In her first interview the ex-corporal says she quit after being sexually assaulted in her sleep.
Defence correspondent, BBC News
She left after being sexually assaulted by a male colleague who was then acquitted by a military court and allowed to continue serving.Last year an employment tribunal ruled Sam had suffered sexual harassment.Sam joined the RAF aged 19 as an aircraft technician, where she was one of very few women in the team.
She was also in a minority as a lesbian woman. She says that didn't stop male colleagues "preying on her" and saying they could "turn" her - persuade her to become heterosexual. "I had just found the courage to tell someone and I was getting into trouble. There was no sympathy, empathy or advice on what would happen next."They lacked the equipment to conduct proper forensic tests and had to ask a nearby US military base for assistance.
In December last year she won her case for sexual harassment at an employment tribunal, though a separate claim of sexual discrimination was not upheld.
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