Women who played vital roles during World War Two are to be celebrated in an exhibition at the International Bomber Command Centre.

Ten women have been chosen by the centre, in Lincoln, "to represent the contribution, courage and leadership shown by women at all levels" during the conflict.

They have been immortalized as 8ft-tall (2.4m) steel silhouettes, which will go on show on 14-15 March, in recognition of what the centre describes as their "previously unacknowledged qualities and capabilities".

The statues have been created by Standing with Giants – the team behind the D-Day display at the British Normandy Memorial, which was unveiled last year.

By 1943, 90% of single women of working age, and 80% of married women, were working outside the home in........

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