A family anecdote concerns a great-aunt who served as a Royal Air Force radar operator and engineer during World War II. After an air raid, she ran out to mark unexploded bombs with flags. The markers let bomb-disposal personnel identify the hazards and allowed the women on her team to reach damaged radar equipment. She received a medal for the action, although the recollection is tentative on that detail. The anecdote gives a compact example of women's technical service, air-raid recovery, and the dangerous work required to restore radar coverage.
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RAF radar engineers returned after an air raid
A family account recalls a woman at an RAF radar station marking unexploded bombs so her engineering team could restore the damaged site.