Eileen Younghusband (WAAF officer)

Eileen Muriel Younghusband, BEM (née Le Croissette; 4 July 1921 – 2 September 2016) was a filter officer in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force in World War II. She worked in the filter room, a top-level British air defence hub which assessed radar reports in order to give air raid warnings. Later, while posted to Belgium, she was part of a team of mathematicians who alerted Allied forces to the location of V-2 rocket launch sites.

This article is about the member of the WAAF. For the British social worker, see Eileen Younghusband.

Eileen Younghusband
Birth nameEileen Muriel Le Croissette
Born4 July 1921
London, England, UK
Died2 September 2016(2016-09-02) (aged 95)
Cardiff, Wales, UK
Allegiance United Kingdom
Service/branch Women's Auxiliary Air Force
RankSection officer
Service number3861
UnitNo. 10 Group RAF
No. 9 Group RAF
RAF Second Tactical Air Force (2TAF)
Awards British Empire Medal
Alma materOpen University
Spouse(s)Peter Younghusband
(m. 1944)
Children1

Younghusband completed a university degree at the age of 87 and subsequently published three books about her wartime experiences: two memoirs and one children's book.

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