Work in the W.A.A.F.
RADIO LOCATION is the newest of the W.A.A.F. duties, and it is still fearfully hush-hush. One is given to understand it forms an important part of the defence system of this country, and no questions asked. One of the most important and also most exciting jobs the Waafs can do is the receiving of the radio messages from the. ’planes. There are specially trained and extremely efficient Waaf radio operators attached to all Bomber Command and Fighter Command headquarters, and these girls work in shifts, since it’s a 24-hour job, At night they
see the ’planes taking off for a big raid on Germany, and they sit by the side of their instruments waiting for incoming messages from the raiders. For a long time, of course, there is silence, but gradually, as the ’planes turn for home, their job well and truly done, the messages begin to come in. Orderlies stand by to hurry the messages through to the big room where the "high-ups" wait as patiently as they can. A huge chart hangs on the wall, and other girls mark positions, and tick off the pilots’ names as they safely
cross the coastline of England.-
-(" Proud Service."
Monica
Marsden
1YA, January 27.)
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 6, Issue 137, 6 February 1942, Page 5
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