RCAF Women’s Division (RCAF WD)

RCAF Women’s Division (RCAF WD)

(DND Photo) RCAF WD insignia. Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division (RCAF WD) (Library and Archives Canada Photo, MIKAN No. 5085632) Operations monitoring at the Eastern Air Command HQ, Halifax, 9 January 1943. First In, Last Out, The RCAF, Women’s Division and Nursing Sisters in WWII, book by Glad Bryce. Web site: https://www.firstinlastout.ca/ (Library and … Read more

RCAF Women’s Division (RCAF WD), Wing Officer Willa Walker, OBE, Commander

Royal Canadian Air Force Women’s Division (RCAF WD) (Yousuf Karsh Photo, 14 Nov 1942) Wing Officer Willa Walker, OBE, Commander, RCAF Women’s Division. Willa Walker rose rapidly through the ranks in 1941 to become head of the newly-formed RCAF Women’s Division.  Only 28 years old, grieving the recent death of her baby son, her husband … Read more