Photo: Courtesy of the National Air Force Museum of Canada
More than 17,000 Canadian women served in the Royal Canadian Air Force, Women’s Division (WD), “because of their sense of adventure, the promise of a job…and the opportunity to ‘do their bit.’ ” Officially formed on July 2, 1941, the WD staffed about 65 different jobs. Final disbanding took place on Dec. 31, 1946.
First In, Last Out:
The R.C.A.F. Women’s Division and Nursing Sisters in World War II
by Glad Bryce
University Women’s Club of Toronto
isbn: 978-0-9865195-0-5
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