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
Threshie, Kathleen May ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 882841 17 Nov 1941 —
Thurlow, Kathleen Winifred Joy ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2148530 3 Sep 1946 21
Timms, Hilda Victoria ⚙ — Sergeant 883422 7 Oct 1945 30
Titley, Marjorie Sylvia ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2136002 12 Dec 1943 18
Todd, Margaret Gwendoline ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2080657 19 Jul 1942 20
Tolhurst, Grace Kathleen Ruth ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2010983 30 Nov 1943 —
Topping, Jocelyn ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2165455 26 Jun 1947 20
Tory, Freda ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 450985 13 Feb 1942 21
Town, Alice Mary ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2027646 3 Sep 1942 31
Townsend, Kathleen Patricia ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2014148 3 Feb 1946 20
Tracey, Ivy Therese ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 895505 15 Mar 1942 —
Troke, Beryl Winifred ⚙ — Sergeant 2089108 6 Jul 1944 —
Tucker, Phyllis ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2076023 7 Dec 1942 19
Turner, Beatrice Hetty Mabel ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2054945 25 Aug 1943 27
Turner, Hilda Madeline Maureen ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2022376 29 May 1942 18
Turner, Joan Edna ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2004630 23 Jan 1945 21
Tuxworth, Joyce Elizabeth ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2053434 4 Oct 1943 25
Tyldsley-warburton, Joyce ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 430306 6 Nov 1941 —
Unwin, Cynthia Leonore ⚙ — Section Officer 3332 15 Mar 1942 21
Vallance, Olive May ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2078521 6 Aug 1944 21
Vandyck, Kathleen ⚙ — Section Officer 2568 14 Apr 1944 —
Vassie, Isabella Mary ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2069232 11 Oct 1942 20
Vaughan-jones, Rachel Beryl ⚙ — Sergeant 426484 19 Aug 1946 —
Waddilove, Evelyn Louise ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2039050 1 Jul 1943 —
Wagstaffe, Marjory Constance ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 449104 3 Feb 1945 23
Walker, Deirdre Joan Veronica ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 442236 28 May 1942 —
Walker, Dorothy Travis ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2105764 27 May 1945 29
Walsh, Margaret Mary ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2006225 28 Apr 1945 33
Ward, ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 446950 3 Mar 1944 21
Ward, Marion Betty Eileen ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2018225 27 Jan 1945 22
Warner, Margaret Florence ⚙ — Sergeant 2000588 29 Mar 1947 36
Warren, Edna Eileen ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 469853 7 Aug 1943 —
Warren-smith, Lilian Kate ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 896583 5 Mar 1941 60
Warth, Phyllis Emma ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2069229 27 Jul 1942 19
Watson, Laura Mary ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2079898 24 Dec 1943 19
Watson, Ruth Patricia ⚙ — Section Officer 517 16 Nov 1943 26
Watts, Frances Joan ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 475349 6 Jul 1945 23
Weatherhead, Eleanor Victoria ⚙ — Section Officer 3666 24 Mar 1944 23
Weaver, Ivy Patricia ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2127028 6 Apr 1945 20
Weeks, Alwyn Edith ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2125032 28 Jul 1945 —
Weight, Margaret Holiday ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2037142 16 Dec 1942 25
Welham, Gladys Rose ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2130511 17 Nov 1945 21
Wells, Betty May ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2141410 14 Sep 1943 —
West, Ethel ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 453479 3 Jan 1944 22
Westcott, Ellen Louisa ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2066583 17 Jan 1946 31
Westcott, Vera ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2068205 6 Jan 1944 21
Wheeler, Joan Mary Dorcas ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2017362 26 Mar 1945 23
Wheeler, Marjorie Joan ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 895047 5 Jul 1943 21
Whent, Dulcie Joyce ⚙ — Corporal 2000817 29 Mar 1944 23
White, Bridget ⚙ — Corporal 425046 29 Sep 1944 27