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Vera K. Griffin Collection

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Vera Keen Griffin (b. 1923) of Ewell, Surrey, England served in the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) from 1940 to 1944. Vera Keen Griffin was born in Ewell, Surrey in the United Kingdom in August 1923. She graduated from high school in 1937 at age fourteen and then worked as a nanny for several years. In March 1940 she joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in London. She went to Innsworth in Gloucester for basic training, and was then sent to Melksham to learn to become a cook. Griffin was then stationed in Liverpool, working in the kitchen and living in a merchant marine hotel. She married in January of 1943, but her first husband was killed four months later. Griffin then requested a transfer to Coastal Command [...] Read more

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1.	Woman's Auxiliary Air Force in parade Members of the Woman's Auxiliary Air Force (UK) march in a parade with eyes left, circa 1943. Vera G. Griffin is first from the left. 1943 \| Image \| Vera K. Griffin Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
2.	Vera G. Griffin with friends on her wedding day Vera G. Griffin (center, in white dress) poses with fellow United Kingdom servicemen and women on her wedding day, 28 January 1943. 1943-01-28 \| Image \| Vera K. Griffin Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
3.	Portrait of Vera G. Griffin Portrait of Vera G. Griffin in Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) uniform, circa 1942. 1942 \| Image \| Vera K. Griffin Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records
4.	Oral history interview with Vera K. Griffin Primarily documents Vera Keen Griffin's service in the British Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) from 1941 to 1944. Griffin gives details of her early life, including he[...] 2002-01-09 \| Audio \| Vera K. Griffin Collection \| Detailed record - Similar records

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