Women now comprise more than 25 per cent of service personnel in the Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) and there are no restrictions on what they’re allowed to do. But it wasn’t always like this. In Episode 31 of Collected, Louise Maher is shown the clothes and hears the stories of some of the female pioneers, including members of the Women’s Auxiliary Australian Air Force (WAAAF) that was formed in World War 2.
Collected Episode 32: Boy Soldiers
Collected Episode 30: Nazi V2 Rocket
Collected Episode 29: Sweetheart Jewellery
Collected Episode 28: The Lone Pine
Collected Episode 27: From Monoplanes to Fighter Jets
Collected Episode 26: HMAS Brisbane’s Bridge
Collected Episode 25: The tail gunner
Collected - 024 Acknowledging Indigenous Service
Collected-023 A tale of two dresses
Collected-022 Places of Pride
Collected-021Peacekeeping
Collected-020 VP Day
Collected-019 Women and War Pt 2
Collected-018 Shinyo
Collected-017 Recorded letters
Collected-016 Tomb of the Unknown Australian Soldier
Collected-015 G for George
Collected-014 Military Working Dogs
Collected -013 Against all odds
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