Gladys Eva, plotted aircraft movements for the RAF during the Battle of Britain – obituary
Gladys Eva, plotted aircraft movements for the RAF during the Battle of Britain – obituary She spoke movingly about talking over the radio to bomber pilots heading back to base, some of whom did not make it Gladys Eva: rose rapidly through the ranks Gladys Eva, who has died aged 100, was the last surviving WAAF plotter who served in Fighter Command’s operations centre during the Battle of Britain and the Blitz that followed. She was not yet 20 when she joined the RAF as a special duties clerk in March 1940 and, after a few weeks training, she was sent to Bentley Priory, the headquarters o...