My grandma (who is still alive) was one of the first women in the English army. She was a plane spotter for the anti-aircraft gunners. She is still kicking ass and taking names, and lives here in Canada near the rest of our family.
Check this out about here from the Memory Project Digital Archive -
http://66.241.252.164/digital-archive/profile.cfm?collectionid=566&cnf=wwII