Conditions of Service in the Immobile Branch.
[England.] '(16966r-14a.) Wt. 2120-249. 40m. 4/18. [i.e. April 1918] D & S. G 4. M 105/3.' 12pp., 8vo. Stapled. In good condition, on lightly aged and worn paper, with staples slightly rusting. Although on brown paper, the outer leaves are included in the pagination. Pp.2-4 give details of the organisation (under headings from 'Why women should join' to 'General'); pp.5-6 carry a 'Schedule of employments and rates of pay'; and pp.7-12 carry the 'Form of enrolment in the Women's Royal Air Force'. The section on 'Why women should join' reads: 'Women are urgently needed to release fit men for active service. They are required for various branches of technical work on aeroplanes, and as motor drivers and motor cyclists. No woman need hesitate to apply because she is not already skilled in these branches of work. Training is provided for unskilled women, who are invited to enter as learners. During the period of training which will not exceed four weeks, they will be paid learners' rates. Women are also required as cooks and waitresses and for household duties in the Messes of Officers and Men in the Air Service.' Scarce: no copy on COPAC or WorldCat or in the Imperial War Museum. The first WRAF was founded in 1918, and was disbanded in 1920, and the name was not revived until 1949.
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