Henrietta Barnett (WRAF officer)

For the English social reformer, educationist and reformer, see Henrietta Barnett.

Dame Henrietta Barnett
Birth nameMary Henrietta Barnett
Born(1905-02-16)16 February 1905
Winchester, Hampshire, England
Died11 September 1985(1985-09-11) (aged 80)
Oxfordshire, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
Service / branchAuxiliary Territorial Service (1938–1939)
Women's Auxiliary Air Force (1939–1949)
Women's Royal Air Force (1949–1960)
Years of service1938–1960
RankAir Commandant
Battles / warsSecond World War
Cold War

Air Commandant Dame Mary Henrietta Barnett DBE (16 February 1905 – 11 September 1985) was a senior officer of the Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF). From 1956 to 1960, she served as its director.[1]

  1. ^ "BARNETT, Air Commandant Dame (Mary) Henrietta (1905-1985)". Liddell Hart Military Archives. King's College London. Retrieved 29 November 2016.