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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hutchings, Emily Francis ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2125385 | 5 Aug 1946 | 38 |
| Hutchison, Winifred ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 462814 | 16 Apr 1945 | 24 |
| Hyde, Hilda May ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 451528 | 3 Oct 1942 | 29 |
| Ibbetson, Annie ⚙ | — | Corporal | 453582 | 30 Mar 1944 | 29 |
| Inayat-khan, Noor (nora) ⚙ | — | Section Officer | 9901 | 13 Sep 1944 | — |
| Inkster, Christine ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2118405 | 12 Aug 1944 | 32 |
| Irvine, Annie ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2165476 | 24 Dec 1945 | 30 |
| Irving, Ruth Elizabeth ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2005287 | 16 Feb 1945 | — |
| Isherwood, Mary ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2085214 | 17 Nov 1945 | 22 |
| Jacklin, Eileen Gladys Joyce ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2111507 | 15 Mar 1947 | 23 |
| Jackson, Eileen Gertrude Maud ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2000500 | 29 Oct 1942 | 20 |
| Jackson, Elizabeth ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2111236 | 4 Jul 1944 | 20 |
| Jackson, Winifred ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2089973 | 26 Sep 1946 | 22 |
| James, Betty ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2037244 | 30 Jun 1947 | 21 |
| James, Josephine Cynthia Mary ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2131652 | 15 Nov 1946 | 22 |
| Jamieson, Jean ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2149487 | 10 Aug 1944 | 19 |
| Jarron, Helen Stewart ⚙ | — | Sergeant | 489350 | 13 Aug 1946 | 23 |
| Jenner, Ena May ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2006409 | 14 Jun 1942 | 26 |
| Johnson, Eleanor ⚙ | — | Sergeant | 891600 | 18 Mar 1942 | 22 |
| Johnson, Vera ⚙ | — | Corporal | 890975 | 28 Apr 1945 | — |
| Johnson, Winifred ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2048262 | 6 Nov 1946 | 36 |
| Johnston, Nellie Craig ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2042703 | 7 Feb 1946 | 25 |
| Jonas, Peggy Mary ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 479007 | 26 May 1945 | 26 |
| Jones, Ira Eileen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 443785 | 26 Mar 1942 | 22 |
| Jones, Mabel ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 445052 | 10 Feb 1942 | 23 |
| Jones, Margaret Elaine ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2076557 | 30 Mar 1944 | 20 |
| Jones, Myra Eleanor ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2121116 | 1 Sep 1946 | 18 |
| Jones, Sarah Ellen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 446086 | 5 Dec 1946 | — |
| Jones, Vera ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 450508 | 1 Jul 1944 | — |
| Josefsson, Nancy Ulrika ⚙ | — | Section Officer | 7734 | 17 Aug 1944 | 32 |
| Jung, Penelope Kathleen (paddy) ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2149793 | 11 Dec 1943 | 21 |
| Kavanagh, Margaret Dignan Hume ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 475845 | 4 Sep 1944 | 24 |
| Keddie, Jessie Marshal ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2040715 | 12 Oct 1945 | 22 |
| Kerly, Ellen Mary ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2019806 | 9 Jul 1944 | — |
| Kirby, Lily Florence ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 452224 | 18 Oct 1943 | 19 |
| Kirkwood, Jean ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2037868 | 20 Nov 1943 | 21 |
| Knapp, Winifred Ellen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2029508 | 31 Jul 1943 | 21 |
| Knesevich, Doreen ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2994504 | 27 Nov 1946 | — |
| Knight, Margaret Amelia ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 473052 | 1 Nov 1944 | 23 |
| Knipe, Barbara Ethel Louise ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 422674 | 18 Dec 1940 | — |
| Knox, Agnes ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2119557 | 18 Jun 1943 | 20 |
| Ladner, Monica Jean ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2068080 | 5 Jul 1942 | 19 |
| Laidlaw, Margaret Hughes ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2043917 | 24 Jul 1942 | 19 |
| Lambert, Ellen Mabel ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 2nd Class | 2072791 | 22 Jun 1947 | 17 |
| Lambert, Elsie Caroline ⚙ | — | Leading Aircraftwoman | 2007259 | 4 Jan 1944 | 38 |
| Lane, Patricia Elizabeth ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2004740 | 25 Apr 1943 | 20 |
| Lawrence, Jean ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2041172 | 6 Nov 1943 | — |
| Lawrence, Pamela Ianthe ⚙ | — | Flight Officer | 384 | 16 Jan 1943 | 22 |
| Lawrie, Annie ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 2118448 | 11 Jul 1945 | 21 |
| Lawry, Carol Winifred ⚙ | — | Aircraftwoman 1st Class | 886111 | 9 Oct 1940 | — |