The RAF started out as the underdogs ... In the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), women took on a wide range of roles. Nina lists trades such as “drivers, clerks including special duties ...

At one point, the camp was home to around 2,000 people, with 240 of those being women from the WAAF. Accommodation and sick quarters were dispersed around the RAF base in fields mostly to the south.

Radar was one of the most important factors in the RAF's success in the Battle of Britain ... Photo: A member of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) tracking aircraft via radar in 1944.( ...