Anne Runciman Paterson WAAF

Anne Runciman Paterson 1940s

Anne Runciman Paterson early 1920s

Parents:

• Birth*: Anne Runciman Paterson WAAF was born on 13 December 1916.¹
• She was the daughter of David Paterson electrical engineer and Elizabeth Moonie Whitton yarn winder.
• (Bride) Marriage*: Anne Runciman Paterson WAAF married Peter Meldrum Swankie on 5 October 1956 at Broughty Ferry, Dundee, Angus, Scotland, .¹
• (Deceased) Death*: Anne Runciman Paterson WAAF died on 28 September 2004 at age 87.¹

• (Witness) Photograph: She is in this photograph taken say 1925 along with David Paterson electrical engineer, Elizabeth Moonie Whitton yarn winder, David Whitton Hutton Paterson, Robert Sinclair Paterson and Mary Maiden Paterson.²
  

  Paterson family L-R Elizabeth Moonie (Whitton) Paterson, Mary Maiden Paterson, David Paterson, Robert Sinclair Paterson, David Whitton Hutton Paterson, Anne Runciman Paterson
• Married Name: As of 5 October 1956, her married name was Swankie.

Military Service

• Military Service*: Anne Runciman Paterson WAAF served with the Women's Auxiliary Air Force between 1939 and 1945 WAAF (from cap & uniform) wearing RAF Eagle cloth shoulder title badge; RAF Telecommunications Cloth Insignia Rank (ie Radio Operator) badge; and RAF Leading Aircraftman (propellor) badge
  
  This Uniform set would have been worn by a WAAF (LAC) Leading AirCraftwomans Radio Operator
  
  The Women’s Auxiliary Air Force was Officially formed in June 1939 and a WAAF Radio Operator would have served through out WW2 in many roles from the very important Ploting Room tracking enemey aircraft, Control Tower to Anti-Aircraft Positions protecting vital towns and Airfields. The WAAF wore a similar 4 pocket tunic to Officers but with Albertross/Eagle and LAC on each sleeve, and Radio Operators badge on right upper sleeve.^3,4