	Women in the War Kay Howker - Memories of a WAAF

Click on the phono images to listen to Kay recollect her time in the WAAF.

Kay remembers joining and beginning her training. The photo to the left shows Kay in 1941, when she first joined.

Kay's first job in the WAAF qas changing accumulators, if you click on the following sound clips you can hear about the different work Kay was involved with.

Kay's first job charging accumulators

Kay had to work in shifts

Kay talks about when she first started

Servicing hangers / Group 1 & 2

Group 1 Electrician

Supplies

Kay and a friend outside a Nissen Hut

Kay also worked on servicing aeroplanes, and was also able to fly in one.

Aeroplanes Kay worked on	Kay gives a rundown of servicing planes
Kay gives a rundown of servicing planes, cont..	Kay gets to have a flight in a Wellington

A wellington Bomber surrounded my servicemen and women

In this sound clip, Kay explains how their relationship with men changed and they began to accept women in the jobs that they were doing, as they had to be equal to do the same jobs.

The WAAFs relationship with men

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