Women's Auxiliary Air Force: formed during World War II as an auxiliary of the Royal Air Force.
a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Women's Auxiliary Australian Air Force
Also called: Waaf. a member of either of these forces
First recorded in 1939
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Anne was proposed to 20 times before 1945 but her female friendships meant most to her, especially fellow Waaf Millie; she found parting from her agonising.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 18, 2013
She had seen the resident psychiatrist at the Air Ministry, who recommended she be released "immediately" from her home military department, the WAAF.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
In November 1941 she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, or WAAF, as a balloon operator.
From BBC ● Oct. 13, 2023
Cpl Henderson spent six months working at the base as part of the WAAF.
From BBC ● Jul. 30, 2022
The station in this case was Chicago's one-kilowatt independent, WAAF.
From Time Magazine Archive
Flak-happy Liberator Pilot Jerry Wright takes a two-week leave from his air base in England and goes off to Scotland with Patches, a mousy, grey-eyed little WAAF.
From Time Magazine Archive
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