Join the WAAF - Help the RAF
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Join the WAAF - Help the RAF
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A brochure encouraging women to joing the WAAF.
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THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
The days have passed when women could only wait anxiously for the success of our forces. We can now all play a part in serving our country and earn as well as deserve the victory for which we are fighting. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was formed to help the Royal Air Force. It is under the direct command of the R.A.F. Its object is to replace airmen by airwomen in certain ground appointments and trades. Day by day the magnificent deeds of the R.A.F. thrill our hearts. Will you join the W.A.A.F. and work with the R.A.F. to help to win the war?
SOME CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
On other pages you will find particulars of some of the many W.A.A.F. trades now open to you with few exceptions the age limit for all trades are [inserted] * [/inserted] 17 1/2 to 43, or 50 in the case of ex-service women.
The pay varies in different trades. During training it is 1/8 a day. The rates of pay for trained airwomen are given under the various trades. In each case food, clothing, accommodation and medical treatment are provided free. The minimum height for recruits is [deleted] 5' 0" except in the case of cooks who may be [/deleted] [inserted] * [/inserted] 4' 10". All airwomen must pass a medical examination. They must enrol for the duration of the war and be prepared to serve anywhere in the United Kingdom or overseas. A woman who has been making a substantial contribution to a depenent relative can claim a dependent’s allowance.
[inserted] * M.T. Driver 18 yrs & 5' 3" [/inserted]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ENROL
You will be sent for a fornight to the W.A.A.F. Depot. During this time you will have lectures and drill with the other airwomen to make you feel at home in the Service. You will be given your kit. You will make friends with airwomen from all over the country.
If you are untrained you will then be instructed in the trade in which you are enrolled. When you are trained, you will be posted away to your job at an Aerodrome, Balloon Centre or Headquarters "Somewhere in Great Britain," proud to be in the W.A.A.F. helping the R.A.F.
You are enrolled to replace airmen on ground occupations, and anywhere where airmen are working, you may be needed. Do not fail them!
[page break]
WHERE TO APPLY
ABERDEEN – Old Infirmary, Woolmanhill.
ACTON – Drill Hall, Horn Lane, W.3.
BATH – 33, Southgate Street.
BEDFORD – 17, High Street.
BELFAST – 13, Donegall Place.
BIRMINGHAM – 43-46, New Street.
BLACKBURN – Vee Cross Dance Hall, Regent Street.
BOLTON – Maudsley Street Sunday Schools, Great Moor Street.
BOURNEMOUTH – 96, Old Christchurch Road.
BRADFORD – Mechanics Institute, Tyrrel Street.
BRIGHTON – Oddfellows Hall, 118, Queen's Road.
CAMBRIDGE – Wesley Schools, King Street.
CARDIFF – 12, Frederick Street.
CARLISLE – 10, Portland Square.
CHATHAM – Burton's Buildings, High Street.
CHESTER – Assembly Rooms, Newgate Street.
COLCHESTER – Methodist Schoolroom, Culver Street.
COVENTRY – Sibree Hall, Warwick Row.
CROYDON – Drill Hall, Poplar Walk, West Croydon.
DERBY – Assembly Rooms, Market Place.
DUMFRIES – Rosefield Mills.
DUNDEE – Caird Hall, City Square.
DURHAM – Wesleyan Lecture Room, Old Elvet.
EDGWARE – Drill Hall, Deansbrook Road.
EDINBURGH – Music Hall, 54, George Street.
ELTHAM – Yorkshire Grey Dance Hall, Eltham Hill, S.E.9.
EXETER – 16, Castle Street.
GLASGOW – 38, Sauchiehall Street.
GLOUCESTER – Raikes Memorial Hall, Brunswick Road.
HANLEY – Bethesda Schools, Bethesda Street.
HUDDERSFIELD – Temperance Hall, Princess Street.
HULL – Post Office Buildings, Jameson Street.
INVERNESS – 21, Bank Street.
IPSWICH – 73, St. Mathews Street.
LEEDS – Hoover Buildings, Templar House, Lady Lane.
LEICESTER – A.A. Drill Hall, Ulverscroft Road.
LONDON – Victory House, Kingsway, W.C.2.
LINCOLN – A.A. Drill Hall, Newport.
LIVERPOOL – Renshaw Hall, Renshaw Street.
MAIDSTONE – 59, High Street.
MANCHESTER – 11, Peter Street.
MIDDLESBROUGH – Wesley Hall, Corporation Road.
NEWCASTLE – 153, Pilgrim Street.
NEWPORT (Mon.) – St. Mark's Church Hall, Queen's Hill.
NORTHAPTON – Dover and St. James' Halls.
NORWICH – Martineau Hall, Colegate.
NOTTINGHAM – London Road School, London Road.
OXFORD – St. Michael's Hall, Shoe Lane, New Inn Hall Street.
PLYMOUTH – City Art Gallery and Museum, Tavistock Road.
PORTSMOUTH – Victoria Cinema, Commercial Road.
PRESTON – St. Paul's School, Carlisle Street.
READING – St. Giles School, London Road.
ROMFORD – Drill Hall, London Road.
SALISBURY – Salisbury Hall and St. Edmunds House, Bedwin Street.
SHEFFIELD – 70, Cambridge Street, Moorhead.
SHREWSBURY – Wyle Cop Schools.
SOUTHAMPTON – Lamb Memorial Hall, Dorset Street.
STIRLING – Masonic Hall, Upper Craigs.
SWANSEA – Y.M.C.A., St. Helens Road.
TORQUAY – 80, Fleet Street.
WIGAN – Palantine Buildings, Station Road.
WOLVERHAMPTON – 59, Snow Hill.
WORCESTER – Shaw Street, Angel Place.
YORK – Odeon Cinema Buildings, Blossom Street.
THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London (51/1371).
[page break]
Join the W.A.A.F – help the R.A.F.
[picture]
[page break]
WHICH TRADE WOULD SUIT YOU BEST?
DENTAL CLERK ORDERLY
If you have no experience you can be trained to help an R.A.F. dentist. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 18 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
RADIO OPERATOR
Interesting work for an intelligent and well educated woman, self reliant and not liable to be flustered. Pay 3/0d. a day.
Age [deleted] 17 1/2 [/deleted] [inserted] 18 [/inserted] – 35.
CLERK (Special Duties)
This is confidential work for intelligent women. Good eyesight is essential. You must be able to keep your head in a crisis. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 - 35.
TELEPRINTER OPERATOR
You can be quickly trained for this [deleted] if you can type [/deleted] Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age - 17 1/2 – 43.
CLERK (General Duties)
Are you a typist as well as a clerk? You must have a minimum speed of 30 words a minute. A shorthand typist must have a minimum speed of 100 words. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
CLERK (Accountant)
You should have clerical or book-keeping experience for this work. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
EQUIPMENT ASSISTANT
Who gives out clothes to airwomen and spare parts to aeroplanes? And fills in all forms correctly? You do. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
FABRIC WORKER
If there is a hole in a barrage balloon it is your job to patch it. Are you used to a sewing machine? And handy with a pot of glue? Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
MORSE SLIP READER
If you can touch-type and have a clear head you can be trained for this interesting job. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
INSTRUMENT MECHANIC
Have you worked in a gramophone factory or wireless assembly shop? Deft fingered women can be trained. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
SPARKING PLUG TESTER
A new trade for reliable mechanically-minded women. The safety of our aircraft may depend on you. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
TELEPHONE OPERATOR
You must have switchboard experience. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
AIRCRAFTHAND
You must be ready to help the cook, be an orderly or do housework. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
WIRELESS OPERATOR
Do you know Morse? If not, are you quick to learn? We will train you. Pay 2/8d. a day. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
COOK
Can you cook for the family, or better still, for hundreds? If you cannot cook at all you can be trained. Pay 2/4d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 47.
[picture]
SICK QUARTER ATTENDANT
Are you a sensible practical person, capable of looking after others? No professional experience is necessary. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 23 – 43.
[picture] [picture]
THERE ARE OTHER TRADES TOO
WOMEN CAN HELP THE R.A.F. – IN THE W.A.A.F.
The days have passed when women could only wait anxiously for the success of our forces. We can now all play a part in serving our country and earn as well as deserve the victory for which we are fighting. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was formed to help the Royal Air Force. It is under the direct command of the R.A.F. Its object is to replace airmen by airwomen in certain ground appointments and trades. Day by day the magnificent deeds of the R.A.F. thrill our hearts. Will you join the W.A.A.F. and work with the R.A.F. to help to win the war?
SOME CONDITIONS OF SERVICE
On other pages you will find particulars of some of the many W.A.A.F. trades now open to you with few exceptions the age limit for all trades are [inserted] * [/inserted] 17 1/2 to 43, or 50 in the case of ex-service women.
The pay varies in different trades. During training it is 1/8 a day. The rates of pay for trained airwomen are given under the various trades. In each case food, clothing, accommodation and medical treatment are provided free. The minimum height for recruits is [deleted] 5' 0" except in the case of cooks who may be [/deleted] [inserted] * [/inserted] 4' 10". All airwomen must pass a medical examination. They must enrol for the duration of the war and be prepared to serve anywhere in the United Kingdom or overseas. A woman who has been making a substantial contribution to a depenent relative can claim a dependent’s allowance.
[inserted] * M.T. Driver 18 yrs & 5' 3" [/inserted]
WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ENROL
You will be sent for a fornight to the W.A.A.F. Depot. During this time you will have lectures and drill with the other airwomen to make you feel at home in the Service. You will be given your kit. You will make friends with airwomen from all over the country.
If you are untrained you will then be instructed in the trade in which you are enrolled. When you are trained, you will be posted away to your job at an Aerodrome, Balloon Centre or Headquarters "Somewhere in Great Britain," proud to be in the W.A.A.F. helping the R.A.F.
You are enrolled to replace airmen on ground occupations, and anywhere where airmen are working, you may be needed. Do not fail them!
[page break]
WHERE TO APPLY
ABERDEEN – Old Infirmary, Woolmanhill.
ACTON – Drill Hall, Horn Lane, W.3.
BATH – 33, Southgate Street.
BEDFORD – 17, High Street.
BELFAST – 13, Donegall Place.
BIRMINGHAM – 43-46, New Street.
BLACKBURN – Vee Cross Dance Hall, Regent Street.
BOLTON – Maudsley Street Sunday Schools, Great Moor Street.
BOURNEMOUTH – 96, Old Christchurch Road.
BRADFORD – Mechanics Institute, Tyrrel Street.
BRIGHTON – Oddfellows Hall, 118, Queen's Road.
CAMBRIDGE – Wesley Schools, King Street.
CARDIFF – 12, Frederick Street.
CARLISLE – 10, Portland Square.
CHATHAM – Burton's Buildings, High Street.
CHESTER – Assembly Rooms, Newgate Street.
COLCHESTER – Methodist Schoolroom, Culver Street.
COVENTRY – Sibree Hall, Warwick Row.
CROYDON – Drill Hall, Poplar Walk, West Croydon.
DERBY – Assembly Rooms, Market Place.
DUMFRIES – Rosefield Mills.
DUNDEE – Caird Hall, City Square.
DURHAM – Wesleyan Lecture Room, Old Elvet.
EDGWARE – Drill Hall, Deansbrook Road.
EDINBURGH – Music Hall, 54, George Street.
ELTHAM – Yorkshire Grey Dance Hall, Eltham Hill, S.E.9.
EXETER – 16, Castle Street.
GLASGOW – 38, Sauchiehall Street.
GLOUCESTER – Raikes Memorial Hall, Brunswick Road.
HANLEY – Bethesda Schools, Bethesda Street.
HUDDERSFIELD – Temperance Hall, Princess Street.
HULL – Post Office Buildings, Jameson Street.
INVERNESS – 21, Bank Street.
IPSWICH – 73, St. Mathews Street.
LEEDS – Hoover Buildings, Templar House, Lady Lane.
LEICESTER – A.A. Drill Hall, Ulverscroft Road.
LONDON – Victory House, Kingsway, W.C.2.
LINCOLN – A.A. Drill Hall, Newport.
LIVERPOOL – Renshaw Hall, Renshaw Street.
MAIDSTONE – 59, High Street.
MANCHESTER – 11, Peter Street.
MIDDLESBROUGH – Wesley Hall, Corporation Road.
NEWCASTLE – 153, Pilgrim Street.
NEWPORT (Mon.) – St. Mark's Church Hall, Queen's Hill.
NORTHAPTON – Dover and St. James' Halls.
NORWICH – Martineau Hall, Colegate.
NOTTINGHAM – London Road School, London Road.
OXFORD – St. Michael's Hall, Shoe Lane, New Inn Hall Street.
PLYMOUTH – City Art Gallery and Museum, Tavistock Road.
PORTSMOUTH – Victoria Cinema, Commercial Road.
PRESTON – St. Paul's School, Carlisle Street.
READING – St. Giles School, London Road.
ROMFORD – Drill Hall, London Road.
SALISBURY – Salisbury Hall and St. Edmunds House, Bedwin Street.
SHEFFIELD – 70, Cambridge Street, Moorhead.
SHREWSBURY – Wyle Cop Schools.
SOUTHAMPTON – Lamb Memorial Hall, Dorset Street.
STIRLING – Masonic Hall, Upper Craigs.
SWANSEA – Y.M.C.A., St. Helens Road.
TORQUAY – 80, Fleet Street.
WIGAN – Palantine Buildings, Station Road.
WOLVERHAMPTON – 59, Snow Hill.
WORCESTER – Shaw Street, Angel Place.
YORK – Odeon Cinema Buildings, Blossom Street.
THE WOMEN'S AUXILIARY AIR FORCE
Printed for H.M. Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd., London (51/1371).
[page break]
Join the W.A.A.F – help the R.A.F.
[picture]
[page break]
WHICH TRADE WOULD SUIT YOU BEST?
DENTAL CLERK ORDERLY
If you have no experience you can be trained to help an R.A.F. dentist. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 18 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
RADIO OPERATOR
Interesting work for an intelligent and well educated woman, self reliant and not liable to be flustered. Pay 3/0d. a day.
Age [deleted] 17 1/2 [/deleted] [inserted] 18 [/inserted] – 35.
CLERK (Special Duties)
This is confidential work for intelligent women. Good eyesight is essential. You must be able to keep your head in a crisis. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 - 35.
TELEPRINTER OPERATOR
You can be quickly trained for this [deleted] if you can type [/deleted] Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age - 17 1/2 – 43.
CLERK (General Duties)
Are you a typist as well as a clerk? You must have a minimum speed of 30 words a minute. A shorthand typist must have a minimum speed of 100 words. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
CLERK (Accountant)
You should have clerical or book-keeping experience for this work. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
EQUIPMENT ASSISTANT
Who gives out clothes to airwomen and spare parts to aeroplanes? And fills in all forms correctly? You do. Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
FABRIC WORKER
If there is a hole in a barrage balloon it is your job to patch it. Are you used to a sewing machine? And handy with a pot of glue? Pay 2/6d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
MORSE SLIP READER
If you can touch-type and have a clear head you can be trained for this interesting job. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
[picture]
INSTRUMENT MECHANIC
Have you worked in a gramophone factory or wireless assembly shop? Deft fingered women can be trained. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
SPARKING PLUG TESTER
A new trade for reliable mechanically-minded women. The safety of our aircraft may depend on you. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
TELEPHONE OPERATOR
You must have switchboard experience. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
AIRCRAFTHAND
You must be ready to help the cook, be an orderly or do housework. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
[picture]
WIRELESS OPERATOR
Do you know Morse? If not, are you quick to learn? We will train you. Pay 2/8d. a day. Pay 2/8d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 43.
COOK
Can you cook for the family, or better still, for hundreds? If you cannot cook at all you can be trained. Pay 2/4d. a day.
Age 17 1/2 – 47.
[picture]
SICK QUARTER ATTENDANT
Are you a sensible practical person, capable of looking after others? No professional experience is necessary. Pay 1/8d. a day.
Age 23 – 43.
[picture] [picture]
THERE ARE OTHER TRADES TOO
WOMEN CAN HELP THE R.A.F. – IN THE W.A.A.F.
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Great Britain. Air Ministry, “Join the WAAF - Help the RAF,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed April 18, 2024, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/36018.
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