From the Battle of Britain to the Korean War: Serving in the Womens Voluntary Service and Auxiliary Air Force, 1940-1954 Wade Stephen
From the Battle of Britain to the Korean War: Serving in the Womens Voluntary Service and Auxiliary Air Force, 1940-1954 Wade Stephen In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do…
Specifikacia From the Battle of Britain to the Korean War: Serving in the Womens Voluntary Service and Auxiliary Air Force, 1940-1954 Wade Stephen
From the Battle of Britain to the Korean War: Serving in the Womens Voluntary Service and Auxiliary Air Force, 1940-1954 Wade Stephen
In 1941, Beryl Baxter, a dressmaker from Grimsby, signed up to do her bit in the Battle of Britain. Her postings included the Korean War, Japan, Hong Kong and Iraq. She was to serve as a plotter as aircraftswoman in the WAAF and, upon discharge in 1949 she began life as a welfare worker for the Women's Voluntary Service.
Throughout these years of service she fulfilled the roles of mother, sister and girlfriend to thousands of servicemen, both conscripts and regulars.Presenting a dramatic narrative from several theatres of war, this book recalls Beryl's life, based on a large archive of letters and documents that she preserved, allowing the reader to go on these journeys to war alongside a brave and enterprising independent