 This was followed by promotion to wing officer (wing commander) and command of the WAAF officers' school at Windermere.In 1944, she was appointed senior WAAF staff officer with responsibility for the welfare of women radar operators, and, in 1945, with the rank of group officer (group captain), she became senior WAAF staff officer to the C-in-C Mediterranean and Middle East Command, in Cairo.She became the Director of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force on 12 October 1946.