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(0)Vicki Beeby
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Following a humiliating experience involving the man she thought she'd marry, Iris Tredwick signs up to the Wrens in order to escape and find 'the right sort' of man to please her mother. After a bumpy start, Iris manages to befriend outspoken Mary and dreamer Sally as they are sent to their first posting - in Orkney. There she meets engineer Rob, whose flirtatious nature both charms and confounds straight-laced Iris. Much more appropriate for her...
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The Wrens volume 2
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German U-boats are getting through the defences. It's up to the Wrens to stop them. After her fiance died in the sinking of the Royal Oak, Mary finds herself stationed in Orkney, still battling her grief. With Iris and Sally by her side, she is gradually overcoming her loss and is surprised to be helped by the irascible Joe. Joe is a signalman aboard the Kelpie and his cheeky Morse code signals to Mary while she's on shift bring her cheer and exasperation...
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2023
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Sally Hartley is a hopeless romantic. Her father died when she was a baby, but her mother has always told her what a wonderful man he was. Now all she wants is a love like her parents had. And she thinks she's found it in Adam, the brother of a friend from home. When Adam is posted to Orkney, it's as if Sally's dreams have all come true. After Italy changes sides in the war, the Italian POWs are granted more freedom on the island, meaning Sally can...
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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force volume 1
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It is 1939 and working-class Evie Bishop has received a scholarship to study mathematics at Oxford when tragedy turns her life upside down. She must seek a new future for herself; inspired to contribute to the war effort, she joins the Women's Auxiliary Air Force as an Ops Room plotter. Posted to a fighter station on the Sussex coast, Evie befriends two other WAAFs - shy, awkward May and flirty, glamorous Jess. Faced with earning the approval of strict...
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The Women's Auxiliary Air Force volume 3
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Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2021
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With Jess newly promoted to Filterer Officer at RAF Fighter Command HQ, she is delighted to be reunited with Evie and May. However, now that they can enjoy socialising in London, Jess fears her friends will discover the secret she keeps here. When Jess bumps into Milan unexpectedly, sparks are reignited and she wonders if she made a mistake finishing with him in Amberton. But matters are complicated when a film company arrives at Bentley Priory to...
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2024
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At RAF Fenthorpe, instrument repairer Thea is helping her sister, Pearl, plan her wedding alongside fellow WAAF and maid of honour Jenny. A misfit amongst the women on the base, though, Thea is struggling to get others onboard. When Flight Sergeant Fitz makes a point of befriending and standing by her, sparks fly between the two. And when Fitz's crew member, Jack, faces being stripped of his rank due to cowardice, Thea throws herself into seeking...
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Bomber Command girls volume 1
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Pearl has given up on her dreams of becoming a journalist after being denied a promotion because of her gender. Instead, she joins the WAAF as a radio telephone operator for Bomber Command. Her new job at RAF Fenthorpe serves two purposes - providing an income for her grandmother; and keeping a close eye on her younger sister Thea, an instrument repairer at another Lincolnshire bomber station. Pearl befriends Met WAAF Jenny as well as Australian pilot...
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Dales
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2023.
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After failing to help a pair of evacuee siblings she witnesses being separated, Aircraftwoman May Lidford wishes she'd been able to keep them together. When her friend Jess suggests a pantomime to boost morale on the station, May is desperate to assist - but is held back by her own insecurities. With her low self-esteem also affecting her relationship with Peter Travis, May is fed up with being her own worst enemy, and decides to take charge of her...