Women’s Auxiliary Air Force Recruitment Poster

The Hebrew text reads: “Serve in the WAAF with the men who fly.” The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) was an all-female World War II–era unit within Britain’s Royal Air Force. Women in the WAAF did more than just support the men who flew in combat missions. Many Jewish women from Palestine volunteered for active duty behind enemy lines, including the famous Hungarian-born Jewish poet Hanna Szenes. In total, roughly 3,600 Jewish women volunteered with the British military as resistance fighters.