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
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