History of War – October 2019

Wrensattachedto the

FleetAirArm,wearing

pilots’uniforms,placing

a wirelessin a Westland

Lysanderin September

1942.Thesewerethe

firstWrensto fly

Plymouth’steamof womennavvies

completingtheirBlitz-timeambitionon

7 August1947.Workingaloneasa team

withoutmalesupervision,theyhave

broughtthehousedownunaided.They

lovedtheworkandwouldcontinueasan

all-womengangin thefuture

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Women

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A woman in a Ministry of

Supply munitions depot

works on the caterpillar

track of a tank in 1941

women at war