101-year-old veteran speaks of wartime experience on VE Day anniversary

Pauline Alexander, who served with the Women’s Royal Air Force (WRAF) from 1942 to 1946, has reflected on her loss and the bravery of the wartime generation on the 80th anniversary of VE Day.

Pauline was one of five siblings who all served in the Second World War, with three of them among the four family members she lost during the conflict.

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