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by Debbie McGowan


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  Glossary

  Armed Services

  RAF: Royal Air Force

  WAAF: Women’s’ Auxiliary Air Force

  USAAF: United States Army Air Forces

  NAAFI: Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes (provide the recreational institutes for the British Armed Forces)

  Other Abbreviations and Terms

  NCO: non-commissioned officer

  CO: commanding officer

  POW: prison/prisoner of war

  FIDO: Fog Investigation and Dispersal Operation

  LMF: lacking moral fibre (stamped on the discharge papers of those who ‘lost their minds’)

  VE Day: Victory Over Europe Day (May 8th, 1945)

  Jerry: nickname for Germans commonly used by Allied soldiers and civilians during WWII

  Ranks (1944–45; lowest to highest)

  RAF / WAAF

  NCO Ranks

  AC2: Aircraftman/woman 1st class

  AC1: Aircraftman/woman 2nd class

  LAC: Leading Aircraftman

  Corporal

  Sergeant

  Officer Ranks

  Warrant Officer

  Officer Cadet

  Higher ranks were differentiated by gender; they are listed as RAF / WAAF equivalent.

  Pilot Officer / Assistant Section Officer

  Flying Officer / Section Officer

  Flight Lieutenant / Flight Officer

  Squadron Leader / Squadron Officer

  Group Captain / Group Officer

  Air Commodore / Air Commandant

  Air Vice-Marshal / Air Chief Commandant

  Air Marshal / no WAAF equivalent

  Air Chief Marshal / no WAAF equivalent

  Marshal of the Royal Air Force / no WAAF equivalent

  USAAF

  NCO Ranks

  Private

  Private First Class

  Technician Fifth Grade

  Corporal

  Technician Fourth Grade

  Sergeant

  Technician Third Grade

  Staff Sergeant

  Technical Sergeant

  First Sergeant

  Master Sergeant

  Officer Ranks

  Second Lieutenant

  First Lieutenant

  Captain

  Major

  Lieutenant Colonel

  Colonel

  Brigadier General

  Major General

  Lieutenant General

  General

  General of the Army

  WWII Planes

  Vickers Wellington (RAF): a twin-engined, medium bomber

  Avro Lancaster (RAF): a four-engined, heavy bomber

  Handley Page Halifax (RAF): a four-engined, heavy bomber

  B-17 Flying Fortress (USAAF): a four-engined, heavy bomber

  Junkers Ju 88 (Luftwaffe): a twin-engined, tactical bomber

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  About the Author

  Debbie McGowan is an author and publisher based in a semi-rural corner of Lancashire, England. She writes character-driven, realist fiction, celebrating life, love and relationships. A working class girl, she ‘ran away’ to London at seventeen, was homeless, unemployed and then homeless again, interspersed with animal rights activism (all legal, honest ;)) and volunteer work as a mental health advocate. At twenty-five, she went back to college to study social science—tough with two toddlers, but they had a ‘stay at home’ dad, so it worked itself out. These days, the toddlers are young women (much to their chagrin), and Debbie teaches undergraduate students, writes novels and runs an independent publishing company, occasionally grabbing an hour of sleep where she can.

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  Goodreads: goodreads.com/DebbieMcGowan

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  By the Author

  Stand-Alone Stories

  Champagne

  Sugar and Sawdust

  Cherry Pop Valentine

  When Skies Have Fallen

  Coming Up ~ co-written with Al Stewart

  Of the Bauble

  Checking Him Out Series

  Checking Him Out (Book One)

  Checking Him Out For the Holidays (Novella)

  Hiding Out (Novella - Noah and Matty)

  Taking Him On (Book Two - Noah and Matty)

  Checking In (Book Three)

  The Making of Us (Book Four - Jesse and Leigh - exp. 2016)

  Seeds of Tyrone Series

  ~ co-written with Raine O’Tierney

  Leaving Flowers (Book One)

  Where the Grass is Greener (Book Two)

  Christmas Craic and Mistletoe (Book Three)

  Sci-fi/Fantasy Light

  And The Walls Came Tumbling Down

  No Dice

  Double Six

  General

  ‘Time to Go’ in Story Salon Big Book of Stories

  Hiding Behind The Couch Series

  The ongoing story of ‘The Circle’…

  Nine friends from high school;

  Nine friends for life.

  The Story So Far…

  in chronological order:

  novellas and short novels are ‘stand-alone’ stories, but tie in with the series. Think Middle Earth—well, more Middle England, but with a social conscience!

  Beginnings (Novella)

  Ruminations (Novel)

  Class-A (Short Story)

  Hiding Behind The Couch (Season One)

  No Time Like The Present (Season Two)

  The Harder They Fall (Season Three)

  Crying in the Rain (Novel)

  First Christmas (Novella)

  In The Stars Part I: Capricorn–Gemini (Season Four)

  Breaking Waves (Novella)

  In The Stars Part II: Cancer–Sagittarius (Season Five)

  A Midnight Clear (Novella)

  Red Hot Christmas (Novella)

  Two By Two (Season Six)

  Hiding Out (Novella)

  Breakfast at Cordelia’s Aquarium (Short Story)

  Chain of Secrets (Novella)

  Those Jeffries Boys (Novel)

  The WAG and The Scoundrel (Gray Fisher #1)

  Reunions (Season Seven)

  www.hidingbehindthecouch.com

  www.debbiemcgowan.co.uk

  All available from www.beatentrackpublishing.com

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  Beaten Track Publishing

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  please visit our website:

  https://www.beatentrackpublishing.com

  Thanks for reading!

 


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