One Woman's War
Eileen Younghusband recalls WAAF filter rooms, V-weapon tracking, and post-war service teaching Polish pilots.
- Author
- Eileen Younghusband
- Publisher
- Candy Jar Books
- Price
- £8.99
- ISBN
- 9780956682628
- Published
- 2011
One Woman’s War by Eileen Younghusband
Leaving school to teach in France, nineteen-year-old Eileen Younghusband returned home as war loomed, volunteered for the WAAF, and found herself in top-secret filter rooms. Her mathematical skill helped interpret radar plots, direct air defences, and warn civilians. After D-Day she deployed to Belgium, working with a team of specialists who tracked V2 launch sites.
Younghusband’s memoir also captures wartime life on the home front, post-war service teaching English to Polish airmen, and her later achievements—including earning a university degree at 87. An inspiring portrait of a remarkable woman and the hidden work of WAAF personnel.
Candy Jar Books. £8.99 (paperback); Kindle £1.74. ISBN 9780956682628.