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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haywood, Rosalind Winifred ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 432567 | 4 May 1944 | 23 |
| Heard, Gwendolyne Mary ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 885746 | 25 May 1940 | 20 |
| Heath, Gladys ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2061628 | 4 Nov 1942 | 23 |
| Heavyside, Irene ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 438212 | 17 Aug 1944 | 22 |
| Heley, Esme Joan ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2020146 | 30 Dec 1941 | — |
| Hemingway, Marie ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 486532 | 19 Dec 1943 | — |
| Henderson, Alice Margaret ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 461074 | 3 Jul 1944 | 24 |
| Henderson, Joyce ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 440457 | 14 Oct 1945 | 22 |
| Hendon, Irene Margaret ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2028400 | 24 May 1944 | 20 |
| Hensley, Muriel Joyce ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 427370 | 25 Jul 1945 | 23 |
| Hewitt, Marie Olive Hazel ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2136462 | 11 Jun 1943 | — |
| Hickling, Eileen ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2050242 | 24 May 1945 | — |
| Hicks, Phyllis ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 442668 | 19 Dec 1941 | 20 |
| Hickson, Renee ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2102000 | 7 Jan 1945 | — |
| Higgins, Elsie ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2136036 | 20 Feb 1943 | 19 |
| Hill, Annie Dorothy ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 886211 | 4 Jan 1941 | 41 |
| Hill, Mary Patricia ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 429273 | 8 Jul 1943 | 21 |
| Hills, Clara Mercy ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2007493 | 4 Dec 1943 | 28 |
| Hind, Marion Jean ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 476938 | 27 Jun 1944 | 23 |
| Hitchon, Barbara Mary ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 478331 | 14 Mar 1944 | 22 |
| Hobbs, Elsie Doreen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 478663 | 1 Oct 1944 | — |
| Hobby, Edith Kathleen ⚙ | — | Sergeant | 883854 | 19 Jul 1946 | 27 |
| Hobhouse, Hilary Nora ⚙ | — | Corporal | 2149967 | 3 Sep 1946 | 21 |
| Hodgson, Nellie ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2135010 | 16 Nov 1945 | 40 |
| Hold, Gladys Marjorie ⚙ | — | Corporal | 449829 | 10 Oct 1947 | 25 |
| Holden, Dorothy ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2102440 | 5 Dec 1944 | 18 |
| Holden, Patricia Cora ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 423634 | 1 Nov 1945 | 24 |
| Holland, Hilda Jane ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2029746 | 7 Jan 1944 | 21 |
| Holland, Lily May ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2076183 | 3 Mar 1942 | 20 |
| Holmes, Patricia Florence Rose ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2144393 | 21 Feb 1946 | 21 |
| Holt, Margaret Beatrice ⚙ | — | Corporal | 2088304 | 7 Dec 1945 | 23 |
| Hooper, Janet Margaret ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2140990 | 24 Feb 1945 | 19 |
| Hope, Ann Gertrude ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2079859 | 13 Nov 1945 | 36 |
| Hopkins, Eileen Margaret ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2076304 | 15 Dec 1943 | 20 |
| Horsfall, Joan Charlotte Victoria ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 890847 | 15 Sep 1944 | — |
| Houlberg, Heather Joyce ⚙ | — | Corporal | 2160316 | 15 Nov 1946 | 23 |
| Howes, Joan Myfanwy ⚙ | — | Section Officer | 5136 | 20 Feb 1947 | — |
| Howl, Betty Irene ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 438129 | 31 May 1943 | 19 |
| Hoy, Ena Maureen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2003416 | 3 Feb 1943 | 19 |
| Hubble, Dulcie Winifred ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2085091 | 5 Sep 1945 | — |
| Hudson, Dora May ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 459538 | 21 Aug 1943 | 24 |
| Hudson, Marguerite Hester ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 882414 | 15 Aug 1940 | 19 |
| Hughes, Karin Lia ⚙ | — | Section Officer | 6552 | 6 Nov 1943 | 24 |
| Hughes, Margaret Eleanor ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 200338 | 27 Oct 1942 | 21 |
| Hughes, Mary ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 437410 | 23 Mar 1942 | 27 |
| Hughes, Vera ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 470079 | 7 Sep 1943 | 21 |
| Hulton, Rowena ⚙ | — | Corporal | 888042 | 26 Jun 1941 | 44 |
| Humphreys, Mair Eluned ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2020353 | 7 Jan 1944 | 21 |
| Hunter, Florence May ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2027408 | 7 Apr 1945 | 37 |
| Hussey, Marjorie Rosetta ⚙ | — | Section Officer | 5060 | 4 Sep 1942 | 30 |
