This memorial at Elvington's Air Museum is dedicated to 'Members of the Women's Auxilliary Air Force who died in service in Yorkshire during WWII.' It lists the names of 24 women, based at airfields including nearby Marston Moor, Acaster Malbis and Riccall. (Larger image)
ACW2 Marguerite H Hudson was killed in the air raid on Driffield on 15 August 1940. She was 19 years old, and the first WAAF to be killed in the war.
ACW2 Jean Scargill was working as a driver and was killed when her truck was hit by a Halifax bomber at Marston Moor, on 8 July 1943. She was 20 years old.
LACW Nellie Griffiths, aged 35, was killed in the crash of Albermarle V1762 near Sherburn in Elmet on 21 Oct 1944.
They are all included in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission database.
Thanks to Rich Allenby for the additional information.
[ACW2 = Aircraftwoman 2nd Class, LACW = Leading Aircraftwoman]
WW2 People's War is an online archive of wartime memories contributed by members of the public and gathered by the BBC. It includes the memories of Catherine Horne, who served with the WAAF from 1942 to 1946. Her time at an airfield near York seems to have coincided with the bombing raid of April 1942 when the railway station was among the targets:
As we had such a long walk from our huts to the Mess we were told to go to York Station to collect new bicycles. Unfortunately the Germans got there before us so no bikes! . . .
I was posted to the Sergeants Mess [I had opted to be a cook] at a place called Marston Moor. I wasn't there long when the first 1000 bomber raid took place. I can remember being recalled to help cook the meals for the returning air crew. This was the first time I saw men cry.