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 Friday, 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 jute manager, photographer, 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