Plotter (RAF)

This article is about a military aviation occupation. For other uses, see Plotter (disambiguation).

The Operations Room at RAF Fighter Command's No. 10 Group Headquarters, Rudloe Manor (RAF Box), Wiltshire, showing WAAF plotters and duty officers at work, 1943

Plotters were employed on an early form of air traffic monitoring that played a vital role in World War II, including during the Battle of Britain, The Blitz and the bombing of British cities that followed. They worked at individual RAF stations' Sector Control Rooms or in the central Group Control Rooms that directed the operations of RAF fighters. The majority of plotters were female, members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAFs).[1]

  1. ^ The Illustrated London News, "Responsible Work by the WAAFs: 'Plotting' Our Aircraft", 28 November 1942, p. 608