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Show . , . v - - r 'I 4 She Trains for the Big Invasion, Too l -w c - ' ' sl J Jj - j t , A ft i f r. - . j, jr" " - " J V s " ! " - ; ' s $ V ' ' t J 'si"- . ' 't'nX !J x - 1 r 'il fJL ' Ktf s' H V w,- J Is 1 .iss - s The big day of her life arrives for '"T Airwoman "Petie" Houston, at top, i j- , " I of Hamilton, Ontario, as she isT4 T ,J " J graduated as a radio telephone op , 1 erator at No. 1 Wireless School of i TjKOM factory, lathes, from type-J. type-J. writers, from books and sales counters, from homes on both sides of the tracks have come eager young women, to plun;e into the intracacies of radio telephony. Vital to Victory Experience in the Battle of Britain showed how vital to victory is the job .of the radio telephone operator, and daily experience sine has shown that when the final chapter of the war is written, radio telephone operators will have' contributed much to our victory. And these keen young women want to be in at the kill. Invasion Day When the big invasion "comes, telephone operators will be the important im-portant cogs who will help operate the fighter communications system, control aircraft traffic around aerodromes, aero-dromes, and the operations of fighter aircraft against the enemy. It's a new field for women. At No. 1 Wireless School in Canada, now the Empire's largest single-purpose single-purpose training centre, 'the W. D.'s are becoming proficient in the handling, hand-ling, operation and running maintenance main-tenance of radio equipment. A Technician's Job It's no simple job. Modern radio equipment can be complex, and the system in which the equipment is employed are often complicated and wide-spread. They operate a direction-finding organization. With modern aircraft travelling at great speeds operators must be alert to correct inevitable mistakes in time lo avoid disaster. They must know each piece of equipment well. They must know how it works, how it is related to all parts of the radio equipment communication, how and when, to route messages, and above all, be able to meet emergencies in a manner which would have shamed the lavender girls of the last decades. The big day of her life arrives for Airwoman "Petie" Houston, at top, of Hamilton, Ontario, as she is graduated as a radio telephone operator op-erator at No. 1 Wireless School of th R r. A P in Mnntr9l ftrniiri Captain W. G. Webber, Commanding Officer of the School, affixes hci "sparks" badge to "Petie's" rignt arm. Beiow, left, "Pene - tioustor and Airwoman Barbara McKillop, of Toronto, spend one of their few leisure moments over a double malted. Below, right, "Petie" is shown on duty at her mobile transmitting and receiving set. |