Picture No | 10118302 |
Date | 1918 |
Description | Female WAAC RAF motor-cyclist at work 1918 |
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Female WAAC RAF motor-cyclist driving a staff officer through the Strand, London, with the famous Russian restaurant, Romanos, in the background. The WAAC was established in 1917, largely to fill administrative or non-combative military roles with women so that more men could be used at the front line.
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Source | Illustrated by S. Ugo in ‘The Sphere’, 7 December 1918, page 185 |
Credit | © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans |
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