WOMEN & WAR

hat the heroic role of women during the Second World War should be commemorated in a new exhibition at the Biggin Hill Memorial Museum seems particularly appropriate. Most famous for its role as one of the key fighter stations during the Battle of Britain, RAF Biggin Hill also saw the award of three Military Medals to WAAFs who were stationed there during the battle. Elizabeth ‘Joan’ Mortimer, Elspeth Henderson and Helen Turner were all recognised for their brave actions for staying at their posts during the Luftwaffe attack on the airfield on 30 August 1940 which killed 39