War models

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WAAF members assisted with some of the RAF’s most secretive and audacious missio

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History of War Magazine

16 March 2023

Family Tree

In times of war tracing female ancestors in the forces & service

Women served in all three services from WWI onwards. They also served in support roles, such as the Women’s Land Army (in both wars), the Fire Services, Motor Drivers, Voluntary Aid Detachments and so

Who Do You Think You Are?

Royal air force

The Royal Air Force was formed in the last year of the First World War. And by the time that the guns fell silent at the end of the Second World War, it had grown to almost one million serving personn

Prima - UK

‘i treasure my medal, but not as much as our friendship’

Beryl Nevell thought her service during the Second World War had been a case of ‘doing her duty’. Then someone special stepped in and showed her what she was truly owed…

The People's Friend

“they were so brave and vulnerable

WHEN doing research for her latest novel, actor-turned-writer Eliza Morton went further than most – 2,500 feet further, to be exact! When she was looking into history of World War II and the Women’s A

BBC History Magazine

Crucial contributions

Almost exactly 80 years ago, the world’s first atomic test explosion shattered the quiet of a New Mexico morning. A few weeks later, and in the space of a few days, nuclear weapons were dropped on Hir

The Critic

Studio

V-Force: Britain’s Nuclear Bombers