[Photo Album]: WAAF World War II
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
From Between the Covers-Rare Books, Inc. ABAA, Gloucester City, NJ, U.S.A.
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since July 25, 1997
About this Item
Oblong small quarto. Measuring 10" x 7". Green leatherette over stiff paper boards. Contains 50 sepia-toned or black and white gelatin silver photographs measuring between 1" x 1" and 4" x 6", some with captions. Very good album with loose pages with near fine photographs. A photo album compiled by a young English woman with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force, (WAAF), during World War II. The album is not in chronological order and jumps around between her pre-war life in the 1930s and her tour of duty. She takes pictures of her fellow airmen and women posed on various air bases as well as trips around England and Iceland with her WAAF friends. The compiler is pictured throughout the album in her uniform in snapshots and official portraits. One image shows a group of WAAFs posed front to back with their hands on each other's waists, another shows a WAAF on a bike riding through a courtyard. Later photos from after the war show the WAAF as a bridesmaid, during a snowball fight, and horseback riding. The Women's Auxiliary Air Force was established by the Royal Air Force in 1939. According to historian Eileen Younghusband, WAAF duties included, "parachute packing and the crewing of barrage balloons in addition to performing catering, meteorology, radar, aircraft maintenance, transport, communications duties including wireless telephonic and telegraphic operation. They worked with codes and ciphers, analysed reconnaissance photographs, and performed intelligence operations." A modest but interesting look at an Englishwoman's experiences during World War II. Seller Inventory # 443959
Bibliographic Details
Title: [Photo Album]: WAAF World War II
Publisher: England, Iceland
Publication Date: 1948
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
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