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Birthday candle Leading Aircraftwoman Marion Gomm

Aircraft & Exhibits, 1944, Cosford, Hangar Three, X001-1530

Leading Aircraftwoman Marion Gomm was a cook at RAF Wyton, headquarters for the Pathfinder Force. This candle was a memento from Marion’s 21st birthday party held in the Sergeants’ Mess in March 1944.

wax candle with "Marion" in green, black wick. Silver foil cylinder below., IAIN DUNCAN

WAAF from Sarawak, 313: M. Street by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00934

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders coloured chalk portrait of a WAAF from Sarawek wearing RAF uniform and cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Sarawak in lower left corner., RAF Museum

A WAAF from Kenya, 302: Cpl M McClelland by Edith Honor Earl, chalk on paper

Fine Art, 1944, In Storage, FA00940

Edith Honor Earl made this portrait drawing for her exhibition 'Warriors of the Empire' with the Royal Empire Society, which opened in London’s Grosvenor House in December 1944. It is one of 22 portraits by her in the RAF Museum collection (besides others elsewhere) which celebrate the contributions of Service personnel from the British colonies and Commonwealth in the Second World War.

Head and shoulders chalk portrait of a woman wearing WAAF uniform without cap. Small associative landscape drawing of Kenya in upper right corner., RAF Museum

Formal photograph of Assistant Section Officer Noor Inayat Khan

Photographs, In Storage, PC76/24/24

Noor Inayat Khan was a member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Recruited as a Special Operation Executive agent she became the first female wireless operator to be sent from the UK into occupied France to aid the French Resistance during the Second World War. She was posthumously awarded the George Cross in 1949 for 'most conspicuous courage, both moral and physical over a period of more than 12 months.'

Portrait of a young woman in uniform, RAF Museum

WAAF Other Ranks, Shirt, 1939 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 1990/0386/U

The airwoman’s service dress uniform included an open necked jacket with lapels with which a shirt, collar and tie was to be worn.

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Recording in which Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie describes a bombing raid, circa 1970

Film & Sound, In Storage, SC85/70

Group Captain Hamish Mahaddie, a veteran of Bomber Command, describes the sequence of events that took place before, during and after an RAF bombing raid during the Second World War.

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WAAF Other Ranks, Black Tie, 1939 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 69/U/463

The airwoman’s service dress uniform included an open necked jacket with lapels with which a shirt, collar and tie was to be worn.

WAAF Other Ranks, Black Tie, 1939 Pattern, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan / RAF Museum

WAAF Other Ranks, Service Dress Cap, 1939 Pattern

Aircraft & Exhibits, Cosford, Hangar Three, 72/U/758

The Service Dress Cap was the standard headdress worn with the No 1 Service Dress uniform. It was also commonly worn with various forms of Working Dress. It would continue in uses until replaced by a new style of WRAF cap in 1952.

WAAF Other Ranks, Service Dress Cap, 1939 Pattern | 72/U/758, RAF Museum/Iain Duncan

Women's Royal Auxiliary Air Force outline of conditions of service for the information of candidates for commissions

Library, In Storage, X004-2817

Air Ministry Pamphlet providing information for prospective candidates looking to earn commissions in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. Air Ministry Pamphlet 1(W), 2nd Edition, April 1950.

Front page introducing content of the Air Ministry Pamphlet concerning commissions in the Women's Royal Auxiliary Airforce, Crown ©

Recorded interview with Leading Aircraftswoman Theo Moore, 17 February 2020

Film & Sound, In Storage, X008-5638

Theo Moore (nee Acheson) was a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) plotter during the Second World War. She gives detail on her work, including the plotting of V-1 flying bombs.

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