General
The name of the (fictional) French town that Maddie and Julie end up in.
What is Oramie?
The first plane that Maddie flies. This is also the type of plane that Dympna Wythenshawe owns.
What is Puss Moth?
The name of the French resistance fighter who can't keep his hands to himself
The German name of the Secret State Police
The name of Julie's home in Scotland.
What is Castle Criag?
The name of the German aerial warfare branch. In the book German planes are referred to with this term.
What is Luftwaffe?
The name of Julie's brother
What is Jaime?
The name of the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force.
What is the Royal Air Force (RAF)?
The name of the town that Maddie is from.
What is Stockport?
The name of the most common British fighter plane. It has a single seat, and Maddie thinks it's beautiful. Some were painted pink.
What is Spitfire?
The last name of the French family that Maddie hides with
What is Thibaut
The name of a British civilian organization that ferried new, repaired, and damaged aircraft between factories and airfields. (Maddie flies for them).
What is the Air Transport Auxiliary (ATA)?
A food that Maddie's grandparents always packed in her lunch, and that Julie misses.
The name of the main device used to pilot a plane (like the steering wheel). Maddie has to use a lot of effort to hold this down when her plane is damaged.
What is the control column? (aka the yoke)
The fake identity that Julie was supposed to assume, but that Maddie ended up assuming.
Katharina Habicht
The name of the women's branch of the United Kingdom's aerial warfare force. We watched a YouTube video about them.
What is the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF)?
The smell of Explosive 808.
What is marzipan? (or almonds)
The type of plane that Maddie flies to France (with Julie in it). Can fit multiple passengers, good for field landings, the "lads" think of them as slow.
What is a Lysander?
The name of Von Linden's daughter
What is Isolade?
A term that describes an intense offensive wartime strategy. Germany used this in 1940 to invade much of Western Europe and with continuous airstrikes over the UK. Translates to "lightening war" in German.
What is Blitzkrieg?