In her vivid memoir For the Duration, Ashbee givves a candid, often
humorous account of her experiences during World War II as she rose
through the ranks in Britain's Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).
Joining shortly after the outbreak of the war in 1939, Ashbee began
in the nerve center of the Royal Air Force's (RAF's) battle with
the enemy, soon advanced to the intelligence department, and later
served as an administrator at various RAF stations. She relates how
she and other WAAFs coped with a war machine that desperately
needed the help of women but whose all-male leadership did not
quite know how to manage the sudden influx of females. Throughout
her lively narrative she limns the impact of war on individuals and
families from all classes and walks of life, both in and out of the
military. As a radar teller, she tracked Rudolph Hess as he flew
across the North Sea. As a writer and producer of original
""shows"" in her offduty hours, she brought forth amateur
theatricals at several RAF stations, dispelling much of the
incredible monotony and boredom of duty in remote outposts.
Ashbee's vitality infuses this memoir as it moves from the
""phony"" war and the Battle of Britain, to intelligence and duties
as an officer to, at last, the victory celebrations in London.
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