The WAAF was the Women's Auxiliary Air Force. This was the Women section of the RAF. Formed in the 1930s, the WAAF was originally designed to do mundane tasks so freeing up men for more challenging activities. (Such was the thinking at the time).
However once in service the women soon proved themselves.
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), whose members were invariably referred to as Waafs (pronounced /ˈw
The Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) .
Womens' Auxilliary Air Force