THE colours of a new stained glass window commemorating Stanton St Quintin’s links with the Women’s Auxilliary Air Force pierced through the pews in the village church at the weekend as it was officially unveiled to the public.

Two of the country’s last surviving WAAF’s, Ena Day and Dorothy Brown joined the congregation at St Giles Church on Saturday for the special service to reveal the window, which was was specially designed by Peter Berry to honour the women who lived in the village while working at RAF Hullavington during the Second World War.

The window, which is Mr Berry's third in the church, depicts WAAF flight mechanics overhauling an Airspeed Oxford and a series of World War Two aircraft flying within radio frequency lines.

“We are absolutely thrilled with the window and how the service went,” Dr Fiona Baskett said.

"We wanted to pay tribute to the history of Hullavington Airfield before it goes and the women who did crucial work to support the RAF.

"The window itself was financially supported by many individual donations and grants from charitable trusts and will serve as a lasting legacy to the service of the WAAF who worked at RAF Hullavington.

"At the service, churchwarden Hilary Greene read out John Gillespie Magee's poem High Flight which perfectly described the colours of the window, which is quite contemporary in design so that it allows light to filter through into the church, changing the colours of the window throughout the day."

The congregation were also joined by members of the local Air Cadets, standard bearers from the RAF and Royal British Legion, as well as Air Commodore Barbara Cooper and Chippenham Mayor Councillor Mary Norton.

"It is very important to remember the WAAF's commitment," Majorie Morgan, who led the service, said. "It was a huge honour to have two WAAFs at the service and in my sermon I noted that they were living history."