Freydis Sharland, nee Leaf, was among the first women to earn RAF pilot wings A blue plaque ... was created at the start of WW2 to ferry new, damaged and repaired aircraft without radios or ...

She joined the RAF's voluntary reserves and got to fly a Sabre jet, becoming one of the first women to break the sound barrier. In the mid-1950s she became the first British woman airline captain ...

These dolls were made by WAAF's using RAF wool and were given to friends/boyfiends ... Tem is a very simple item that had a profound effect on the course of WW2 Had the incredibly courageous ...

As Helensburgh and Lomond celebrate Christmas, aviation author Robin Bird shares the words of a Women's Auxiliary Air Force section officer ...

Image caption, The RAF enlisted 5,500 men from the Caribbean ... The Caribbean also supplied Britain with oil, bauxite, timber, rum and food. WW2: What was the secret to winning the Battle ...