Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- abbreviation Women's Royal Air Force
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Examples
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I got this information from the girls in the Office (WRAF).
The First World War Memoirs of Sampson J. Goodfellow, Part 15: Trouble in Bath ewillett 2008
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My mother, a WWII WRAF shared an experience of being gassed.
A Soldier's Story: Recruit is 'changing before our eyes' 2009
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The WRAF's original mission was to provide female mechanics, and allow men to fight in the war, but with a massive enrollment, many women ended up in other volunteer positions.
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Although she saw no action, Green was one of the 25,000-strong army of women who volunteered for the WRAF.
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Florence Green, a great-grandmother, joined the Women's Royal Air Force WRAF as a 17-year-old in the late summer of 1918.
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However, her WRAF service qualifies her for veteran status and she is one of two surviving Britons from the conflict.
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Founded in April 1918, shortly before the end of the war, the WRAF was intended to provide women mechanics in order to free men for active service, due to the horrific casualty rates and the severe personnel shortages at military establishments.
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Green left the service the following July and the WRAF was disbanded in April 1920.
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Born in London before moving to Norfolk, Mrs Green was 17 years old when she joined the Women's Royal Air Force WRAF on 13 September 1918 - two months before the armistice.
BBC News - Home 2012
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In 1918, 17-year-old Florence signed up for the newly founded Women's Royal Air Force WRAF.
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