2-704-089 - The Print Collector/Heritage Images

'H.R.H. The Duchess of Gloucester, Air Commandant', c1943. Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester(1901-2004) was appointed Senior Controller of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1939. She became Air Commandant in 1940, and Air Chief Commandant in 1943, when she took over as director until 1944. From "Wings On Her Shoulders", by Katharine Bentley Beauman, Late Fight Officer W.A.A.F. [Hutchinson & Co Ltd, London, New York, Melbourne, c1943]