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 | 📖 Bio | Rank | Service number | Died | Age |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whiteley, Dorothy ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 472395 | 4 Jan 1944 | — |
| Whitlock, Joan Eileen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 447215 | 21 Jan 1942 | 20 |
| Whymark, Florence ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2022840 | 16 Jul 1947 | 28 |
| Wilkins, Elizabeth Janet ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 470549 | 23 Dec 1943 | 22 |
| Wilkinson, Ann Marsden ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2026041 | 6 Jan 1942 | — |
| Williams, ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 426791 | 24 Sep 1943 | — |
| Williams, Barbara ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2080596 | 17 Oct 1944 | 22 |
| Williams, Barbara Sarah Watkin ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 883075 | 20 Jun 1940 | 17 |
| Williams, Brenda ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 467390 | 27 May 1943 | 20 |
| Williams, Mollie Isabel ⚙ | — | Corporal | 889601 | 5 Jun 1944 | 28 |
| Williams, Reba Joyce ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2025487 | 27 Feb 1946 | 22 |
| Williams, Rosie ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 440653 | 10 Jan 1946 | 23 |
| Williamson, Mary Amos ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 454665 | 5 Jan 1944 | — |
| Willis, Dorothy Mary June Dorrie ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2107562 | 9 Jul 1946 | 21 |
| Wilson, Agnes Dunbar ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2118452 | 24 Nov 1944 | 16 |
| Wilson, Mary Edith Doreen ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2086421 | 11 Jun 1945 | — |
| Wilson, Sarah Elizabeth ⚙ | — | Corporal | 894014 | 26 Nov 1942 | — |
| Wilton, Lavinia Beatrix Eileen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2003603 | 16 May 1943 | — |
| Winter, Doris Sylvia ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2005985 | 26 Apr 1942 | 28 |
| Wood, Edith ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2099974 | 7 Mar 1943 | 32 |
| Woodall, Rieta ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2039554 | 30 Dec 1942 | 19 |
| Woodley, Morfydd Lilian ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2077272 | 9 Dec 1943 | 24 |
| Woods, April Dawn ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2007868 | 29 Nov 1947 | 23 |
| Woodward, Edna ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 468262 | 14 Nov 1943 | 22 |
| Woollard, Joy Kathleen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 449799 | 8 Nov 1943 | 21 |
| Wright, Betty ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 897565 | 7 Mar 1941 | 21 |
| Wright, Isobel Jean Moreland ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 480769 | 20 May 1945 | 23 |
| Wright, Jean Dibby ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2002675 | 8 Feb 1942 | 17 |
| Wyness, Mary Brown ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2046417 | 4 Jul 1942 | 30 |
| Young, Annie McDonald Patrick ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 467218 | 12 Sep 1945 | 25 |
| Young, Grace Margaret ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2014942 | 1 May 1943 | 21 |