Service Members

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⚙ Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)

731 women of the WAAF who died on service, held in the database. The WAAF served as wireless operators, plotters, radar and balloon operators, mechanics, drivers, parachute packers and in many other roles alongside the RAF. Listed alphabetically.

Name📖 BioRankService numberDiedAge
Slade, Doris Ivy Britnell ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 480570 19 Dec 1943 22
Smillie, Margaret Hamilton ⚙ — Corporal 2047006 31 Jul 1944 24
Smillie, Mary Donelly ⚙ — Corporal 421073 19 Oct 1944 22
Smith, Delcie Eva ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 420029 16 Apr 1942 27
Smith, Doris Eileen ⚙ — Corporal 421110 20 Mar 1943 24
Smith, Ethel May ⚙ — Corporal 454506 11 Oct 1943 28
Smith, Norah ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 436487 2 Jun 1943 22
Smith, Peggy ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2071990 13 Jul 1944 20
Smithers, Audrey Eileen Welsford ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2029533 26 Mar 1943 20
Snape, Emily Naomi ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2064739 17 Feb 1943 18
Sokolowska, Elizabeth ⚙ — Flight Officer 5557 12 Jan 1946 —
Souter, Euphemia McGregor ⚙ — Corporal 2043629 30 Aug 1947 43
Sparrow, Ivy Doris ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2067729 14 Apr 1944 20
Spreadbury, Florence Violet May ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2132388 2 Jun 1946 22
Stabb, Audrey Hilda ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2126611 1 Aug 1944 19
Standing, Joyce Margaret Ethel ⚙ — Corporal 2024223 9 Jun 1943 20
Stannard, Betty Mary ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2068971 18 May 1943 21
Stephens, Edna Florence ⚙ — Sergeant 2090972 14 Dec 1946 30
Stevens, Mary Emily ⚙ — Corporal 893468 10 Mar 1944 25
Stevenson, Janet Welsh ⚙ — Corporal 425348 13 Apr 1944 21
Stewart, Caroline Snodgrass Allan ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2150737 5 Nov 1945 19
Stretton, Evelyn ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 439937 4 May 1942 31
Strickland, Jean ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2110240 7 May 1944 —
Strock, Guilda ⚙ — Section Officer 7408 15 Jul 1946 32
Such, Joan ⚙ — Corporal 2021968 13 Jun 1944 21
Sulter, Isabella B. ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2118835 17 Aug 1944 19
Sumner, Edith Annie ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 448060 29 Jun 1944 24
Swarbrick, Jane ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2047332 4 May 1945 23
Sweet, Winifred Violet ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2060062 20 Aug 1942 21
Swift, Frances Alice ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 437742 26 Dec 1941 17
Szenes, Hannah ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2992382 7 Nov 1944 23
Tahhan, Josephine ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2990210 17 Feb 1946 —
Tailby, Joan Iris ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2038841 20 Sep 1945 27
Taylor, Annie Henrietta ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 442133 15 Sep 1941 20
Taylor, Barbara Joan ⚙ — Sergeant 2025112 16 Nov 1945 21
Taylor, Betty Marion ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2035250 25 May 1944 27
Taylor, Emily ⚙ — Corporal 2095035 6 Jan 1946 —
Taylor, Kathleen Vera ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2141694 2 Aug 1944 19
Taylor, Priscilla ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 897210 3 Nov 1942 —
Thain, Emma Louise ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2141337 16 Dec 1942 29
Thomas, Mabel Gertrude ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2120782 12 Aug 1946 —
Thomlinson, Edna Mae ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2149822 29 Aug 1944 30
Thompson, Eileen Mary ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 472374 2 Aug 1945 23
Thompson, Hilda Marjorie ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2097973 28 Jul 1945 —
Thorn, Cornelia Despard ⚙ — Section Officer 4442 18 Jun 1944 33
Thorne, Betty Kathleen ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 440710 21 Feb 1945 22
Thorning, Joyce Jeannette ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2071354 1 Nov 1942 28
Thornton, Doris Ethel ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 454920 2 Apr 1942 23
Thorogood, Peggy Eileen ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 884820 9 Aug 1941 21
Thorpe, Lily ⚙ — Corporal 423518 8 Aug 1943 42