadian Air Force Women's Division was a non-combatant element of the Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) which was active during the Second World War. The Women's Division's original role was to replace male air force personnel so that they would be available for combat-related duties. First called the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air ...
Comfort women were women and girls forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army before and during World War II. [ 70 ] [ 71 ] [ 72 ] The name "comfort women" is a translation of the Japanese euphemism ianfu (慰安婦) and the similar Korean term wianbu (위안부).
Keil, Sally Van Wagenen, Those Wonderful Women in Their Flying Machines: The Unknown Heroines of World War II. New York: Four Directions Press, 1990. ISBN 978-0-9627659-0-2. Landdeck, Katherine Sharp, "The Women with Silver Wings: The Inspiring True Story of the Women Airforce Service Pilots of World War II".: Crown, 2020. ISBN 978-1-5247-6281-0.
Distinguished Flying Cross & Bar. Mentioned in Despatches. Other work. Aviation consultant. Disabled activist. Group Captain Sir Douglas Robert Steuart Bader, CBE, DSO & Bar, DFC & Bar, DL, FRAeS ( / ˈbɑːdər /; 21 February 1910 – 5 September 1982) was a Royal Air Force flying ace during the Second World War.
The Royal New Zealand Air Force (RNZAF; Māori: Te Tauaarangi o Aotearoa) is the aerial service branch of the New Zealand Defence Force.It was formed initially in 1923 as a branch of the New Zealand Army, being known as the New Zealand Permanent Air Force, becoming an independent air force on 1 April 1937.