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WAAFs and barrage balloons
Album page, seven photographs of groups of WAAFs, two with a barrage balloon in the background.
WAAF Association Christmas card
On the front under Season's Greetings coloured artwork showing a group of three women and a man hauling on rope while a woman wearing overalls and hat stands in charge. In the background a barrage balloon just of the ground below which another group…
Telegram to Douglas Hudson from his parents
Acknowledges previous cable. Mentions returning from visit to Manchester on lovely autumn day.
Memoir Flight Lieutenant Gordon Cruickshank D.F.M. RAFRO
Memoir written in 1956 by Flight Lieutenant Cruickshank. It starts with his early childhood and family life. It includes his early time in RAF after enlisting in December 1938 with first job as balloon operator and then training as an air gunner;…
Members of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of seven members of Women’s Auxiliary Air Force holding a folded barrage balloon with another one holding the balloon bag which has handles and a printed D on the side. There are vehicles behind and a hedgerow with a utility pole and…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves sitting and lying around the edge of a deflated barrage balloon. A second deflated balloon is alongside held down by balloon anchors. They are in a field with a wire and post…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of nine members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon on the ground. Two members sit to one side on a balloon anchor. There are two Fordson Sussex balloon winch tenders, two further vehicles…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of nine members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force standing along the edge of a deflated barrage balloon. They are in shirtsleeves and wearing berets. There is a wire and post fence with a pile of sandbags alongside with woodland beyond.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
Eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirt sleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon. Two others sitting with a balloon anchor with two Fordson Sussex balloon winch tenders and two other vehicles behind. Hedgerow with utility pole…
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A group of eight members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in shirtsleeves and berets folding a barrage balloon. One Fordson Sussex balloon winch tender and two further vehicles. Hedgerow with utility pole with woodland beyond.
Members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
Two member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force attending to the ropes and cables of an inflated barrage balloon. The ropes are held in place by anchors. The anchors nearest the balloon itself are sack covered whilst those further away are bare blocks.…
Member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force
A colleague of Joyce Exton Wallace wearing the wings of an aircraft woman on her shoulder and a Women’s Auxiliary Air Force cap and badge.
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Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force with barrage balloon
A member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force wearing a beret and in short sleeves bending to tie the ropes of a barrage balloon onto a sack covered anchor. There is bag hanging from the rope and more tied ropes are hanging from the balloon to one…
Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force
A colleague of Joyce Exton Wallace wearing the insignia of a leading aircraftwoman. On the reverse 'L, My dearest Pal, Lots of love from Ray'.
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Member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force
A colleague of Joyce Exton Wallace wearing the insignia of an auxiliary aircraftwoman.
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Liz Humphrey's service history
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A summary of Liz Humphrey's service history from January 1942 to 1946. Her service activity included serving in 970 Balloon Squadron, 30 Operational Training Unit at RAF Hixon, 12 Squadron at Wickenby, 1657 Conversion Unit at RAF Stradishall and 1654…
Letter from Wing Commander H W Hall
Letter from Wing Commander H W Hall of 930 Squadron [sic] to the commanding officer of 'A' Flight. The letter thanks the special Women's Auxiliary Air Force crew for their patience and skill during filming.
Joyce Exton Wallace
A head and shoulders portrait. She has a shoulder flash and corporal stripes on her uniform and is wearing a crenelated tie pin. On the reverse 'Me aged 18yrs 1940' and the reference B26 941.
Interview with Margaret Irene Maxwell
Margaret was almost 12 years old and living in Romford, Essex at the outbreak of World War Two. She remembers the announcement being made by Neville Chamberlain on the radio on 3 September 1939. Margaret recalls being issued with a gas mask, and how…
Interview with Lillian Margret Bailey
Lillian Margaret Bailey volunteered for the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and after a brief time in RAF Balloon Command was trained as a driver. She served at RAF Elsham Wolds driving aircrews out to their aircraft.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Two
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a misunderstanding whist giving orders to inspect the barrage balloon bed wires which was misinterpreted as an order to inspect the wires of the 16 beds in the Nissen hut.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Three
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a time when she was with barrage balloons protecting an army barracks in Barry when a dog stole their meat ration. It was subsequently replaced by locals pooling their own meat rations.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. Six
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls a conversation with an elderly man who expressed his disgust at women wearing trousers. He had seen her tying a barrage balloon's wing down whilst up a 14 foot ladder in the playing field of St. Edward's school.
Interview with Joyce Exton Wallace. One
Joyce Exton Wallace recalls reattaching a loose barrage balloon with the help of the commanding officer.