Henrietta Barnett (ofishin WRAF)

Kwamandan Sojojin Sama **Dame Mary Henrietta Barnett** DBE (16 ga Fabrairu 1905 - 11 ga Satumba 1985) babbar jami'a ce a rundunar sojojin sama ta mata (WRAF). Daga 1956 zuwa 1960, ta yi aiki a matsayin darakta. 

## Rayuwar farko da ilimi
An haifi Barnett a ranar 16 ga Fabrairu, 1905 a Winchester, Hampshire, Ingila. Ita ce ƙaramar ɗiya ga Kanar George Henry Barnett CMG DSO da Mary Dorothea Barnett ( née Baker). Daga Satumba 1918 zuwa Yuli 1922, ta yi karatu a Makarantar Heathfield, wata makaranta mai zaman kanta ta 'yan mata a Ascot, Berkshire. 

## Aikin soja
A shekarar 1938, Barnett ta shiga Sabis na Yankin Taimako a matsayin mai sa kai (IE mai zaman kansa ), kuma an tura ta zuwa Lamba ta 45 ta Gundumar Oxford.  Ta koma Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata (WAAF) lokacin da aka kafa ta a ranar 28 ga Yuni 1939.   An tura ta aiki a WAAF a matsayin mataimakiyar kamfani (daidai da jami'in matukin jirgi a Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Royal ), tare da matsayi na gaba daga 5 ga Disamba 1938.  A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu, ta yi aiki a RAF Upper Heyford a Oxfordshire, a RAF Feltwell a Norfolk, da kuma a Ma'aikatar Jiragen Sama a Landan. 

Barnett ta halarci taron London Blitz kuma ta shaida rugujewar Majalisar Wakilai da sauran wurare. A wancan lokacin, tana can kuma mata kamar ita suna aiki a Ma'aikatar Jiragen Sama . Barnett ta ce "Ba su taɓa yin magana game da aikinsu na sirri ba, ba kasafai suke makara zuwa aiki ba, ko da bayan wani hari. An san su da Whitehall Warriors." 

Bayan ƙarshen yaƙin, a lokacin bazara na 1945, an tura Barnett zuwa Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Bahar Rum a Caserta, Italiya.  A can, ta yi aiki a matsayin " jami'ar ma'aikata da ke da alhakin duk ma'aikatan WAAF da ke aiki a rundunar sojojin ruwa ta Bahar Rum da Gabas ta Tsakiya".  Ta yi tafiya zuwa Vienna don neman yiwuwar sanya mata jiragen sama a can.  A watan Oktoba na 1947, ta koma Burtaniya kuma aka naɗa ta a matsayin jami'ar ma'aikatan WAAF a hedikwatar Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa .  A ranar 13 ga Nuwamba 1947, an naɗa ta a wani kwamiti mai tsawo a matsayin jami'ar jirgin sama (daidai da laftanar jirgin sama ) tare da matsayi a wannan matsayi daga 3 ga Maris 1943.  A watan Oktoba 1948, ta naɗa Sufeto na WAAF; wannan aikin ya buƙaci ta yi tafiye-tafiye sosai, tana duba duk sansanonin da ke cikin Rundunar Sojojin Ruwa ta Gida waɗanda ke da ma'aikatan WAAF.  

A shekarar 1949, an ƙirƙiri Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata (WRAF). A ranar 1 ga Fabrairu, 1949, an naɗa Barnett a matsayin jami'ar rukuni (daidai da kyaftin na rukuni a RAF) a Sashen Sakatare na WRAF. [1] Daga 1949 zuwa 1952, ta yi aiki a matsayin ɗaya daga cikin Mataimakan Daraktoci biyu na WRAF: [2] a wannan matsayin, tana da alhakin "zaɓar, haɓakawa, da matsalolin aiki da na sirri na jami'an WRAF". [3] A ranar 1 ga Nuwamba, 1952, an naɗa ta Kwamandan Rundunar Sojan Sama ta RAF Hawkinge ; saboda haka, ta zama mace ɗaya tilo da ta zama kwamanda a tashar RAF. [2] [3] Daga 1 ga Agusta, 1956 zuwa Maris, 1960, ta yi aiki a matsayin Darakta na Rundunar Sojan Sama ta Mata, tana riƙe da matsayin kwamanda na sama (daidai da jirgin sama ). [3] A wannan lokacin, ita ma mataimakiya ce ga Sarauniya. [3]

## Rayuwa daga baya

A watan Maris na shekarar 1960, Barnett ta yi ritaya daga WRAF, ta koma wani ƙaramin gida a Woodstock, Oxfordshire . Ta ci gaba da hulɗa da WRAF kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin shugabar kwamitin zartarwa na Ƙungiyar Jami'an WRAF. Ta kuma kasance mai himma a harkokin cikin gida kuma ta yi aiki a matsayin magajin garin Woodstock daga 1968 zuwa 1969. 

Barnett ta mutu sakamakon bugun zuciya a gidanta a ranar 11 ga Satumba, 1985, tana da shekaru 80. 

## Daraja
A cikin bikin karramawar Sabuwar Shekara ta 1956, an naɗa Barnett a matsayin Kwamandan Order of the British Empire (CBE).  A cikin bikin karramawar ranar haihuwar Sarauniya ta 1958, an ɗaukaka ta zuwa Kwamandan Dame na Order of the British Empire (DBE), don haka aka ba ta lakabin *Dame* . 

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