Damn she was pretty!
Photos and a bit more info at link. Just don’t have time to do the photos.
https://www.insider.com/photos-queen-elizabeth-mechanic-world-war-ii-2020-4
The Queen trained as a mechanic while a teenager during World War II. These photos show how she served her country.
The princess learned how to drive large trucks, like the ambulance pictured below, during her ATS service.
She was known as truck mechanic No. 230873 in the Women’s Auxiliary Territorial Service, and was based at the Mechanical Transport Training Section in Camberley, Surrey.
She also learned how to change a wheel and deconstruct and rebuild engines.
When World War II began in 1939, her majesty was just 13 years old and was known as Princess Elizabeth.
The Queen Mother refused to leave the UK, and the family stayed and supported their country, even as their home, Buckingham Palace, was bombed repeatedly.
When she turned 18, at her own insistence, Princess Elizabeth joined the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), where she trained as a truck driver and mechanic.
When Princess Elizabeth turned 18 in 1944, she insisted upon joining the Army, where she trained as a truck driver and mechanic. She remains the only female member of the royal family to have served in the Army.
Take a look at the photos of a young Princess Elizabeth as she served her country.
The princess registered for war service when she was just 16 under the Ministry of Labour’s Youth Registration Scheme.
At age 18, she began as a subaltern, the British term for junior officer, in the Auxiliary Territorial Service (ATS), where she learned car mechanics and truck driving.
King George made sure that his daughter was given no special rank of privilege in the Army, Time reported. She started like any other young woman joining the war effort, but did later rise to the rank of junior commander.