 After a short spell as a code and cipher officer, in May 1940 she was posted to Biggin Hill where she was responsible for 250 officers.On 30 August 1940 she had the task of recovering from an attack when a bomb fell off an air raid shelter and 39 people died.Her experience here was used as the basis of Susannah York's character, Maggie Harvey, in the 1969 "Battle of Britain" film where the character counts the bodies of WAAF members.