Stella Cotton, who lives at Care UK's Carpathia Grange in Southampton, marked the milestone with family, friends, and staff at the care home.

The program to train World War II British pilots was launched in 1941 under the provisions of the Lend-Lease Act.

Ms Chapman was part of the first intake of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at the former No. 2 School of Photography in Blackpool. She was part of the first intake of 26 women to be trained at ...

The 80th anniversary of VE Day has brought memories flooding back for those who were there in 1945. Carmen Samman, 101, from Leatherhead, was among those swept up in the joy of victory. A WAAF veteran ...

Put together by Dorothy "Knicky" Chapman - one of the first women trained in military photography during the Second World War - it shows how the training of Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF ...

A collection of photographs featuring "pioneering" female military photographers has been released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. Historic England's (HE) archive images show the Women's ...

The WAAF was founded in 1939 to fill non-combat roles in the RAF with women. Knicky (pronounced Nicky) Chapman volunteered to join the WAAF before conscription was introduced. She was part of the ...

Two people in gas masks operating a camera (Historic England/PA) Ms Chapman was part of the first intake of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at the No 2 School of Photography in Blackpool.

More than 150 rare photographs showing behind-the-scenes wartime film-making have been released to mark the 80th anniversary of VE Day. The images, released by Historic England, also highlight the ...

Ms Chapman was part of the first intake of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) at the No 2 School of Photography in Blackpool. She was later posted to the famous Pinewood Studios in ...

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