Who:
Assistant Section Officer, Hazel Furney, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the Royal Air Force
“Assistant Section Officer Hazel Furney was a Photographic Interpreter at RAF Medmenham. In 1943 she was one of ten WAAFs chosen to go to North Africa after Operation Torch, and they were the first service women to arrive in El Alamein. In December 1943 the WAAFs were flown to San Severo, southern Italy. She was an expert at aircraft recognition, and found it interesting to climb inside the wreckage of German planes which she had only identified earlier that day. This is her at Foggia airfield doing just that.”
Excerpt from Women of Intelligence. Winning the Second World War with Air Photos by Christine Halsall.
What:
World War II
Where:
Foggia Airfield, Foggia, Italy
When:
1944
Resource:
Photo identified by Saverio d’Incalci, San Severo, Italy
Who:
Assistant Section Officer, Hazel Furney, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the Royal Air Force
What:
World War II
Inspecting the wreckage of a German plane
Where:
Foggia Airfield, Foggia, Italy
When:
1944
Who:
Assistant Section Officer, Hazel Furney, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the Royal Air Force
What:
World War II
“English WAF – Sent by our old C.O. Capt. Jenkins” (handwritten on back of photo)
Where:
Foggia Airfield, Foggia, Italy
When:
1944
Who:
Assistant Section Officer, Hazel Furney, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the Royal Air Force
What:
Inspecting the wreckage of a German plane
Where:
Foggia Airfield, Foggia, Italy
When:
1944
Who:
Assistant Section Officer, Hazel Furney, Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) of the Royal Air Force
What:
World War II
Where:
Foggia Airfield, Foggia, Italy
When:
1944