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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 ...
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 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 ...
The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943. Plotters were employed on an early form of air traffic monitoring that played a vital role in World War II, including during the Battle of Britain, The Blitz and the bombing of British cities that followed.
A flight sergeant in RAF service dress. The Royal Air Force uniform is the standardised military dress worn by members of the Royal Air Force. The predominant colours of Royal Air Force uniforms are blue-grey and Wedgwood blue. Many Commonwealth air forces' uniforms are also based on the RAF pattern, but with nationality shoulder flashes.
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.
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.