What does ACW stand for?

The RAF last night led tribute to Miss Lovell, who was a senior aircraftwoman.

But nothing she undertook as a Senior Aircraftwoman came close to the terror she felt when doctors confirmed she had breast cancer.

I wound up as an aircraftwoman doing shorthand typing - which had been my job at a publishing company before the war - in the Air Ministry War Room underground in Westminster.

If the subordinate commander is of the rank of fit lt or below he may only deal with a non-commissioned officer of the rank of cpl to whom he may award a reprimand or admonition or to aircraftman or aircraftwoman he may award a fine not exceeding 3 days pay provided that the subordinate commander is of the rank of fit It and has specifically authorised by the commanding officer to award such a punishment, stoppages not exceeding 3 days pay provided that the subordinate commander is of the rank of fit It and had specifically authorised to award such a punishment, restrictions not exceeding 7 days, extra guards or pickets not exceeding in number (subject to the same restrictions as for senior subordinate commanders), admonition.

But nothing she undertook as a Senior Aircraftwoman came close to the terror she felt when doctors confirmed that she had breast cancer.

Well, to be fair, the Tory and Lib-Dem men wheeled out yesterday to voice their disapproval in suitably scandalised tones didn't condemn former senior aircraftwoman Stephanie Hulme per se.

The photograph was taken in 1944 while Mrs Standen - a 19-yearoldleading aircraftwoman in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force - was based at RAF Holmsley South.

Audrey, 23, a Senior Aircraftwoman from Ayr, said: "I have been trained for the job and I know what to do.