girl-museum:Lilian Bader was born in 1918 in the Toxteth Park area of Liverpool. She was proud of th
girl-museum:Lilian Bader was born in 1918 in the Toxteth Park area of Liverpool. She was proud of the fact that 3 generations of her family had served in the British Armed Forces. Lillian was one of the first black women to join the British Armed Forces. When the Second World War started she joined the NAAFI at Catterick Camp, Yorkshire but when her father’s Bajan heritage was discovered she was asked to leave. Doing her bit for the war effort was important to Lilian so she was determined to be involved and joined the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) in 1941. She initially trained as an Instrument Repairer, and went on to be an Acting Corporal and a leading aircraft woman in the WAAF. Lilian passed away in 2015 in Dorset at the age of 97. -- source link