Eileen Younghusband (WAAF officer)
Eileen Younghusband | |
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| Birth name | Eileen Muriel Le Croissette |
| Born | 4 July 1921 London, England, UK |
| Died | 2 September 2016 (aged 95) Cardiff, Wales, UK |
| Allegiance | United Kingdom |
| Service | Women's Auxiliary Air Force |
| Rank | Section officer |
| Service number | 3861 |
| Unit | No. 10 Group RAF No. 9 Group RAF RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF) |
| Awards | British Empire Medal |
| Alma mater | Open University |
| Spouse(s) |
Peter Younghusband (m. 1944) |
| Children | 1 |
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Eileen Muriel Younghusband, BEM (née Le Croissette; 4 July 1921 – 2 September 2016) was a filter officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in World War II. She worked in the filter room, a top-level British air defence hub which assessed radar reports in order to give air raid warnings. Later, while posted to Belgium, she was part of a team of mathematicians who alerted Allied forces to the location of V-2 rocket launch sites.
Younghusband completed a university degree at the age of 87 and subsequently published three books about her wartime experiences: two memoirs and one children's book.