ATS personnel manning anti-aircraft defences, 1942 (c)

Photograph, World War Two, Home Front (1939-1945), 1942 (c).

Many anti-aircraft batteries had male and female personnel. Members of the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS) served as gunners, range finders and sound detectors while others operated search lights and radar equipment.

From a collection of 300 photographs relating to the role played by Auxiliary Territorial Service personnel in anti-aircraft operations.