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Violet Sharples: Plotting the Buzz Bombs

Leading Airwoman Violet Sharples served as an RAF plotter during the Second World War.

Using information supplied by radar stations, plotters maintained a developing picture of threats entering British airspace.

Although Violet’s work tracking V-1 flying bombs came later in the war, her story demonstrates how the integrated air-defence system developed during the Battle of Britain continued to protect the country.

Hear Violet’s story