[Portrait of Sheila K. Smith, circa 1943]
Rating
Title
[Portrait of Sheila K . Smith , circa 1943]
Date
1943
Date approximate?
yes
Item description
Portrait of Sheila K . Smith in British Women's Royal Air Force uniform , circa 1943 .
Subject headings
World War, 1939-1945
Era
World War II era (1940-1946)
Service branch
Other--British RAF
Veteran's name
Smith, Sheila Katharina Rathbone
Veteran's biography
Sheila K . Rathbone Smith (b . 1924) of Oxford , England , served as a barrage balloon operator with the British Women's Royal Air Force during World War II .Sheila Katharina Rathbone Smith was born in England on 31 August 1924 to a British father and a German mother . She grew up in Hampstead and London , England , and attended high school in Oxford . Smith joined the British Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1942 and served as a barrage balloon operator in London and Newcastle for three years . She then worked in transportation , organizing the movement of British troops and prisoners of war in England . She was discharged in 1946 with the rank of leading aircraft woman (LACW) .Smith modeled after the war , most notably for fashion designer Hardy Amies . She married in 1951 and relocated to the United States .
Source collection
WV0317 Sheila K. Smith Papers
Type
image
Original format
photographs
Image type
Formal portrait
Original publisher
[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified]
Contributing institution
Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, UNCG University Libraries
Preferred citation
[Identification of item], [Identification of collection], Betty H. Carter Women Veterans Historical Project, Martha Blakeney Hodges Special Collections and University Archives, The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, NC, USA.
Rights statement
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Additional rights information
IN COPYRIGHT . This item is subject to copyright . Contact the rights holder noted above for permission to reuse .
Object ID
WV0317.6.001
Digital publisher
The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 -- http://library.uncg.edu/
OCLC number
900812866
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