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R.A.F
Also WRAF and (colloq.) Wraf |ræf|.
[f. initial letters of its name.]
The Women's Royal Air Force (1918–20, reformed 1949), the women's corps of the Royal Air Force; also, a member of this.
1918Times 3 Apr. 4/4 No women for the ‘mobile’ branch will be enrolled at present. Candidates for posts as officers should apply to the W.R.A.F. Inquiry Office,..Strand. 1921Spectator 4 June 719/2 Sketches with pen and pencil of the duties of the ‘Wrafs’. 1955Times 23 May 6/6 Five women holding W.R.A.F. commissions, all with university degrees, are serving as technical officers in the R.A.F. 1977R.A.F. News 11–24 May 2/5 A charity disco at Newton enabled the WRAF girls there to raise {pstlg}58. 1983Daily Tel. 22 Aug. 8/5 Dame Felicity Peake was director of the WRAF from its inception in 1949. |
