Reba Z. Whittle

Laftanar **Reba Zitella Whittle** (19 ga Agusta, 1919)&nbsp;– Janairu 26, 1981  ) ta kasance memba a Rundunar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Sojojin Amurka a lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu . Ta zama mace ɗaya tilo da aka kama a fursunan yaƙi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Turai bayan da aka harbo jirginta na kwashe waɗanda suka ji rauni a watan Satumba na 1944.

## Tarihin Rayuwa

### Bayani da aikin soja
An haifi Whittle a Rocksprings, Edwards County, Texas,  kuma ta yi karatu a Kwalejin Jihar North Texas,  kafin ta halarci Makarantar Kula da Lafiya da Tiyata ta Asibitin Tunawa da Likitanci a San Antonio .  Bayan kammala karatunta, Whittle ta sami aikin yi wa Rundunar Ma'aikatan Jinya ta Soja a ranar 10 ga Yuni, 1941 a Fort Sam Houston . Tare da matsayin laftanar na biyu, an tura ta Asibitin Station da ke sansanin sojojin sama na Albuquerque, New Mexico, inda ta yi aiki a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya ta babban aiki, daga baya aka mayar da ita Mather Field, Sacramento, California . 

A ranar 6 ga Agusta, 1943, Makarantar Korar Jiragen Sama ta Sojojin Sama ta karɓi Whittle don yin horo a matsayin ma'aikaciyar jinya ta jirgin sama .  Ta isa makarantar da ke Bowman Field, Kentucky, a watan Satumba.  An tsara kwas ɗin makonni shida don sa ma'aikatan jinya su kasance masu dogaro da kansu a lokacin jirgin, kuma an horar da su don magance ciwo, zubar jini da girgiza, suna kula da marasa lafiya idan babu likita . Whittle ta kammala karatunta da kyakkyawan sakamako a ranar 26 ga Nuwamba, 1943, kuma a ranar 22 ga Janairu, 1944,  ta tafi Ingila a cikin RMS Sarauniya Mary tare da wasu ma'aikatan jinya 25 na jirgin sama na rundunar 813 ta Medical Air Evacuation Supplier Squadron.  An fara samar da MAETS ta 813 a RAF Balderton, Nottinghamshire, daga baya kuma a RAF Grove, Oxfordshire . Tsakanin Janairu da Satumba 1944, Whittle ya yi aiki a wurare 40, inda ya yi aiki na tsawon awanni 500. 

### Fursunonin yaƙi

A ranar 27 ga Satumba, 1944, Whittle ta bar Ingila don ɗaukar waɗanda suka mutu daga Advanced Landing Ground A-92 a St. Trond, Belgium. Duk da haka, jirginta na C-47 ya bugi wani jirgin Jamus mai suna S-47 kuma ya faɗi da misalin  a wajen Aachen, bayan da ya kauce daga hanyar da aka nufa,  yayin da Aachen da St. Trond suke da  a gefe. Jirgin saman yawanci yana ɗauke da kayan sojoji, wani lokacin kuma sojoji suna kan jirgin sama, sannan kuma suna mutuwa a lokacin dawowa, don haka ba a yi musu alama da jajayen giciye ba.  A cikin hatsarin, Sergeant Hill, ma'aikacin tiyatarta, ya ji rauni a hannu da ƙafa, ɗaya daga cikin matukan jirgin ya mutu, ɗayan kuma ya ji mummunan rauni, Whittle kanta kuma ta sha wahala sakamakon bugun zuciya, da raunuka da raunuka a fuska da baya.  Ma'aikatan jirgin sun rarrafe daga jirgin da ya lalace kuma ya ƙone kuma sojojin Jamus suka kama su. An kai su wani ƙauye da ke kusa kuma aka yi musu magani don raunin da suka samu nan take,  sannan aka kai su asibiti da ke kusa inda wani likita ɗan Jamus ya gaya wa Whittle cewa "Abin takaici ne samun mace domin kai ne na farko kuma babu wanda ya san ainihin abin da za a yi." 

Daga nan aka kai ma'aikatan jirgin zuwa Auswertestelle West ("Ofishin Kimantawa Yamma"), babban cibiyar tambayoyi ta Luftwaffe da ke Oberursel, a arewacin Frankfurt . [1] An raba Whittle da sauran ma'aikatanta kuma aka kwantar da ita a Asibitin Hohemark da ke kusa, wani ɓangare na Auswertestelle West wanda aka tsara don samar da agajin gaggawa ga fursunonin da suka ji rauni. [2]

## Manazarta