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
Birch, Edna Ruth ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2060027 7 Dec 1941 21
Birnbaum, Elizabeth (buzsuka) ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2992373 19 Oct 1944 23
Blackwell, Pauline Margaret ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2149258 2 Aug 1945 19
Blakiston-houston, Barbara Kathleen ⚙ — Section Officer 1696 16 Mar 1942 24
Bone, Megan ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2080522 19 Sep 1945 21
Bonner, Bessie Eileen Eva ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 447352 20 Nov 1947 25
Booker, Myrtle Rose ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2007376 27 Dec 1942 20
Booth, Dorothy ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 433421 24 Mar 1945 24
Booth, Frances ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 435033 14 Apr 1944 24
Booth, Margaret ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2079016 20 Jan 1943 20
Botting, Joyce Nadene ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 481290 3 Apr 1944 22
Bottomley, Marian ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2102389 9 Jul 1946 20
Boulden, Sylvia Peggy ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2131371 1 Dec 1945 21
Boulter, Sadie Bell ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 450345 10 Oct 1944 22
Bowman, Florence Mary ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2057431 29 Apr 1945 21
Boyes, Kathleen ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2081896 1 Dec 1941 31
Boyle, Mary Williamson ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 432982 21 Dec 1942 19
Brackstone, Ethel Blanche Teresa ⚙ — Corporal 422825 30 Jan 1945 22
Bradwell, Gladys Wendy ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 884128 2 Dec 1939 —
Brand, Helen Ross ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2116411 18 May 1943 20
Breedon, Joan Constance ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2063174 2 Jul 1943 19
Bridges, Carrie ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 472382 12 Aug 1944 22
Brierley, Dora Elsie ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 454219 26 Feb 1942 31
Brooke-alder, Stella Mary Caroline ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 444353 4 Oct 1942 20
Brown, Daisy Winifred ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2063996 17 Mar 1943 —
Brown, Elizabeth ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 884159 22 Jun 1941 23
Brown, Enid Stanley ⚙ — Corporal 437975 19 Dec 1944 22
Brown, Joyce Alethea ⚙ — Assistant Section Officer 3570 28 Oct 1941 23
Browne, Mary Josephine ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 214039 15 Jul 1943 22
Bryant, Margaret Stuart ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2130855 15 Jan 1946 23
Buchanan, Margaret Lindsay ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2035854 28 May 1946 23
Buick, Jessie Adam ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2119818 8 Feb 1946 22
Bunting, Audrey Mabel ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2033265 28 Jul 1942 18
Bunting, Margaret Irene ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2065285 2 Jul 1942 18
Burdon, Edith May ⚙ — Corporal 2020663 10 Apr 1945 —
Burge, Marguerite Beatrice ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2014522 31 Jan 1943 22
Burnett, Joan ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2054564 22 May 1943 21
Burnham, Phyllis Anne ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 894543 9 Nov 1941 21
Burriss, Dora ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 2004274 1 Jul 1944 —
Burrows, Edith May ⚙ — Section Officer 3139 18 Apr 1942 —
Burton, Hazel ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 448518 14 Feb 1942 20
Burton, Joy ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 2025361 23 Jun 1944 21
Bushby, Joan Mary ⚙ — Flight Officer 5783 24 Mar 1944 25
Button, Edna Lenna ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 1st Class 886553 30 Aug 1940 39
Byck, Muriel Tamara ⚙ — Section Officer 9111 23 May 1944 25
Caddick, Grace ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 450565 19 Oct 1942 —
Cain, Eileen May ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 473846 4 Oct 1946 28
Calder, Dorothy Ethel ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 889998 11 Apr 1940 18
Callaghan, Margaret ⚙ — Leading Aircraftwoman 892229 6 Jul 1942 21
Camm, Marjorie Lilian ⚙ — Aircraftwoman 2nd Class 2142343 9 Aug 1946 19