My father said "About bloody time" and my mother burst into tears.

The fear, cold unadulterated fear.

It was always a joke with these passion killers, as we used to call them.

That's one thing I'm very grateful to the RAF is that they completed my education because we learned physics and radio.

It's not just about the airframe. It's about the people

We had to ensure those ships weren't attacked

On a whim, really, I went into Cardiff and joined up in the WAAF because I wanted to serve.

We thought so much of Mr Churchill, we looked upon as the person with the right leadership mentality.

Another Wren had been arrested by the Royal Naval Police and had given us up to protect herself.

I should have had support to help me get back to life on civvy street, but suddenly I wasn't entitled to any of it.

Part of the double life was having to be homophobic to fit in with the homophobes.

It was pretty boring, but you felt like you were doing something really important, really making a difference.