[3] In 1939, with the outbreak of World War II, Hill joined the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF).
She was in fact too short to qualify for military service but the man measuring her added half an inch to her height to meet the minimum required.
[2] Her first posting as an aircraftwoman was as an equipment assistant at stores of RAF Farnborough where she issued "anything from pants to revolvers".
[4] She then served as a new entrant instructor at RAF West Drayton, and then in Harrogate when the training school moved there due to the London Blitz.
In March 2023, she was one of a number of notable women with a connection to Grantham honoured by South Kesteven District Council.