In a time of war ‘you had to make the most of life,’ veteran Joan Frost said

The life of Joan Leslie-Carter (later Joan Frost) in Britain during the Second World War could be the basis for a romantic adventure series. In a period when death could come from the sky at any time, she was philosophical about how to live. “In those times you didn’t know how long anything would be, so you had to make the most of life,” she wrote in her unpublished memoir.

Mrs. Frost, who died on Oct. 9, just 11 days shy of her 110th birthday, was a publicity officer for the Royal Air Force Fighter Command, among many other jobs, including working in the Film Branch of the Air Ministry, which made propaganda films.