Women's Auxiliary Air Force

URI: https://gptkb.org/entity/Women's_Auxiliary_Air_Force
GPTKB entity
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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:military_organization
gptkbp:abbreviation gptkb:WAAF
gptkbp:activeDuring gptkb:World_War_II
gptkbp:category gptkb:British_women's_military_organizations
gptkb:World_War_II_military_units_and_formations_of_the_United_Kingdom
gptkbp:country gptkb:United_Kingdom
gptkbp:dissolved 1949
gptkbp:founded 1939
gptkbp:gender gptkb:women
gptkbp:headquarters gptkb:London
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Women's Auxiliary Air Force
gptkbp:motto gptkb:Per_Ardua_Ad_Astra
gptkbp:notableMember gptkb:Air_Commandant_Dame_Helen_Gwynne-Vaughan
gptkb:Jean_Conan_Doyle
gptkb:Air_Commandant_Dame_Felicity_Hanbury
gptkb:Joan_Hughes
gptkb:Mary_Ellis
gptkbp:notableOperation gptkb:D-Day
Battle of Britain
gptkbp:parentOrganization gptkb:Air_Ministry
gptkbp:partOf gptkb:Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:peakStrength over 180,000 members
gptkbp:primaryUse non-combat support roles
gptkbp:replacedBy gptkb:Women's_Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:role support for Royal Air Force
gptkbp:type auxiliary military service
gptkbp:uniform distinctive blue uniform
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Women's_Royal_Air_Force
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6