Index
The suffix ‘n’ denotes a footnote
–A–
A-2, A-3, A-4, A-5, see V-2
Aalborg, German air base, 194, 467
Aalhorn, German air base, 393
Abbeville, German air base, 465, 467
Abbey Wood, balloon defences, 445, 475
Aberdeen
Abyssinia, see Italo-Abyssinian War
Acklington aerodrome, 172, 192, 193, 444, 455, 474, 509
Acoustic Mine, 88
Acoustic Mirrors, 22, 38, 426-427
Acton, bombs on, 497
Addington, first bomb on Greater London falls at, 157
Addison, Wing Commander E. B., 158
Admiralty and Naval Staff, 7, 10, 11, 21-22, 39, 49, 51, 52, 56, 57. 58, 59. 60, 67, 69-70, 83, 85, 86, 87, 88, 90-91, 100, 103, 105, 115, 122, 135, 136, 137, 138, 142, 145, 146, 147-148, 164, 229, 231, 258, 271, 278, 283, 285, 286, 296, Appendix 3
See also Royal Navy
Advanced Air Striking Force, 71, 72, 75, 77, 107, in
Aerial Minelaying, 263, 268, 271, 274, 276, 279. 509
Aerodromes and Air Bases
British and Allied
German air attacks on:
in France and Belgium (1940), 102
in Poland, 79
in Scandinavia, 101
in United Kingdom, see Britain, Battle of, and under place-names
local defence and local defences, 45, 70, 84, 105, 143, 154, 296, 323, 448-449, 479-481, 482, 483, 484
shortage of:
in Norway, 101
susceptibility to capture by airborne troops, 104, 123, 142-143
German and German-occupied
British air attacks on:
as counter-measure to invasion preparations, 141-142, 225
as counter-measure to magnetic mine, 87
as counter-measure to V-1, 383, 393
Aeronautical Research Committee, 36
Air Attack on United Kingdom
British assessment of risk of, 1-2, 4, 5-6, 9-12, 13-15, 16, 17, 18, 20, 22-23, 24, 26, 27, 28-35, 41, 43-48, 49, 51, 52, 53, 55, 58, 59-61, 67-68, 70, 72-73, 78-79, 88-95, 97, 103, 107, 119, 120-121, 138, 139, 141, 148-157, 159, 299, 325-326, 425-426, 427, 428-429, 432
public response to, 258-259, 280, 281, 434-435
Airborne Landings in United Kingdom
British assessment of risk of, 84, 98, 102-103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 123, 124-125, 129, 224, 230
German measures in contemplation of, 178, 179
Airborne Radar, 39-40, 81, 97, 139, 252-255, 266n, 268, 269, 270-271, 274-275, 276, 279, 312, 430, 510
Airborne Troops and Parachutists
German employment in Belgium and Holland, 102, 106
employment in Scandinavian campaign, 101
numbers available in 1939, 84
Air Component, see Expeditionary Force
Air Council, see Air Ministry
Aircraft Factories, British
attacks on, see under place-names
defence of, and generally, see Aircraft Industry
Aircraft Fighting Zone, 15, 19, 20, 33, 43, 44
Aircraft Industry
British, 12, 28, 32, 47, 63, 69, 94-95, 120-121, 128
defence of, 79, 90, 113, 151, 154, 235, 247, 248, 285, 286, 309
Aircraft Operating Company Limited, 67
Aircraft Production
British, 63, 69, 78, 95, 121, 128; see also Aircraft Industry
German, 78
Aircraft Production, Ministry of, 121
Air Warfare Analysis Section, 311
Air Defence of Great Britain (Command) 17, 20, 33, 35, 324-325, 393, 406; see also Fighter Force
Fighting Area, 17
Air Defence Research Committee, 37
Air Expansion Schemes
23-Squadron Scheme, 12, 13-14, 18
52-Squadron Scheme, 15, 16, 18, 19, 22, 24, 26, 28
Scheme A, 28-29, 30, 31, 34, 35, 55
Scheme C. 31, 34, 35, 41, 42n, 55
Scheme F, 41, 42, 47, 48, 55, 63
Scheme M, 68
Air Force, British, see Royal Air Force
Air Force, French, see French Air Force
Air Force, German, see Luftwaffe
Air Force, Italian, see Italian Air Force
Air Ministry and Air Staff, 2, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 18, 20, 23, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 38, 39, 40, 42, 43, 46, 47, 48, 51, 52, 56, 58, 59, 60, 63, 67, 68, 72, 77, 78, 79, 80, 88, 89, 90-91, 93, 95, 102, 103, 108, 109, 110, 111, 114, 116, 121, 123, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142-143, 145, 146, 147, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 164, 170, 173, 199, 200, 230, 231, 246, 255, 262, 266, 267, 269, 273, 274, 286, 290, 294, 295, 312, 324-325, 332, 340-341, 350, 351, 361-362, 364, 367-368, 377, 379, 384, 393, 394, 400, 406, 407, 413, 415, 416, 417, 425, 427, 428, Appendix 3; see also Royal Air Force
Air Raid Precautions, see Civil Defence
Air Raid Warnings and Air Raid Warning System, 1, 2, 73, 82, 159, 163, 213, 255, 316, 372, 396, Appendix 3
Air-Sea Rescue Service, 169-170
Air Staff, see Air Ministry and Air Staff
Albacore Aircraft, 468
Alblasserdam, liquid-oxygen plant attacked, 415
Aldergrove
aerodrome and fighter sector, 151, 172, 438, 455, 474
Aldershot, German plan to attack with V-2, 399
Aldershot Command, see Home Forces
Alençon, German air base, 465
Alexandria
British naval forces at, 122, 439
reinforcement from United Kingdom during Abyssinian crisis, 41
Aliens, internment of, 105, 119
Allen, Major-General R, H. , 196, 449, 480
Allied Expeditionary Air Force, 323-325, 367, 393; see also Air Defence of Great Britain, Fighter Force, Second Tactical Air Force, United States of America
Alvaston, balloon defences, 446, 476
Amble, coast defences, 470
Ambler, Air Commodore G. H., 381-382
America, see United States of America
Amiens, German air base, 465
Anderson, Sir John, 69
Andover
attacked, 188
Anson Aircraft, 59, 67, 81, 157, 438, 468
Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences
equipment, 43-44, 46, 65, 82, 97, 152, 154, 158, 252, 253, 254, 256, 270, 278, 312, 322-323, 326, 354, 375, 382, 391, 430, 433, 448, 482-490
importance confirmed by experience of ‘BAEDEKER’ raids, 311, 430-431
operations and tactics, 3, 9, 15-16, 18, 35, 82, 87, 158, 189, 191, 193, 194, 196, 197, 206, 207, 208, 209, 210, 213, 236, 238-239, 244, 248, 252, 264, 270-271, 273, 277, 279, 301, 305-306, 307, 313, 314, 316-317, 327-328, 371, 372, 373, 374-376, 380-381, 384, 391-392, 395, 430, 482-490, 523
organisation and disposition, 3, 5-6, 9, 15-16, 17-19, 20, 26, 33, 34, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 65, 70, 73, 74, 82, 145, 151, 173, 252, 268, 278-279, 287, 301-302, 306, 321-323, 324, 325, 363-364, 371, 372, 373, 375, 380, 381-383, 391-393, 394, Appendix 3, 441, 448-449, 479-481, 482-490
strength, 3, 5-6, 9, 12-13, 16, 17-19, 20, 33, 34, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 65, 69, 70, 74, 88, 97, 107, 153-154, 162, 252, 278, 310, 321-323, 363-364, 373, 380, 383, 391, 392, 448-449, 479-481
Anti-Aircraft Command
1st Anti-Aircraft Division, 36, 441, 448, 479
2nd Anti-Aircraft Division, 441, 448, 479
3rd Anti-Aircraft Division, 441, 448, 479
4th Anti-Aircraft Division, 441, 449, 480
5th Anti-Aircraft Division, 196, 441, 449, 480
6th Anti-Aircraft Division, 441, 449, 480, 482-490
7th Anti-Aircraft Division, 191, 194, 441, 449, 480
and smoke-screens, 268n
organisation and chain of command, 74, 268, Appendix 3, 441
See also Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences
Anti-Aircraft Research Committee, 36
Anti-Tank Guns
numbers available for home defence, 123-125, 130, 219
Antwerp
target for V-1, 394
target for V-2, 410
Appledore, coast defences, 470
Archangel, detachment of Merchant Ship Fighter Unit at, 289
Ardeer
balloon defences, 153
Ardrossan
balloon defences, 477
coast defences, 470
Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58, 66, 145, Appendix 3
Armoured Fighting Vehicles
measures to hamper disembarkation, 105, 132-133, 134
See also Tanks
Army, British, see British Army
Army Co-operation Squadrons, 28, 36, 71, 72, 77, 84, 108, 112, 131, 200, Appendix 3n; see also Expeditionary Force, Home Forces
Arnhem, British airborne landing near, and V-2, 408
Arques, German air base, 465
Asch, German air base, 464
Ashford (Kent), air attack, 315, 517
Ashmore, Major-General E, B. , 16, 22
Athenia, S.S., 81
Atlantic, Battle of the, 285-289, 300, 318-319
Australia, aircraft ordered in, 121n
Austria, German occupation of, 48, 65
Auxiliary Territorial Service, 430; see also Mixed Batteries
Avonmouth
air attacks, 275, 276, 503, 504, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 287n; see also Bristol
Ayr, aerodrome, 509
Azores, Allied use of bases in, 319
–B–
‘Baby Blitz’, 327-329, 431, 432, 520
Back Headquarters, 112
‘BAEDEKER’ Raids, 305-311, 321, 431, 513-514
Baldwin, Mr. Stanley (later Earl Baldwin of
Balfour, Mr. A. J. (later Earl Balfour), 9, 11, 13
Balkans, German campaign in, and moves of Luftwaffe units to, 231, 232, 277, 293
Balloon Command
No. 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group, 271, 445, 475
No. 31 (Balloon Barrage) Group, 445-446, 475-476
No. 32 (Balloon Barrage) Group, 446, 476-477
No. 33 (Balloon Barrage) Group, 446-447, 477
No. 34 (Balloon Barrage) Group, 447, 477-478
and V-1, 372
command and higher organisation, 36, 74, 268, 372, Appendix 3, 441
See also Balloon Defences
Balloon Defences, 33, 44, 45, 47, 48, 65, 69, 70, 74, 88, 97, 107, 152-153, 154, 162, 252, 268, 271, 274, 277, 302, 308, 310, 313, 315, 322, 324, 364, 371, 372, 373, 380, 384, 430, 431, 441, 445-447, 475-478, 517n, 523
absence of, at targets for early ‘BAEDEKER’ raids, 305, 306
importance confirmed by experience of ‘BAEDEKER’ raids, 311, 430-431
Baltimore Aircraft, 121n
Banks, Sir Donald, 133
‘Banning the Bomber’, 23
Banstead
bombs on, 497
flying bombs on, 525
Barges, Invasion
assembly, see SEALION
attacks on, 224-227
detection by air reconnaissance, 222, 227
effects of attacks, 225, 226, 227
Barking
Barley, German air base, 465
Barnet, bombs on, 497
Barrow-in-Furness
air attack, 505
anti-aircraft guns, 480
Barry
anti-aircraft guns, 287n
balloon defences, 477
Bartholomew, Colonel W, H. 13
Battersea
flying bombs on, 525
Battle Aircraft, 41-42, 72, 77, 199, 200, 225, 246
Battle of Britain, see Britain, Battle of
Beaches
defence generally, see Home Forces
mining, 130
Beaufighter Aircraft, 239, 254, 256, 264, 268, 270, 279, 501, 508, 509
Beaumont-le-Roger, German air base, 466
Beauvais, German headquarters, 369
Beauvoir, ‘supply site’ attacked by United States bombers, 362
Beckenham
flying bombs on, 525
Becker, Colonel, 332-334
Beddington, bombs on, 498
Bedfordshire
flying bombs on, 526
long-range rockets on, 527
Belfast
air attacks, and bombs on, 277, 278, 281, 504, 505, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 448, 479
balloon defences, 477
fighter squadron for, 72, 97, 151; see also Aldergrove
Belhamelin, type-specimen of ‘modified’ site, 360
Bembridge (Isle of Wight)
radar station, 184
‘BENITO’, see Y-Gerät
Benton, balloon defences, 446, 477
Berehaven, coast defences, 54n
Berg en Del, German headquarters, 405, 408
Berkshire
flying bombs on, 526
long-range rockets on, 527
Berlin
British air attacks on, 234, 266, 295
visit of Sir John Simon and Mr. Eden to, 30
Bermondsey
bombs on, 273, 281, 314, 496, 507
flying bombs on, 525
Berry, Squadron Leader J., 391
Berwick-on-Tweed, coast defences, 470
Bethnal Green
flying bomb at, 370
long-range rocket at, 416
Bexley, bombs on, 497
Bibury, aerodrome, 248, 472, 501, 508
Biggin Hill
aerodrome and fighter sector, 164, 165, 166, 172, 173, 189, 197, 199, 214, 216, 235, 267n, 291, 442, 453, 459, 460, 472, 501, 508
attacked, 199, 214, 216, 459, 460
Air Defence Establishment, 39
DIVER operations room, 373
‘Big-Wing’ Controversy, 204, 215, 246-247, 267
Billingham
bombs on, 514n
Bircham Newton, aerodrome, 38, 438, 468, 473
Bird, Air Commodore A, J, G. 45
Birkenhead
air attacks, and bombs on, 211, 212, 213, 272, 276, 277, 281, 458, 459, 461, 503, 504, 505, 506
Birkenhead, Earl of, 18
Birkenhead Committee, 18
Birmingham
air attacks, and bombs on, 197, 208, 209, 210, 256, 272, 274, 276, 277, 281, 287, 301, 308, 309, 458, 503, 504, 505, 506, 513, 514
anti-aircraft guns, 33, 34, 70, 287, 449, 480
No. 31 (Balloon Barrage) Group headquarters, 445, 476
Bishopbriggs (Glasgow), balloon defences, 477
Blenheim Aircraft, 41-42, 60, 68, 72, 74, 87, 89, 90, 113, 194, 195, 198, 225, 238-239, 251, 252, 254, 256, 264, 266n, 268, 270, 275, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 468, 472, 473, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509
‘Blitz’, see Night Air Offensive against United Kingdom 1940–1941
Blizna
German V-2 establishment, 347, 400, 401
visited by British experts, 403-404
Blyth, coast defences, 62n, 469
Board of Trade, 105
Bock, Field-Marshal von, 175
Bois-Carré, type-specimen of ‘ski site’, 357, 358
‘Bolt from the Blue’, 26
Bomb Census, 281n
Bomber Command
and Allied Expeditionary Air Force, 376
and photographic interpretation, 67, 139
and Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 36, 68
organisation and chain of command, Appendix 3
See also Advanced Air Striking Force, Bomber Force
Bomber Force
equipment, 32, 41, 42, 43, 68, 72, 317
operations, 83, 87, 99, 109, 141, 178, 224-225, 234, 263, 266, 274, 291, 292, 294-295, 301, 305, 317, 319, 346, 358-359, 376, 378-379, 386-388, 404, 408, 427, 522, 524
organisation, 16-17, 35, 71, 72, 376, Appendix 3
role as army-support weapon, 55, 71, 72, 107-108, 131
role as deterrent and counter-attack weapon, 23, 27, 28, 31, 48, 64, 67, 94, 108, 109, 139, 224-225, 231, 266, 424-425
role in early air-defence plans, 12, 16-17, 55, 94, 424-425
role in event of invasion, 140, 223, 231, 425
role in maritime defence, 55, 84, 134, 140, 223, 224-225, 231, 286, 425
strength, 12, 15, 28, 31, 35, 41, 63, 68, 94, 108, 231, 293
Set also Second Tactical Air Force, United States of America
Bonham-Carter, Air Commodore I. M., 45
Booms, 50, 52, 75, 98, 132-133
Bordeaux, German air base, 463, 466
Borkum
German air base, 465
long-range rocket trials, 335
Bornholm, flying bomb on, 358
Boscombe Down, aerodrome, 472
Boston (Lincolnshire), coast defences, 470
Boston Aircraft, 121n, 269, 418
Bottomley, Air Marshal N. H. (later Sir Norman), 351, 393, 409
Boulogne
as objective for day offensive over Occupied France, 291
bombarded by 2nd Cruiser Squadron, 226
Bourges, German air base, 466
Bournemouth, air attack, 517
Bowhill, Air Marshal Sir Frederick, 57-58, 90-91, 139
Bowlee, balloon defences, 446, 476
Boyd, Air Vice-Marshal O, T., 74, 268
Bradwell, aerodrome attacked, 216, 459
Bramley, anti-aircraft guns, 208, 449, 480
Brand, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin, 150, 196, 252, 442, 453, 472
Brauchitsch, Field-Marshal von, 175, 178, 180
Braun, Wernher von, 334, 335, 339
Breese, Air Vice-Marshal C. D., 438, 468
Brentford, bombs on, 497
Brentwood, bombs on, 237
Brest
German air base, 466
German naval forces seen at, 227
reconnaissance of, 140
Bricy, German air base, 466
Bridges
defence, see Vital Points, Vulnerable Points
denial to enemy, 105
Bridlington
bombs on, 195
coast defences, 470
Brighton, air attacks, and bombs on, 304, 517
Bristol
air attacks, and bombs on, 197, 212, 248, 266, 272, 275, 276, 277, 281, 306, 328-329, 459, 460, 503, 506, 520
and aircraft industry, 79
anti-aircraft guns, 47, 208, 449, 480
balloon defences, 153, 446, 476
German plan to attack with V-2, 399
local air defence of, 47, 149; see also anti-aircraft guns, balloon defences
V-1 defences planned for, 364
Britain, Battle of, 163-174, 183-201, 203-217, 235-250, 428-430, 450-451, 456-460, 482-492
British and German aircraft losses (summarised), 450-451, 456-457, 458-460, 491-492; see also 250
forces employed (summarized), 441-449, 452-455, 463-467, 472-481
Italian contribution, 449-500
pilots and other aircrew lost on British side, 250, 493
radar, its crucial importance in, 40, 162, 430
British Army
and Defence Requirements Committee, 27, 35
and German attack on Russia, 293
and photographic interpretation, 67
German opinion of, 160, 181, 182
role in home defence, 51
strength in 1918, 3
strength in early 1930s, 21
Set also Anti-Aircraft Command, Expeditionary Force, Home Forces
Brittany, German air and naval bases in, and operations from, 147-148, 150, 163, 166, 191, 228, 465-466
Brixham, coast defences, 470
Brize Norton, aerodrome attacked, 199
Broad Street, railway station out of action, 257
Brockworth
Bromley (Kent)
bombs on, 497
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rocket at, 416
Brooke, General Sir Alan, 143, 144, 145, 223, 224, 232, 296-297
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert, 33, 36
Brooklands
and aircraft industry, 235
Brown, General Sir John, 107
Brownrigg, Admiral Sir Studholme, 437
Bruges, and invasion barges, 228
Bruneval, British raid on, 331n
Brussels
German air base, 465
German headquarters, 463
Buc, German air base, 467
Buckie, coast defences, 470
Buckinghamshire
flying bombs on, 526
long-range rockets on, 527
Bulldog Aircraft, 42
‘Bunkers’, see ‘Large Sites’
Burls, Brigadier J, A, E., 375
Bushey, bombs on, 497
Busteed, Group Captain H. R., 447, 477
–C–
Cadell, Major-General C. A. E., 449, 480
Caen, German air base, 465, 466
Caernarvon, coast defences, 470
Caistor, aerodrome, 502
Calais
as objective for day offensive over Occupied France, 291
German long-range guns near, 131
invasion barges at, 222-223, 228
Calais, Pas-de, Luftwaffe units based in, 464, 465
Callaway, Air Vice-Marshal W. B., 382
Camberwell
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rocket at, 413
Cambrai, German air base, 463
Cambridge, air attack, 158
Cambridgeshire
long-range rocket on, 527
Camm, Mr. Sidney, 42
Camouflage
of coast defences, 131
of vital points, 45
Campbeltown, coast defences, 470
‘Cam’ Ships, 288-289
Canada
1st Canadian Division, 85, 125, 220
No. 1 (Royal Canadian Air Force) Squadron, 444, 457, 473
aircraft ordered in, 121n
See also Halifax, Nova Scotia
Canterbury
air attacks, and bombs on, 240, 307-308, 310-311, 513, 514
Capital-Ship Controversy, 6-7, 10
Cardiff
air attacks, and bombs on, 159, 208, 275, 27, 6, 277, 281, 316, 503, 504, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 287n, 449, 480
Cardington, mobile balloon squadrons formed at, 447
Carshalton, bombs on, 498
Carpiquet, German air base, 466
Castle Bromwich, air attack, 188
Castle Camps, aerodrome, 473, 501
Castletown, aerodrome, 455, 474
Catalina Aircraft, 121n
Catterick, aerodrome and fighter sector, 192, 193, 194, 195, 267n, 444, 455, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509
Caudran, German air base, 465
Censorship, as counter-measure to V-2, 346
Chamberlain, Mr. Austen, 23, 24
Chamberlain, Mr. Neville, 1, 2, 102, 106
Channel Islands, and coast defence, 52
Charmy Down, aerodrome, 508, 509
Chartres, German air base, 518
Châteaudun, German air base, 406
Chatham
air attacks, 276, 301; see also Medway Towns
anti-aircraft guns, 9, 482, 485
Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58
coast defences, 50
naval headquarters (Nore command), 56, 437, 440
No. 16 Group headquarters, 438, 468
Cheam, see Sutton and Cheam
Chelmsford
air attacks, 315, 316, 317, 516
long-range rocket at, 416
Chelsea
flying bomb at, 378n
Cherbourg
bombarded by H.M.S. Revenge, 226
British air attack on, 292
German air base, 466
German naval forces at, 227
Cherwell, Lord, 345, 346, 350, 370-371, 402
Cheshunt, bombs on, 496
Chiefs of Staff Committee, 21, 24, 25, 52-53, 72, 83, 85, 103, 119, 120, 121, 125, 127, 135, 142, 145, 146, 222, 223, 228, 229, 231-232, 258, 286, 298, 299, 300, 303, 321, 324, 325, 341, 351, 361, 362, 363, 368, 370-371, 376, 378, 392, 393, 394, 409, 411, 415, 417, 420, 430
Chigwell, bombs on, 497
China, see Sino-Japanese Dispute
Chingford, bombs on, 497
Chislehurst and Sidcup
bombs on, 497
Chiswick, first long-range rocket on United Kingdom falls at, 407
C.H.L. Stations, 73, 74, 80, 149; see also Early Warning System
C.H. Stations, 39, 40, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 149, 346, 404, Appendix 3; see also Early Warning System
Church Bells, restrictions on ringing, and use as warning, 105, 224
Church Fenton, aerodrome and fighter sector,194, 195, 443, 454, 455, 474
Churchill, Mr. Winston S., 28-29, 30, 102, no, in, 120, 121, 128, 143, 157, 222, 255, 258, 286, 296-297, 345, 350, 351, 372, 402-403, 413, 428
Civil Defence, 11, 26, 33, 45, 65-66, 69, 75, 85, 103, 120, 144-145, 159, 223, 258, 263-265, 273, 277, 278, 281, 306, 307, 311, 346, 396, 434
Civilians
numbers killed and seriously injured by various forms of long-range bombardment (summarised), 528
withdrawal of, from likely lodgement areas for invading troops, 85, 144, 230
Clairmont, German air base, 463
Clyde, Firth of
and Battle of the Atlantic, 286-287
and Observer Corps, 48
anti-aircraft guns, 47, 286-287, 448, 479
balloon defences, see Glasgow
place in naval plan to resist invasion, 137
Clydeside, air attacks, and bombs on, 277, 504, 505, 506; see also Glasgow Coastal Area (Command), 36, 55
Coastal Command
No. 15 Group, 58, 224, 286, 438
No. 16 Group, 57, 58, 224, 438, 468
No. 18 Group, 57, 58, 224, 468
No. 19 Group, 286
and air-sea rescue, 170
equipment, 55, 57, 59, 67, 81, 84-85, 87, 90-91, 140, 288, 438, 468
operations, 75, 81, 83, 85, 87, 90-91, 99, 100, 112, 115, 139, 140-141, 224, 225, 230, 263, 274, 288, 292, 293, 427
organisation and disposition, 36, 55-58, 60, 66, 75, 90-91, 108, 139, 145, 224, 230-231, 286, 288, 438, 468, Appendix 3
role in event of invasion, 140, 230
strength, 55, 57, 59, 66, 67, 81, 84-85, 90-91, 108, 224, 288, 438, 468
See also Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
Coast Defence and Coast Defences, 3, 4-5, 8, 22, 24, 26, 39, 49, 50, 51-54, 57-58, 61-62, 65, 66, 75, 98-99, 104-105, 123, 131-132, 144, 220, 230, 296, 299-300, 303, 321, 421, 424, 425, Appendix 3, 469-471; see also under place-names
Colchester
air attack, 514
Observer Group, 20
Colerne
aerodrome (and later fighter sector), 150, 190, 267n, 509
attacked, 190
Colliers Row, long-range rocket at, 416
Colly Weston, aerodrome, 454
Colnbrook, balloon defences, 445, 475
Cologne
British air attacks on, 266, 307
1, 000-bomber raid, 307
Coltishall, aerodrome and fighter sector, 165, 415, 443, 454, 473
Combined Defence Headquarters, 57, Appendix 3
Combined Intelligence Committee, 139, 140, 141, 222-223, 228
Combined Operational Planning Committee, 385-386
Commerce Raiders
fear of excursions by, 58
scheme to prevent excursions by, 58-59, 74
Committee of Imperial Defence, 6, 8, 9, 13, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 29, 44, 45-46, 48, 50, 52, 53, 55, 60, 238, 424
sub-committees, see under their respective titles
Communication Systems
denial to enemy, 105
local defence, see Vital Points, Vulnerable Points
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 324, 374, 410, 412, 418
Convoy System, 49, 58-60, 81, 82, 147-148, 224, 229, 283-289, 319, 427, 431
Cormeilles-en-Vexin
German air base, 463, 464, 518
Cornwall
Cossor, A. O. Limited, 38
Cotterell, see Cardiff
Coulsdon and Purley
flying bombs on, 525
County Divisions, 229, 230, 296, 297; see also Home Forces
Courtney, Air Marshal, 95
Courtrai
German air base, 463
‘Couverture’ System, 73
Couvron
German air base, 465
Coventry
air attacks, and bombs on, 209, 210, 256, 263-266, 281, 503, 504, 505, 506
and aircraft industry, 79, 264, 265
anti-aircraft guns, 208, 449, 480
‘Coventration’ and British bomber offensive, 266
Cowes (Isle of Wight)
Cox, Flight-Sergeant C. W. H., 331n
Cranage
Crayford
Crécy-en-Ponthieu
German air base, 465
Creil
German air base, 464
Crete
German invasion of, 293
Crewe
Cripps, Sir Stafford, 350
CROSSBOW Committee, see under War Cabinet
Crossman, Major-General F. L. M., 448, 479
Crow, Dr. A, D., 341, 342, 349-350
Croydon
aerodrome, 173, 184, 186, 192, 197, 199, 235, 236, 442, 453, 455, 456, 459
Cuerdley
Culot, Le
German air base, 463
Czechoslovakia
dismemberment and fall, 65, 66, 71, 73
–D–
Dagenham
bombs on, 497
Dakota Aircraft, 401
Dartmouth
coast defences, 469
Datchworth
last flying bomb to elude defences falls at, 395
Daventry
and radar demonstration, 37
Day Offensive over Occupied France, 290-292, 294-295, 304, 312
Dazzle Barrage at Hull, 301
Debden
aerodrome and fighter sector, 185, 187, 209, 216, 443, 454, 455, 458, 459, 473, 501, 508
Decoy Fires, 277, 307, 311, 430
Defence Committee (Operations), 345-346, 350
Defence Requirements Committee, 25-27, 35, 54, 61
Defiant Aircraft, 68, 113, 169, 172, 194, 195, 198, 206, 207, 210, 211, 252, 254, 264, 268, 279, 284, 443, 444, 450, 454, 455, 473, 474, 501, 508, 509
Delayed-Action Bombs
measures for dealing with, 258
Delft
Demobilisation, 3-6
Denain
German air base, 465
Denmark, see Scandinavia
Deptford
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rockets at, 413, 419
Deputy Chiefs of Staff Committee, 368
Derby
and aircraft industry, 79
balloon defences, see Alvaston
Detling
aerodrome, 187, 188, 214, 438, 459, 460, 468
Deurne
German air base, 463
Deventer
German headquarters, 389
Devonport
See also Plymouth
Devonshire
and Observer Corps, 150
Digby
aerodrome and fighter sector, 267n, 443, , 454, 473, 501, 502, 508, 509
Dinard
German air base, 466
Disarmament Conference, 18, 23, 24, 25
Dishforth
aerodrome, German plan to attack, 193
Dive-Bombers, German
radius of action, 104
reported effectiveness in Battle of France, 104, 108
See also Junkers 87 Aircraft
DIVER, see OVERLORD/DIVER Plan, V—1
Docks
effects of bombing in Battle of Britain and Night Air Offensive 1940–1941, 258
Dockyards
local defence of, 105
Donibristle
Area Combined Headquarters, 58
naval headquarters, see Rosyth
No. 18 Group headquarters, 58, 438, 468
See also Rosyth
Doolittle, Lieutenant-General, 376-378
Dornberger, Captain (later General) Walter, 332-340, 346n, 347-348, 359, 399, 400
Dornier 17 Aircraft, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 499
Dornier 217 Aircraft, 327, 518, 519
Dorset
bombs on, 188; see also under place-names
Dortmund-Ems Canal
British attack on aqueduct over, 225
Double Parachute Link, 372
Douglas, Air Vice-Marshal W. S. (later Air Marshal Sir Sholto), 254-255, 266-271, 279, 280, 284-285, 286, 290, 295, 312, 430-431
Douhet, General, 2
Dover
air attacks, 163, 173, 304, 450, 451, 513
anti-aircraft guns, 449, 480, 482, 488
balloon defences, 445, 451, 475, 484
coast defences, 54n, 62n, 131-132, 469
destroyers moved from, 132
long-range guns at, 131-132
naval forces based on, 135, 437, 440
naval harbour, condition in 1938, 66
naval headquarters, 135, 437, 440
place in naval plan to resist invasion, 135, 137
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 36, 37, 39, 47, 72, 73, 74, 79, 88, 90, 91, 97, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 114, 116, 124, 125, 152, 153, 154, 158, 159, 162, 164, 167, 169, 172, 173, 199, 200, 205, 206, 208, 215, 233, 235, 237, 238, 248, 250, 252, 253, 255, 266-267, 283, 284, 285, 429, 430
Downpatrick (Northern Ireland)
bombs near, 300
Drake, Sir Francis, 50
Drem
aerodrome, 192, 193, 444, 455, 474, 502, 509
Dreux
German air base, 466
Driffield
aerodrome attacked, 194-195, 208, 456
Duindigt
long-range rockets stored at, 418n, 419
Dunbar-Nasmith, Admiral Sir Martin, V.C., 437, 440
Dundee
Dunfermline
Observer Group, 48
Dunkirk, withdrawal from, 111-117, 120, 127, 135, 130, 155, 428
British and German air losses summarised, 116
Durham
Observer Group, 48
Düsseldorf and V-2, 386
Duxford
aerodrome and fighter sector, 209, 216, 246, 267n, 443, 454, 473
Dyce
aerodrome and fighter sector, 151, 455, 468, 474
–E–
Ealing
bombs on, 497
Early Warning System, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 22, 33, 34, 36-40, 55, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 79, 80, 82, 90, 91, 97, 109, 113, 120, 159, 162, 168, 170, 171-172, 184, 185, 187, 190, 192-193, 194, 195, 196, 199, 206, 207, 208, 213-214, 236, 237, 242, 243, 244, 246-247, 249, 253, 255, 309, 316-317, 322, 346, 364, 370, 390, 420, 430, 441, 488
East Anglia
withdrawal of civilians from, 144
V-2 offensive against, 409
East Barnet
bombs on, 496
flying bomb at, 378n
Eastbourne
Eastchurch
aerodrome attacked, 185, 186, 195, 210, 458, 459, 460
East Ham
flying bombs on, 525
Eastleigh
Eden, Mr. Anthony, 30, 34, 106
Edinburgh
No. 34 (Balloon Barrage) Group headquarters, 447, 477
Edmonton
bombs on, 496
Eikenhorst
British air attack on, 408
Eindhoven
Eire
renunciation of naval bases in, 62
risk of German landings in, 136, 137, 232
Eisenhower, General Dwight, 361, 363, 367, 370, 371, 372, 376, 378, 393, 411
Ellis, Professor C. D., 341, 342, 349, 417
Ems, see Dortmund-Ems Canal
Enfield
bombs on, 496
long-range rocket at, 419
Epping
long-range rocket at, 406
Epsom
Equeurdreville
Erith
Esher
bombs on, 498
flying bombs on, 525
Essen
British air attacks on, 266
Essex
long-range rockets on, 407, 527
Etampes
German air base, 466
Etaples
German air base, 464
Euskirchen
and V-2, 405
Evreux
German air base, 466
Ewe, Loch
coast defences, 470
Exeter
aerodrome, 185, 186, 187, 190, 248, 442, 453, 472, 508, 509
Observer Centre, 150
Exmouth
coast defences, 470
Expeditionary Force, 5, 6, 12, 21, 23, 26, 33n, 41, 71-73, 75, 77, 81, 89, 90, 95, 102, 107, 108, 111n, 112, 115, 123, 127, 153, 297, 299, 424
Air Component, 26, 72, 74, 77, 88, 111, 120, 426
equipment abandoned, destroyed or otherwise lost in France in 1940, 127
–F–
Fallersleben
Volkswagen factory and V-1, 356, 385
Falmouth
Far East
and British strategy, 7, 8, 23-24, 25, 54, 58, 122, 295
Farnborough
aerodrome and Royal Aircraft Establishment, 185, 186, 199, 402
Fazakerley
balloon defences, 476
Felixstowe
air attack, 517
Feltham
bombs on, 497
Field Guns
numbers available for home defence, 123-125, 130, 219
tactical employment and siting, 130, 144
Fieseler 103, see V-1
Fieseler, Gerhard, 338, 355, 356
Fifth Column Activities, Risk of, 103, 119, 220
Fighter-Bomber Offensive against United Kingdom
1940–1941, 248-249
1942, 304, 309-311, 321-322, 431
1943 (Day), 313-314, 315, 316-317, 321-322, 431, 517
1943 (Night), 315-316
1944, see ‘Baby Blitz’
Fighter Command
No. 9 Group, 150, 255, 508, 509
No. 10 Group, 149-150, 151, 252, 255, 302, 307, 441, 442, 453, 472, 501, 508, 509; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
No. 11 Group, 36, 57, 111, 113, 149, 150, 252, 255, 283, 290, 302, 412, 441, 442-443, 453-454, 472-473, 482, 490, 501, 508; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
No. 12 Group, 150-151, 252, 255, 302, 412, 415, 441, 443, 454, 473-474, 501, 502, 508, 509; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
No. 13 Group, 151, 252, 255, 326, 441, 443-444, 455, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
No. 60 Group, 441
No. 82 Group, 255
and radio counter-measures, 158
command and organisation, 35-36, 266, 312, 324, 412, Appendix 3, 441
See also Anti-Aircraft Command, Balloon Command, Early Warning System, Fighter Force, Observer Corps, Merchant Ship Fighter Unit
Fighter Force
aircraft losses:
at Dunkirk (summarised), 116
in Battle of Britain, see Britain, Battle of
in day offensive over Occupied France, 291, 292, 294, 295
equipment, 32, 42, 60, 65, 68-69, 72, 74, 89, 109-110, 112, 113, 120, 121, 169, 171, 249, 252-254, 256, 263, 268-270, 279, 302, 312, 372, 373-374, 430, 442-444, 453-455, 472-474, 501-502, 508-509
operations, 3, 22, 57, 60-61, 82, 90, 108, 110, 111, 112-117, 141-142, 158, 163-174, 183-217, 234-249, 252-254, 255-256, 263, 264, 266n, 267, 273-275, 276-277, 279-280, 283-284, 285-289, 290-292, 294-295, 300, 301, 305-306, 310, 316-317, 327-328, 371, 372, 373-374, 380-381, 384-385, 390-391, 395, 408, 412-420, 430, 431, 510, 511, 523
organisation and disposition, 3, 5, 12-13, 15, 16-17, 22, 26, 33, 35, 36, 39, 57, 60, 63-64, 69, 70, 71n, 72-73, 77, 83, 88-89, 95, 97, 107, 108-112, 113, 114, 116, 120, 148-151, 152, 162, 172, 173, 205, 215, 216, 234-235, 237, 238, 252-254, 268-269, 285, 287, 312, 323-325, 326, 363, 364, 372, 374, 380, 428, Appendix 3, 441, 442-444, 453-455, 472-474, 501-502, 508-509
pilots and other aircrew lost in Battle of Britain, 493
role in event of invasion, 139, 140
strategy and tactics, 22, 60-61, 63-64, 90, 91-93, 108, no, 113-116, 120, 169, 171, 172, 173-174, 184-185, 186, 187-188, 190, 192, 195-196, 196-197, 203-204, 206, 207, 208-209, 214, 215, 216, 235, 236, 237, 240-241, 243, 246, 247, 249, 252, 253-254, 263, 267, 271, 284, 285, 286-287, 294-295, 301-302, 316, 374, 380, 381
strength, 3, 6, 11, 12, 15, 16, 28, 31, 47, 48, 60, 63-64, 65, 67-68, 69, 72-73, 74, 88-89, 90, 93-95, 97, 107, 108-111, 120, 151-152, 154-156, 162, 198, 200, 215, 235, 246, 250, 252, 269, 279, 284, 285, 290, 293, 312, 323-324, 326, 374, 442-444, 453-455, 472-474, 501-502, 508-509
Fighter Interception Unit, 152, 239, 252, 256, 266n, 268, 279, 501, 502, 508, 509
‘Fighter Nights’, 270-271, 274, 276, 279
Fighter Pilots
lost in Battle of Britain, 493
lost in day offensive over Occupied France, 292, 294
shortage of:
in 1940, 154-155, 162, 198, 199, 200, 205, , 215, 237, 238, 246, 250
‘Fighters before Bombers’, 68
Fighting Area, see under Air Defence of Great Britain (Command)
Filter Rooms, see Early Warning System
Filton
aerodrome and fighter sector, 149, 150, 248, 453, 472
Bristol Aeroplane Company’s factory, 247, 248, 492
fighter squadron sent to guard, 248
Finchley
bombs on, 497
Finsbury
Fire-Watching System, 273, 277
First World War, 1, 2, 3, 49, 63
Fisher, Admiral of the Fleet Lord, 314
Fishguard
coast defences, 470
Fishing Vessels
German air attacks on, 80
Fixed Defences, see Coast Defences
Flakregiment 155 (W), see V-1
Flash-Spotting
Fleet Air Arm, 14, 51, 55, 56, 57; see also Coastal Area, Coastal Command, Royal Navy
Fleet Sewer
fractured by bombing, 257
Fleetwood
coast defences, 470
Flushing
invasion barges at, 222, 227, 228
Flying Bomb, see V-1
Flying Training Schools, 151-152, 246
Foch, Marshal Ferdinand, 10
Focke-Wulf 190 Aircraft, 304, 309, 314, 518, 519
Focke-Wulf 200 Aircraft, 212, 466
Folkestone
air attack, 517
bombardment by German long-range guns, 370
Food
denial to enemy of bulk stores, 105
reserves depleted by bombing, 280
Forbes, Admiral (later Admiral of the Fleet) Sir Charles, 100, 136, 137, 138, 437, 440
Ford
Forest Hill
Forth, Firth of
air attack on warships, 82
anti-aircraft guns, 70
extension of air defence system to, 47
Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57
naval patrol vessels, 136
Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57
Foulness
coast defences, 471
Fowey
coast defences, 470
France
and Germany, 11, 18, 25, 65, 66, 71-72, 73
and Locarno Treaty, 25
and staff talks, 71-73
as yardstick for home defence needs, 7, 8, n, 14, 15, 18, 51-52, 53, 64
Battle of, 95, 102, 103, 104, 106, 108-115, 120, 156, 161
British aircraft lost in, 139
consequences for home defence of German
occupation of, 131-132, 147-154, 163-164, 251, 283-287
move of Advanced Air Striking Force to, 77
move of Expeditionary Force and Air Component to, 77
move of 1st Armoured Division to, 85, 107, 124
problem of additional air support for troops in, 72-73, 88-90, 95, 107-111
return of bulk of Air Component from, 111
return of Expeditionary Force from, 111-115, 127
Fraserburgh
coast defences, 470
Free Balloon Barrage, see Aerial Minelaying
French Air Force, 11, 13, 14, 15, 18, 30, 78, 108
Freya, 331
Friedrichshafen
and V-2, 437
Friern Barnet
bombs on, 497
Friesland and V-2, 409-410
Frinton
air attack, 517
Fritsch, General von, 335
Fulham
Fury Aircraft, 65n
FZG. 76, see V-1
–G–
Gas-Masks, see Respirators
Gatwick
aerodrome, 501
Gauntlet Aircraft, 32n, 42, 65n, 74
G. C. I., 253-254, 256, 270, 276, 279
high pitch of development attained with
such devices in 1943 and later, 312, 326
Geisler, General Hans Ferdinand, 80, 87, 90, 93
Gell, Air Vice-Marshal W, C. C. 372
General Staff, see War Office and General Staff
Geneva, see Disarmament Conference, League of Nations
George, Mr. David Lloyd (later Earl Lloyd-George), 6, 9, 11
German Air Force, see Luftwaffe
Ghent
and V-2, 405
Gibraltar
moves of capital ships to, 137
detachment of Merchant Ship Fighter Unit at, 289
Gilze-Rijen
German air base, 463
G. L., 253-254, 256, 269, 270, 312, 375, 485, 487-488
Gladiator Aircraft, 32n (prototype), 42, 65, 74, 89, 172, 198, 264, 453, 472
Glamorganshire
and German ‘pirate’ aircraft, 163
Glasgow
air attacks, and bombs on, 203, 276, 281, 504, 505, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 70; see also Clyde, Firth of
preparations by Luftwaffe to attack, 203
See also Clyde, Firth of, Clydeside
Gloucester
Goddard, Professor Robert H., 334, 336n
Gordon-Finlayson, General Sir Robert, 106
Göring, General (later Reichsmarschall) Herman, 30, 181, 183, 190-191, 203, 226, 245, 308, 310, 312, 314
Gort, General the Viscount, 111
Gosport
attacked, 199
plan for withdrawal of civilians from, as
V-2 counter-measure, 346
Gossage, Air Vice-Marshal Sir E. L., 111, 268
Gosslau, Dr. Fritz, 354, 355, 374n
Grand Fleet, see Royal Navy
Grangemouth
aerodrome, 444
Gravesend
aerodrome, 173, 236, 442, 453, 472, 508
flying bomb near, 370
Greenwich
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rocket on, 416
Greifswalder Oie long-range rocket trials, 337
Grierson, Air Commodore C. M., 385, 387
Grimsby
anti-aircraft guns, 70; see also Humber
Griz Nez, Cap
German long-range guns, 370; see also Calais
Grove-White, Major-General M. F., 448, 479
Guilfoyle, Group Captain W. J. Y., 445, 475
–H–
Haagsche Bosch
Hackney
bombs on, 496
long-range rocket at, 417
Hague, The
German V-2 installations at, 405, 407-408, 410-420
attacked and reconnoitred by British aircraft, 407-408, 412-420
Halifax (Nova Scotia)
H.M.S. Revenge based on, 439
Halifax Aircraft, 43
Hamburg
factory concerned with V-2 fortuitously destroyed, 347
Hamilton, Duke of, 278
Hammersmith
bombs on, 496
Hampden Aircraft, 87, 121n, 141, 225, 274
Hampshire
bombs on, 188; see also under place-names
flying bombs on, 526
Hampstead
balloon defences, 475
bombs on, 496
Handorf bei Münster
German air base, 393
attacked, 393
Hankey, Sir Maurice (later Lord Hankey), 25, 133
Harbours, see Ports and Harbours, and under place-names
Harris, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 376-378, 393
Harris, Group Captain Vorley, 406
Harrow
bombs on, 497
Hart, Squadron Leader R. G., 39
Hart Aircraft, 42
Hartlepool and West Hartlepool
Harvard Aircraft, 121n
Harwell
aerodrome attacked, 199
Harwich
anti-aircraft guns, 195, 391, 449, 480, 482, 485
attacked by Italian Air Force, 499, 500
balloon defences, 445, 475, 517n
condition of naval harbour in 1938, 66
Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57
place in naval plan to resist invasion, 137
Hastings
Haute-Fontaine
German air base, 465
Havoc Aircraft, 269, 279, 302, 509
Havre, Le
British air attack on, 292
German air base, 466
invasion barges at, 222
Hawker Aircraft Limited, 42
Hawkinge
aerodrome, 112, 173, 184, 185, 192, 195, 206, 442, 456, 484
attacked, 184, 192, 195, 456, 484
Hayes
bombs on, 497
Heath Row
aerodrome, 473
Heaviside Layer, 37
Heinemann, Lieutenant-General Erich, 348, 359, 362, 365, 367, 368-370, 375n, 389, 399
Heinkel 111 Aircraft, 80n, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
as V-1 launching platform, 389
Heinkel 115 Aircraft, 465, 467
Heinkel 177 Aircraft, 93 (Kampfgeschwader 40), 327, 519
Helmore, Air Commodore W., 302
Hendon
Royal Air Force Display at, 43
bombs on, 497
Hendon Aircraft, 32n
Henschel 293, 331-332, 340, 350
Hertfordshire
flying bombs on, 526
long-range rockets on, 527
Hess, Rudolf, 277
Heston
aerodrome, 140
bombs on, 497
long-range rocket at, 419
Heylandt, Dr., 335
High Ercall
aerodrome, 509
High Wycombe
Bomber Command Headquarters, 393
Hill, Major-General L. R., 449, 479
Hill, Air Marshal R. M. (later Sir Roderic), 323-325, 326, 327-328, 361, 362-365, 370-374, 380-384, 390, 392, 393-394, 406, 408, 410, 411-420, 433
Himmler, Heinrich, 405
Hitler, Adolf, 24-25, 30, 73, 83, 147, 159, 176, 181, 183, 221, 226, 227, 231, 233, 234, 241, 245, 293, 303, 305, 314, 311-318, 337, 338, 347, 355, 400, 401, 405, 410, 421, 428, 429-430, 431-432
his order for the ‘BAEDEKER’ offensive, 305, 512
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 15
Hohmann, Colonel, 405
Holborn
on evidence of bomb census (incomplete), most heavily bombed London borough in proportion to its size, 281, 507
Holton Heath
Holyhead
coast defences, 470
Home Defence Committee, 13, 34, 44-45, 55
(Joint Oversea and Home), 69
Home Defence Executive, 103, 144
Home Fleet, see Royal Navy
Home Forces
Commands:
Aldershot, 77n
Eastern, 77, 84, 85, 125, 131, 223, 230, 297
Northern, 77, 84, 85, 131, 297
Divisions:
Armoured:
Infantry:
1st Canadian, 85, 107, 125, 220
1st London, 125
2nd London, 125n
12th, 125n
15th, 125n
18th, 125n
42nd, 220
45th, 125n
55th, 125n
air support, 84, 131, 219, 297
command and organisation, 77, 105, 107, 123, 143, 145, 220, 229, 230, 297, 298, 321, Appendix 3
disposition, 83, 124-125, 129-131, 142-143, 144, 220, 223, 229, 230, 232, 297, 298
equipment, 85, 107, 123-125, 127, 128, 129, 130, 219, 220, 231, 426, 428
lack of mobility, 85, 123, 124, 129, 130, 142, 143, 144, 182, 426, 428
strategy and tactics, 84, 105, 123-125, 129-131, 133-134, 142-145, 229, 296, 297, 298, 426
strength, 77, 85, 107, 123-125, 127, 130-131, 219, 229, 230, 297, 298
See also Home Guard
Home Guard, 106-107, 123, 128, 133, 219-220, 224, 297, 298, 299, 300, 321, 322-323, 396
Home Security, Ministry of, 103, 105, 212, 255, 258, 342, 343-344
Hornchurch
aerodrome and fighter sector, 164, 165, 172, 173, 184, 185, 192, 206-207, 209, 216, 236, 238, 243, 267n, 442, 454, 455, 458, 459, 473, 501
attacked, 206-207, 216, 458, 459
Hornum
German air base attacked by British bombers, 87
Hornsey
bombs on, 496
flying bomb at, 394
Horsham
Observer Group, 20
Horstig, Captain Ritter von, 333, 335
Hounslow
anti-aircraft guns, 238n, 448, 479
Hoxne (Suffolk)
long-range rocket at, 409
Hoy, Island of
German bomber, hit by anti-aircraft fire, crashes on, 82
Hudson Aircraft, 59, 81, 121n, 140, 438, 468
Hughes, Colonel R. D., 385
Hull
air attacks, and bombs on, 208, 276, 281, 301, 307, 309, 317, 328-329, 504, 505, 506, 513, 514, 515, 516, 520
balloon defences, 153, 447, 477
searchlight ‘dazzle barrage’, 301
Humber
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 448, 479
coast defences, 54n, 62n, 98n, 104, 469
cruisers and destroyers at, 135, 437, 440
place in naval plan to resist invasion, 137
Hunsdon
aerodrome, 509
Hurricane Aircraft, 42, 43, 65n, 68, 69, 72, 74, 77, 89, 108, 109, 110, 111, 113, 116n, 120, 252, 254-255, 264, 268, 271, 279, 284, 289, 291, 310, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 472, 473, 474, 501, 502, 508, 509; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
Hyland, Major-General F. G., 449, 480
Hythe (Kent)
and acoustic mirrors, 22
–I–
Iceland Aircraft carrier and destroyers based on, 440
British troops in, 145
Ilford
flying bombs on, 525
Imperial Defence Committee, see Committee of Imperial Defence
Independent Bomber Force, 10
Industrial Haze
exploitation as measure of air defence, 268
Inglis, Air Vice-Marshal F. F., 368, 379
Inland Area (Command), 36
Inner Artillery Zone, 15, 17, 19, 33, 233-239, 244, 251-252, 258, 371; see also Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences, London and Greater London, Thames and Medway
Inskip, Sir Thomas, 47
Inter-Service Committee on Invasion, 296
‘Intruder’ Patrols
British, 274-275, 279, 371, 415, 509
German, 274, 301, 317-318, 420-421
Invasion
British assessment of risk of, 3, 4, 7-8, 10, 24, 26, 49-62, 77, 83-85, 88, 98-99, 101, 102-107, 119, 120, 121-122, 123-125, 127-146, 222-224, 227, 232, 294, 295-297, 298-299, 303, 318-319, 421, 423, 425-426, 429-430, 432
German plans and preparations for, see SEALION
Invergordon
flying boats at, 438
Inverness
coast defences, 470
No. 14 Group headquarters, 151
Ipswich
air attacks, 499, 514, 516, 517
target for Italian Air Force, 499
Ireland, Northern
air attacks, and bombs on, see Belfast, Downpatrick
and Observer Corps, 48n
anti-aircraft guns, see Belfast, Londonderry
balloon defences, see Belfast
British troops in, 145
Chiefs of Staff and reinforcement of, 232
coast defences, see under place-names
fighter squadron for, 72, 97, 151; see also Aldergrove
No. 82 Group established in, 255
United States troops arrive in, 298
Iron Duke, H.M.S., 82
Ironside, General Sir Edmund, 123, 124, 129, 142, 143
Islington
long-range rockets on, 416, 417
Italian Air Force
in Battle of Britain and Night Air Offensive 1940–1941, 256n, 499-500
Italo-Abyssinian War, 41
Italy
declaration of war, 147
See also Italian Air Force, Italo-Abyssinian War
Iwade
last flying bomb on United Kingdom, 395
–J–
Jade
and prelude to Scandinavian campaign, 99
James, Admiral Sir William, 437, 440
Japan
and Washington Treaty, 7
potential effects on British naval plans and strategy of hostilities with, 58, 122
repercussions on fighter force of entry into war, 295
See also Sino-Japanese Dispute
Jeschonnek, General, 318
Joint CROSSBOW Target Priorities Committee, 379, 385, 393, 404, 406
Joint Intelligence Committee, 223, 295, 420
Jones, Dr. R. V, 157-158, 332, 340-341, 345-346, 350, 402-403
Joubert de la Ferte, Air Vice-Marshal P, B., 36
JULIUS CAESAR Plan, 84-85, 88, 98, 123
Junkers 87 Aircraft, 464, 466; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
See also Dive-Bombers, German
Junkers 88 Aircraft, 80n, 317, 327, 463, 464, 465, 466, 467, 518, 519; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
Junkers 188 Aircraft, 317, 327, 519
–K–
Kammler, General, 394, 405, 409, 410
Karavodine, Victor de, 353-354
Kassel
Fieseler works attacked by Allied bombers, 356
Keith, Admiral Lord, 138
Kelly, Brigadier E, H., 45
Kenley
aerodrome and fighter sector, 173n, 185, 189, 192, 197, 199, 214, 235, 243, 253, 254, 267n, 442, 453, 455, 457, 472, 484
Kensington
Kent
bombs on, 184, 213, 329n; see also under place-names
flying bombs on, 395, 396, 526
long-range rocket off All Hallows, 407
long-range rockets on, 527
Kesselring, Field-Marshal, 161, 221, 463
Kessler, General, 318
Kidbrooke
Kiel
Scharnhorst at, 137
King, H M. the
visit to Coventry, 265
King’s Lynn
air attack, 514
coast defences, 470
Kingston-on-Thames
target for German bombers, 207
Kirke, General Sir Walter, 77, 84, 103, 106, 123, 143
Kirton-in-Lindsey
aerodrome and fighter sector, 172, 194, 267n, 443, 454, 455, 473, 501, 502, 508, 509
Kittyhawk Aircraft, 121n
Kleve
and V-2, 405
KNICKEBEIN, 157-158, 213, 252, 261-262
‘Knock-out Blow’, see Air Attack on United Kingdom
Kristiansund
German headquarters, 467
Kummersdorf
Kyle of Lochalsh
coast defences, 470
–L–
Lambeth
bombs on, 214, 241, 243, 281, 496, 507
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rocket at, 407
Lamlash
coast defences, 470
Langley (Slough)
anti-aircraft guns, 208, 238n, 448, 479
Laon
German air base, 464
‘Large Sites’, 339, 348-349, 356, 359, 360, 376, 377, 378, 385, 388, 399-400, 403, 522, 524
attacked by Allied bomber forces, 348-349, 360, 386, 388
See also Equeurdreville, Lottinghem, Mimoyecques, Siracourt, Sottevast, Watten, Wizernes
Lame
coast defences, 470
Laval
German air base, 467
Law, Mr. Bonar, 14
Learoyd, Flight-Lieutenant R. A. B., V. C., 225
Leconfield
Leebe, General Ritter von, 179
Leeds
anti-aircraft guns, 33, 34, 449, 481
bomb census extended to, [280n]
bombs on, 208
Lee-on-Solent, aerodrome attacked, 199
peacetime headquarters of Coastal Command and No. 16 Group, 57, 58
Leiden
and V-2, 412
Leigh-Mallory, Air Vice-Marshal T. L. (later Air Marshal and Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford), 194, 246-247, 267, 290-291, 294, 295, 312, 323, 324-325, 326, 361, 362, 363, 374, 376, 383, 385, 443, 454, 473
Leighton Buzzard
Lerwick
flying boats at, 438
Leuchars
Lewisham
bombs on, 243, 257, 273, 314, 496
Leyton
bombs on, 497
long-range rocket at, 419-420
Leytonstone
long-range rocket at, 410
Ligescourt
German air base, 465
Lightships, German attacks on, 80, 189, 284
Lille
Lincoln
Lincolnshire
and Observer Corps, 36
2nd Armoured Division in, 125
Linton-upon-Ouse
aerodrome a target for German bombers, 193
List
German air base, 467
Littlehampton
coast defences, 470
Liverpool
air attacks, and bombs on, 211-213, 256, 272, 276, 277, 280, 281, 439, 440, 458, 459, 460, 461, 503, 504, 505, 506
balloon defences, 153; see also Birkenhead, Runcorn
H.M.S. Barham at, 135, 439, 440
H.M.S. Hood at, 439
move of No. 15 Group to, 286
move of Western Approaches Command to, 286
preparations by Luftwaffe to attack, 203
Llanelly
anti-aircraft guns, 287n
coast defences, 471
Lloyd, Mr. Geoffrey, 133
Local Defence Volunteers, see Home Guard
Lochalsh, see Kyle of Lochalsh
London and Greater London
air attacks, and bombs on, 157, 208, 224, 235-249, 256-259, 264, 265, 266, 272-273, 274, 275-281, 284, 301, 313-316, 327-329, 458, 460, 491, 492, 494-498, 503, 504, 505, 506, 507, 515, 516, 517, 520; see also under names of boroughs and districts
anti-aircraft guns, 15, 17, 19, 33, 70, 154, 206-207 (Thames and Medway), 208, 236 (Thames and Medway), 238-239, 244, 251-252, 279, 313-314, 322, 363-364, 372, 383, 391, 448, 449 (Thames and Medway), 479, 480 (Thames and Medway), 523
balloon defences, 44, 47, 65, 69, 74, 445, 475
DIVER barrage, 363, 372, 373, 380, 523
City of, as target for German bombers, 272
severely damaged on night of 29th December 1940, 272-273
coast defences, see Thames and Medway
fighter defences, and air defence generally, see Air Defence of Great Britain (Command), Fighter Force
flying bombs on (summarised), 523, 525
G. H. Q., Home Forces, located in, 145, 223
Government to stay in, should Germans land, 145-146
Londoners, plan for withdrawal of, as V-2 counter-measure, 346
response to air-raid warning at outset of war, 2
response to night air offensive, 258-259
response to V-1 offensive, 372, 395-396
response to V-2 offensive, 417
long-range rockets on (summarised), 527
No. 30 (Balloon Barrage) Group headquarters, 445, 475
Londonderry
anti-aircraft guns, 479
London Naval Treaty (1930), 21
Long-Range Weapons, German
‘secret weapons’, 321, 325, 331-420; see also V-1, V-2
Looe
coast defences, 470
Loosduinen
liquid oxygen plant attacked, 415
Lorin, Rene, 353
Lossiemouth
aerodrome, 468
Lottinghem
Loughborough
German bomber brought down by antiaircraft fire at, 264
Low Countries
and British strategy, 5, 26, 27, 64, 71-72, 424, 425
German invasion and conquest of, 102, 104
Supreme War Council and role of British
Bomber Command in event of invasion of, 72, 109
Lowestoft
anti-aircraft guns, 391
coast defences, 469
target for Italian Air Force, 499
Low-Flying Aircraft
and air defence, 33, 43-45, 47, 48, 52, 70, 73, 87, 154, 247, 301, 304, 306, 309, 310, 313-314, 316, 322; see also Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences, Balloon Defences
Lubbock, Mr. I., 349
Lübeck
British air attack on, 305
Luftwaffe
aircraft losses
at Dunkirk (summarised), 116
in attacks on shipping, 93, 289, 301
in ‘Baby Blitz’, 327-329, 431, 520
in ‘BAEDEKER’ raids, 308, 309, 431
in Battle of Britain, see Britain, Battle of
in British day offensive over Occupied France, 292, 294, 295
in early months of war, 82, 93
in fighter-bomber offensive 1943 (day), 314, 517
in ‘Intruder’ operations 1945, 421
in miscellaneous operations, 310
in night air offensive 1940–1941, 250, 256, 264, 266n, 273, 276-277, 279, 301
in night air offensive 1942, 308, 309
in night air offensive 1943, 313, 314, 315, in ‘tip-and-run’ attacks 1942, 309
equipment, 68, 77-78, 80, 93, 166, 169-170, 221-222, 249, 251, 300-301, 302, 303, 304, 309, 310, 312-313, 315, 318, 319, 327-329, 452, 462-467, 518, 519
operations, 71, 73, 79, 80, 82, 86-87, 90, 100-101, 108, 111, 113-115, 284, 291-292, 300, 301, 303, 304-311, 313-319, 327-329, 371, 389, 390-391, 392, 420-421, 427, 429-431, 483-484, 485-486, 487, 488, 513-517, 520; in Battle of Britain, see Britain, Battle of; in night air offensive 1940–1941, see Night Air Offensive against
United Kingdom 1940–1941
See also V-1
organisation and disposition, 27, 46, 77-78, 80, 93, 147, 156, 159-160, 161, 172, 221-222, 223, 231, 251, 277, 293, 295, 303-304, 305, 311, 313, 315, 317, 319, 321, 325-326, 327-329, 389, 390, 452, 461, 463-467, 5, 8, 519
role in SEALION, 159-161, 181, 221, 226, 429
strategy and tactics, 2, 79-80, 93, 100-101, 115, 156, 158, 160, 161-162, 163-164, 165, 170, 172, 184, 187-188, 189-191, 193, 195, 197, 199, 203, 204-205, 206, 207, 208, 211-212, 215, 216, 233-234, 241, 242-243, 245, 248-249, 251, 261-262, 265-266, 275, 278, 284, 300, 301, 303-313, 317-318, 326, 327-329, 431-432, 483-484
strength, 27, 29-30, 46, 64, 66, 77-78, 80, 94, 112-113, 120, 161, 221-222, 231, 250, 251, 275, 277, 293, 295, 301, 303, 304, 305, 307, 309, 310, 315, 318, 327, 329, 452, 463-467, 518, 519
at end of 1934, 27
at time of Munich crisis, 66
on outbreak of war, 77-78
See also V-1
Lusser, Robert, 355
Luton
Lympne
aerodrome, 173, 184, 192, 199, 216, 456, 459, 484
Lyness
Lysander Aircraft, 170; see also Army Co-operation Squadrons
–M–
MacDonald, Mr. Ramsay, 18
Mahan, Admiral, 53
Maidstone
Observer Group, 20
Maiden
Malines
Malmö long-range rocket near, 401; see also V-2
Malta
German air offensive against, 305
reinforcement from United Kingdom during Abyssinian crisis, 41
Man, Isle of
and Observer Corps, 48n
Manchester
air attacks, and bombs on, 212, 256, 272, 275, 281, 503, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 33, 34, 449, 480
balloon defences, 153, 446, 476
fighter flight for local defence, 172
Manchester Aircraft, 43
Manchuria, see Sino-Japanese Dispute
Mans, Le
German air base, 467
Manston
aerodrome, 173, 184, 185, 187, 189, 192, 195, 199, 206, 209, 442, 453, 456, 458, 484
attacked, 184, 189, 199, 206, 456, 458, 484
Maps, Plans and Guide-Books
restrictions on sale of, 105
Marconnet, Georges, 354
Margate
air attack, 517
Maritime Defence, see Coastal Command, Coast Defence, Merchant Shipping, Royal Navy
Marix, Air Commodore R. L. G., 438
Martinvast, see Equeurdreville
Martlesham Heath
aerodrome, 173, 187, 195, 206, 443, 454, 456, 473, 501
attacked, 195
Maryland Aircraft, 121n
Marylebone
railway station out of action, 257
See also St. Marylebone
Masterman, Air Commodore E. A. D., 20
Maunsell, Mr. G. A., 322n
Medway, see Thames and Medway
Medway Towns
air attacks, 216, 460; see also under names of towns
Melsbroek
German air base, 465
Melun
German air base, 466
Merchant Ship Fighter Unit, 289
Merchant Shipping
air attacks on, 80-81, 90, 147-149, 164-168, 170-171, 173, 183-184, 283-284, 285, 288, 300, 303, 318, 329, 332, 431-432, 450-451
protection and defence of, 21-22, 49, 56-61, 66-67, 72, 74, 75, 81, 86, 87-88, 90-93, 97, 122, 148-151, 153-154, 164-173, 183-185, 194, 205, 230-231, 235, 278, 283-289, 290, 294, 300, 303, 423, 425, 427, 431, 511
U-boat attacks on, 80-81, 122, 147-148, 285, 288, 431-432
See also Coastal Command, Commerce Raiders, Magnetic Mine, Royal Navy
Mercury VIII Engine, 41
Mersea, East
coast defences, 470
Mersey and Merseyside
air attacks, and bombs on, see Birkenhead, Liverpool
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 286-287; see also Liverpool
balloon defences, see Birkenhead, Liverpool, Runcorn
coast defences, 469
Merton and Morden
flying bombs on, 525
Merton, Sir Thomas, 391
Messerschmitt 109 Aircraft, 113, 291, 304, 309, 464, 465, 466, 467; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
Messerschmitt 110 Aircraft, 169, 186, 189, 192-193, 199, 465, 467
Messerschmitt 210 Aircraft, 310
Messerschmitt 410 Aircraft, 317, 327, 518n, 519
Metropolitan Air Force, see Bomber Command, Coastal Command, Fighter Command, Air Expansion Schemes
Metropolitan-Vickers Electrical Company Limited, 38
Metz, Major-General Richard, 348, 399, 400, 404, 405
Middlesbrough
air attacks, and bombs on, 208, 308, 309, 513, 514
Middle Wallop
aerodrome and fighter sector, 150, 164, 166, 172, 185, 187, 188, 190, 196, 242, 243, 244, 267n, 442, 444, 453, 455, 456, 472, 501, 508, 509
Midlands, the
air attacks and bombs on, 209, 210, 277, 458; see also under place-names
and aircraft industry, 79
and ‘Ideal’ Plan, 47
and Reorientation Plan, 33
and Romer Plan, 32-33
move of anti-aircraft guns to London from, 252
move of anti-aircraft guns to West Coast
ports from, 287
Milch, General (later Field-Marshal), 30, 355, 368
Milford Haven
anti-aircraft guns, 480
Militia, 43
Millwall
Milne, General (later Field-Marshal) Sir George, 24
Mimoyecques
‘Large Site’, 360
Minefields, 50, 58, 74, 77, 104-105, 144, 220
Minelaying
by German navy and Luftwaffe, 2, 81, 85-88, 226, 264, 301, 303, 305, 313, 322, 427
by Royal Navy, see Minefields
Minesweepers and Minesweeping, see Royal Navy
Mitcham
bombs on, 498
flying bombs on, 525
Mitchell, Mr. R. T., 42
Mitchell Aircraft, 418
Mixed Batteries, 278-279, 322, 383, 394
‘Modified’ Sites
attacks on, 362, 371, 379, 386, 387, 388, 433, 522
generally, see V-1
Moerbeke
German air base, 463
Montdidier
German air base, 463
Montreuil
German air base, 464
Montrose
coast defences, 470
Morden, see Merton and Morden
Morrison, Mr. Herbert, 344, 371, 403, 414-415
Mosquito Aircraft, 312, 326, 372, 374, 390-391, 395, 412
Mount Batten, see Plymouth
Munich
British air attack on, 266
Munich Agreement, 43, 66, 71, 73
Munster
and V-2, 408
Mustang Aircraft, 374, 394-395
–N–
Nantes
German air base, 466
Napoleonic Wars, 50
National Physical Laboratory, 37, 38
Naval Harbours, German Attacks on, 2, 80, 82; see also Luftwaffe
Navy, British, see Royal Navy
Navy, German, 26, 50, 54, 58, 61, 77, 122, 136, 137, 147, 159, 176-179, 221, 226-227, 429
and SEALION, 176-179, 221, 226-227, 429
warships:
Köln, 81
failure of British attempts to bomb, 83, 85
Nelson, Admiral, 134
Netherlands, see Low Countries
Newall, Air Chief Marshal Sir Cyril, 288
Newcastle-on-Tyne
abortive air attack on, 315
abortive air attack on objectives near, 192-194
anti-aircraft guns, see Tyne
balloon defences, see Tyne
bombs on, 506
coast defences, see Tyne
No. 13 Group headquarters, 443, 455, 474
New Cross Road
long-range rocket on, 416
Newhaven (Sussex)
Newport (Monmouthshire)
anti-aircraft guns, 287n, 449, 480
balloon defences, 477
Nicholson, Flight-Lieutenant J. B., V. C., 199
Niedersachswerfen
Night Air Offensive against United Kingdom, 1940–1941, 156-159, 163, 197, 208, 210, 211-213, 238-240, 251-266, 267, 281, 301-302, 430-431, 458-460, 461, 494-510
British night-fighter effort analysed, 510
comparison with V-1 offensive, 372
Italian share in, 256, 499-500
Nijmegen
and V-2, 405
Niton (Isle of Wight)
air attack, 517
Norbiton
bombs on, 241
Nordhausen, see Niedersachswerfen
Nore, the, see Chatham Norfolk
and German ‘pirate’ aircraft, 163
long-range rockets on, 527
Normandy
German air bases in, 163, 187, 221, 467
North Coates
aerodrome, 468
Northfield (Warwickshire)
Northolt
aerodrome and fighter sector, 185, 186, 192, 236, 243, 244, 267n, 443, 454, 473
North Weald
aerodrome and fighter sector, 172, 185, 187, 207, 209, 216, 236, 267n, 443, 454, 458, 459, 473, 501
Northwood (Middlesex)
move of Coastal Command headquarters to, 58
Norway
coast defence battery manned by Norwegian troops, 299
See also Scandinavia
Norwich
air attacks, and bombs on, 306, 307, 308, 316, 317, 513, 514, 515
anti-aircraft guns, 479
Nottingham
air attacks, and bombs on, 280, 281, 505, 506
Nova Scotia
detachment of Merchant Ship Fighter Unit in, 289
See also Halifax
Nucourt
V-1 storage depot, 367, 368, 377, 378, 380, 385, 386
attacked by Allied bombers, 378-379, 386
Nye, Lieutenant-General (later Sir) A. E., 341-342
–O–
Oban
coast defences, 470
Ober Raderach
and V-weapons, 386
Oberth, Herman, 334
Observer Corps (later Royal Observer Corps)
development and organisation, 17, 19, 20, 33, 34, 36, 47, 48, 69, 74, 149, 150, 151, 154, Appendix 3, 441
operations, see Early Warning System
Observer Posts, 15, 16, 26, Appendix 3; see also Early Warning System, Observer Corps
Occupation of Great Britain, German plans for, 180
Odiham
aerodrome a target for German bombers, 186
Operational Training in the Royal Air Force, 35-36, 200-201; see also Operational Training Units
Operational Training Units, 69, 151, 200, 268, 269
Orfordness
and early experiments with radar, 37-38
Orkney
development of fighter bases in, 151
move of C. H. station from Ravenscar to, 70
See also Scapa Flow
Orly
German air base, 466
Orpington
bombs on, 497
flying bombs on, 525
last long-range rocket to reach United Kingdom falls at, 420
Ostend
invasion barges at, 222, 226, 228
attacked by British destroyers and escort vessel, 226
Outer Artillery Zone, 15-16, 17, 20, 33, 43, 45
Ouvry, Lieutenant-Commander J, G. D., 87
Over-Gunning, 322-323
OVERLORD, 312, 317, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 363, 364, 367, 400, 431
OVERLORD/DIVER Plan, 363-365, 370, 371, 373, 380
–P–
Paddington
Padstow
coast defences, 470
Paget, Lieutenant-General B. C. T. (later General Sir Bernard), 223, 297, 298, 299
Parachute-and-Cable Device, 154, 286
Parachute Mines
measures for dealing with, 258
Parachutists, see Airborne Troops and Parachutists
Pargiter, Major-General R. B., 194, 449, 481
Paris
German bombers attack outskirts of, 156
target for V-2, 405
Park, Air Vice-Marshal K, R., 111-112, 113, 114, 115, 164, 196, 203-204, 205, 214, 215, 216, 235, 236, 237, 239, 241, 242, 243, 246-247, 249, 267, 290, 429, 442, 453, 472
Parry, Air Commodore R. G., 438
Passive Air Defence, see Civil Defence
Peenemünde
German experimental establishment, 331, 335, 337, 338, 339, 340-341, 344, 345, 346, 347, 349, 350, 356, 357, 358, 385, 386, 388, 394, 401, 403, 524
attacked, 346, 386, 388, 403, 524
Defence Committee (Operations) discusses proposal to attack, 345-346
Pelly, Air Commodore C. B. R., 387
Peltz, Major-General Dietrich, 314-316, 325-329
forces under command (tabulated), 518, 519
Pembrey
aerodrome and fighter sector, 149, 187, 442, 453, 472
Pembroke
balloon defences, 153
Pembroke Dock
flying boats at, 438
Penge
bombs on, 497
Penzance
coast defences, 470
Peterhead
coast defences, 470
Petrol
Petroleum Warfare, 133-134
Photographic Development Unit, 67, 139
Photographic Interpretation and Photographic Interpretation Unit, 67, 139, 140, 141, 222-223, 227, 228, 340, 344, 357-358, 360, 368, 394, 401, 418n, 425, 432
Photographic Reconnaissance
British, 67, 139, 140-141, 222-223, 227-228, 340, 344, 357-358, 360, 368, 394, 404, 407, 418n, 425
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
development and organisation, 67, 139
operations, see Photographic Reconnaissance
Pile, Lieutenant-General (later General) Sir Frederick, Bt., 74, 82, 153-154, 158, 251-252, 268, 278, 279, 287, 316, 322, 323, 325, 362-365, 372, 373, 375, 381-382, 390, 392, 417
Pioneer Corps, 268
Place-Names, Removal of, from Signs and Signposts, 105
Plate, River
and scuttling of Graf Spee, 88
Plunkett-Ernle-Erle-Drax, Admiral the Hon, Sir R., 440
Plymouth
air attacks, and bombs on, 163, 207, 210, 266, 275, 276, 281, 301, 314, 458, 492, 503, 504, 505, 506, 515, 516, 520
Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58
coast defences, 52, 54n, 62n, 469
destroyers at, 437
fighter flight for local defence of, 172, 453, 472
naval headquarters, 56, 286, 437
No. 15 Group headquarters, 286, 438
No. 19 Group headquarters, 286
Poland British and French guarantees to, 73, 75
German campaign in, 79
investigated by Polish Intelligence service, 400-401
Police, Arming of, 105
Poling
radar station attacked, 199, 457
Poole
air attacks, and bombs on, 307, 308, 309, 513
coast defences, 470
Poplar
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rockets on, 416, 419
Portal, Air Marshal (later Air Chief Marshal) Sir Charles, 141, 288-289, 370-371, 378, 403
Port Facilities
Portishead
coast defences, 470
Portland air attacks, and bombs on, 163, 167, 183, 196, 212, 244, 247, 491, 492, 513
capital ships, cruisers and destroyers at, 437
naval headquarters (Channel Force), 437
Ports and Harbours, Defence of, 3, 4-5, 16, 17, 20, 22, 26, 33, 34, 35, 45, 47, 48, 50, 51-54, 55, 57, 61-62, 70, 83, 84, 97, 105, 148-149, 150, 151, 153, 154, 252, 271, 322, 373, 431, 469-471; see also under place-names
Portsmouth
air attacks, and bombs on, 163, 167, 184, 196, 207, 209, 212, 272, 275, 276, 281, 304, 458, 503, 504, 505, 506, 520
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 449, 480
Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58
coast defences, 52, 54n, 62n, 75, 469
H.M.S. Nelson at, 439
naval headquarters, 56, 57, 437, 440
plan for withdrawal of civilians from, as V-2 counter-measure, 346
Port Talbot
anti-aircraft guns, 287n
balloon defences, 477
Postmaster-General, see General Post Office
Potters Bar
bombs on, 497
Pownall, Lieutenant-General H. R., 111
Prague
German air demonstration over, 71
Preston
coast defences, 470
Prestwick
Proximity Fuze, 384
Public Utilities
denial to enemy of, 105
Purfleet
anti-aircraft guns, 485
Purley, see Coulsdon and Purley
–Q–
Queensferry, see South Queensferry
Queenstown
coast defences, 54n
Quinnell, Air Commodore J, C. 445, 475
–R–
Raaphorst
British air attack on, 408
Radar
Airborne, see Airborne Radar, A. S. V. Chain
crucial importance in Battle of Britain, 40, 162, 430
development and organisation, 36-40, 43, 65, 69, 70, 73, 74, 97, 120, 316, 441
operations, see Early Warning System
German, see Freya, Würzburg
Stations, German attacks on, 184, 191, 199, 451, 457
Radio Counter-Measures, 158, 213, 252, 256, 268, 408, 430
Radio Transmission Equipment Company Limited, 38-39
Raeder, Admiral, 147, 176-177, 181, 226
Railways
denial to enemy, 105
effects of damage suffered in Battle of Britain and night air offensive, 213, 257, 258, 263-265, 280, 462
incapacity to maintain internal communications of country if coastwise traffic halted, 59-60
Ramsay, Vice-Admiral B. H. (later Sir Bertram), III, 132, 440
Ramsey, Vice-Admiral C. G., 437, 440
Ramsgate
coast defences, 470
target for Italian air force, 499
Ransworth
long-range rocket at, 409
Ravelijn
and V-2, 419
Ravenscar
C. H. station moved to Orkney from, 70
R. D. F., see Radar
Rechlin
German remotely-controlled aircraft demonstrated at, 354
Redhill
aerodrome, 173n, 197, 254, 501, 508
Regional Commissioners, 103, 145
Reichenau, Field-Marshal von, 177
Renfrew
Rennes
German air base, 466
Reorientation Committee, 33, 34, 36, 37, 43, 44, 47, 65
Reorientation Plan, 33-34, 35, 43, 44, 45, 46, 191
revised version, 45-46, 47, 105, 191
Reparations Problem, 14
Reserve Command, 36
Reynaud, M. Paul, 108-110
Rhineland, remilitarisation of, 65
Richmond (Surrey)
Rilly-la-Montagne
attacked, 386
Ringway
Roads, Obstruction of
against troops and their equipment, 105, 130, 142
against troop-carrying aircraft and gliders, 105
Roborough
Rochester
air attacks, and bombs on, 195, 207, 459
anti-aircraft guns, 482
Rochford
aerodrome, 173, 187, 188, 189, 210, 442, 454, 458, 473, 501, 508
Rocket-Projectors
and V-2, see V-2
for anti-aircraft rockets, see U, P, Weapon
Rockets, German Long-Range, see V-2
Romer, Major-General C. F., 16
Romer Plan, 16-17, 22, 26, 32-33
Romsey
No. 32 (Barrage Balloon) Group headquarters, 446, 476
Rosières-en-Santerre
German air base, 463
Rosyth
Area Combined Headquarters, 57-58
condition of harbour in 1938, 66
cruisers at, 440
H.M.S. Furious at, 437
naval headquarters, 56, 69-70, 100, 136, 137, 224, 437, 440
proposed despatch of Nelson and Rodney
from Scapa to, 136-138
Rotherham
bombs on, 208
Rotherhithe
bombs on, 234
Rotterdam
German bombing of, 305n
Rowe, Mr. A. P., 40
Rowkeath
Royal Air Force
claim to additional responsibilities, 10-12
indirect vulnerability to air attack, 79, 84
relations with army and navy, 10-13, 14, 39, 51, 55-58, 71-73
strength in 1918, 3
strength in 1921, 5
strength in 1936, 43
See also Advanced Air Striking Force, Air Defence of Great Britain, Air Ministry and Air Staff, Army Co-operation Squadrons, Balloon Command, Balloon Defences, Bomber Command, Bomber Force, Coastal Command, Early Warning System, Expeditionary Force, Fighter Command, Fighter Force, Observer Corps, Radar Chain, Radio Counter-Measures, Royal Air Force Regiment, Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, Royal Auxiliary Air Force, Second Tactical Air Force
Royal Air Force Regiment, 323, 373, 383
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 43, 69; see also Royal Air Force
Royal Armoured Corps
Royal Artillery
10th Survey Regiment, 408, 410, 411
11th Survey Regiment, 408, 411
See also Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlights, Anti-Aircraft Command, Flash Spotting, Sound-Ranging
Royal Auxiliary Air Force, 36, 43, 68-69, 82, 155, 208, 442-444, 453-455, 472-474, 501-502
in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
See also Royal Air Force
Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers
and V-1, 375
Royal Marines
and V-1, 373
See also Royal Navy
Royal Navy
Capital Ships:
Barham, 122, 135, 136, 137, 439, 440
Hood, 122, 135, 136, 137, 224, 437, 439
Nelson, 122, 135, 136, 224, 437, 439, 440
Renown, 100, 122, 135, 136, 439, 440
Repulse, 100, 122, 135, 136, 137, 437, 439, 440
Resolution, 122, 135, 437, 439
Revenge, 122, 224, 226, 437, 439
Rodney, 100, 122, 135, 136, 437, 439, 440
Royal Sovereign, 122, 437, 439
Valiant, 100, 122, 135, 136, 137, 439
Carriers, Aircraft:
Ark Royal, 82, 135, 136, 137, 437
Furious, 437
Auxiliary, 289
Cruisers, 21-22, 57, 82, 100, 101, 122, 135, 136, 137, 130, 225-226, 229, 424, 437, 440
Destroyers and Patrol Craft, 57, 66, 100, 104, 122, 123, 132, 135, 136, 138, 226, 229, 231-232, 299, 437, 440
Fleet Air Arm and Naval Air Squadrons, 14, 51, 55, 56, 57, 83, 152, 224, 289, 324, 468
Grand Fleet, 3
Home Commands, 56, 57, 75, 111, 135, 136, 137, 138, 145, 223, 234, 286, 437, Appendix 3, 440
Home Fleet, 55n, 57, 70, 75, 82, 83, 84, 98, 100, 135-138, 223, 229, 437, Appendix 3, 439, 440
Local Naval Defences and Local Naval Patrols, 3, 22, 26, 41, 50, 52, 53, 54, 57, 58-59, 61-62, 75, 83, 98, 104, 123, 132-133, 135-136, 220, 223, Appendix 3
Minesweepers (and Minesweeping), 52, 66, 67, 80, 86-88, 90, 135, 283, 488
Ocean Boarding Vessels, 289
and Coastal Command, 55, 56-59, 66, 81, 85, 90-91, 140, 148, 230-231, 286; see also Coastal Command and coast defence guns, 105, 131, 132
and Dunkirk withdrawal, 111, 112, 114, 115, 127, and invasion risk, 10, 50, 51, 57-59, 83, 98-99, 103-105, 121-123, 125, 131-132, 134-138, 223, 224, 225-226, 229, 296, 299
and Italian participation in war, 147
and trade-protection, 7, 48, 56-60, 66-67, 74, 75, 81, 122, 135, 147-148, 229, 278, 283-284, 285-289, 319, 423, 425, 427, 431, 432
and V-1, 373, 390, 391, 395, 523
strength in 1918, 3
See also Acoustic Mines, Admiralty and Naval Staff, Magnetic Mine, Minefields
Royal Observer Corps, see Observer Corps
Rudloe
No. 10 Group headquarters, 149, 167, 442, 453, 472
‘Ruffians’, see X-Gerät
Ruhr, the
and British strategy, 32, 64, log
French occupation of, 14
Ruislip
bombs on, 497
Runcorn
balloon defences, 153, 446, 476
Rundstedt, Field-Marshal von, 175, 181
Russia
German campaign in, 277, 293, 295, 298, 303, 313, 432
–S–
Saint-André-de-l’Eure
German air base, 466
Saint-Brieuc
German air base, 467
Saint-Cloud
German headquarters, 466
St. Eval
aerodrome and fighter sector, 140, 149, 150, 210, 442, 453, 472
abortive attack on, 210
Saint-Inglevert
German air base, 464
Saint-Leger
German air base, 463
Saint-Leu-d'Esserent
V-1 storage depot, 367, 368, 377, 378, 380, 385
attacked by Allied bombers, 378
St. Marylebone
bombs on, 257, 496; see also Marylebone
Saint-Omer
St. Pancras
railway station out of action, 257
Saint-Pol
German air base, 464
Saint-Trond
Salcombe
coast defences, 471
Saleux
and V-1, 369
Salisbury, Marquess of, 14
Salisbury Committee, 14-15, 21, 26, 94
Salmond, Air Marshal (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Sir John, 17, 254
Salmond Committee on Night Air Defence, 254-255
Salvage of Damaged Aircraft, 69
Sandys, Mr. Duncan, 342-346, 348, 350, 351, 372-373, 381, 402-403, 409
Saul, Air Vice-Marshal R. E., 194, 443, 455, 474
Saunders, Air Vice-Marshal H. W, L., 324, 382
Scandinavia
campaign in, 93, 95, 99-102, 108, 135, 136, 212, 428
threat of invasion of United Kingdom from, 141, 179, 222
Scapa Flow
and fighter force, 69-70, 72, 74, 83, 113, 149, 151
anti-aircraft guns, 69-70, 448, 479
attacked by German aircraft, 82, 87
balloon defences, 373
coast defences, 54n, 62n, 75, 83, 469
entered by U.47, 82
Home Fleet and, 69-70, 75, 82, 83, 98, 100, 136-138, 223, 224, 427, 437, 439, 440
place in naval plan to resist invasion, 136-138
removal of Home Fleet from, 83
return of Home Fleet to, 98
Scarborough
coast defences, 470
Scheveningen
attack on barges at, 224
Schipol
German air base, 463
Schmidt, Dr. Paul, 354
Schneider Trophy, 42
Scientific Survey of Air Defence, Committee for the, 36, 37, 38
Scotland air attacks, see under place-names
air raid warning at outset of war heard in, 1
and formation of Expeditionary Force, 297
and Observer Corps, 48
Scunthorpe
anti-aircraft guns, 479
Seaham Harbour
bombs on, 193
coast defences, 470
Sealand Royal Air Force station attacked, 190
SEALION, 64, 147, 159-160, 175-182, 219, 220-228, 241, 245, 429-430, 432
Searchlights
anti-aircraft, see Anti-Aircraft Artillery and Searchlight Defences
coast defence, 4, 53-54, 104n, 299
Second Tactical Air Force, 324, 358-359, 361, 376, 386, 395, 410, 412, 414, 415, 416, 418
Sempy
German air base, 464
Sevenoaks
flying bomb at, 370
Shanghai and Shanghai Incident, see Sino-Japanese Dispute
Sheerness
anti-aircraft guns, 485
cruiser and destroyers at, 135, 137, 440
target for German bombers, 185-186
Sheffield
and aircraft industry, 79
air attacks, and bombs on, 272, 281, 287, 503, 504, 505, 506
anti-aircraft guns, 33, 34, 287, 448, 479
No. 33 (Balloon Barrage) Group headquarters, 446, 477
Sherborne
bombed in abortive attack on Yeovil, 248
Shetland anti-aircraft guns, 448, 479
development of fighter bases in, 151
See also under place-names
Shipping, see Merchant Shipping, Royal Navy
Shipping, Ministry of, 105
Shoreditch
Shoreham
coast defences, 470
Sicily
bomber force attacking England reinforced from, 305
move of German air units to, 231
Sidcup, see Chislehurst and Sidcup
Signals, Royal Corps of, 235
Silvertown
bombs on, 237
Simon, Sir John (later Lord Simon), 30, 34, 278
Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 372, 403
Singapore
and British strategy, 7, 23, 54, 122
coast defences, 54
Sino-Japanese Dispute, 6, 23-34, 66
Siracourt
‘ski Sites’, 357-365, 367-368, 373, 376, 377, 433, 522
attacked, 358-359, 360, 363, 433, 522
Smith, Air Commodore S. W., 446, 477
Smithfield Market
long-range rocket on, 419
Smoke-Screens
as counter-measure to V-2, 346
for air defence, 33, 45, 268, 322
for coast defence, 52
Smuts, General (later Field-Marshal) Jan, 9, 350
Sneek
and V-2, 410
Soesterberg
German air base, 463
Sorley, Squadron Leader R. S., 42-43
Sottevast
Sound Locators, 15, 16, 33, 158, 239, 276, 483
Sound-Ranging
Southall
bombs on, 497
Southampton
air attacks, and bombs on, 187, 188, 190, 196, 241, 242, 247, 248, 266, 272, 275, 281, 301, 308, 315, 491, 492, 503, 504, 506, 513, 515
anti-aircraft guns, 239, 244, 449, 480
flying bombs on, 371, 373, 389, 396, 523
German plan to attack with V-2, 399
plan for withdrawal of civilians from, as V-2 counter-measure, 346
Southgate
bombs on, 497
South Queensferry
South Shields
bombs on, 208
Southwark
long-range rocket on, 417
Southwold
air attack, 517
Spaatz, Lieutenant-General Carl, 379
Spanish Civil War, 2, 161, 313
Special Reserve, 43
Speer, Albert, 339
Speke
aerodrome and fighter sector, 267n
Sperrle, Field-Marshal, 161, 222, 466
Spies, Capture of German, 223
Spitfire Aircraft, 42, 43, 68, 69, 74, 113, 120, 140, 312, 325, 372, 374, 414, 442, 443, 444, 453, 454, 455, 472, 473, 474; in Battle of Britain, see also Britain, Battle of
Spithead
H.M.S. Revenge at, 224
Squires Gate
Stabilisation Scheme, 237, 238, 250
Staff Talks, Anglo-French, 71-72
Staines
bombs on, 497
Stalin, Marshal, 403
Stanley, Mr. Oliver, 106
Stanmore
anti-aircraft guns, 238, 448, 479
Fighter Command headquarters established at, 36
Stapleford Abbots
aerodrome, 473
Stavanger
See also Scandinavia
Staveren
and V-2, 409
Steel, Air Commodore J. M., 13
Steel-Bartholomew Committee, 13, 15, 16, 17
Steel-Bartholomew Plan, 13, 15-16, 17, 32, 43, 45n
Stepney
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rockets at, 416, 420
Stettin
reconnoitred by Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 228
Stevens, Squadron Leader E. E., 82n
Stevenson, Air Commodore D. F., 94, 95, 151
Stewart, Sir Findlater, 144
Stirling Aircraft, 43
Stoke Newington
bombs on, 496
Storage Depots, Flying-Bomb, see Nucourt, Rilly-la-Montagne, Saint-Leu-d’Esserent, V-1
Stornoway
coast defences, 470
Stranraer
coast defences, 470
Strategic Bombing, Doctrine of, 9-12, 14, 31, 32, 35, 48, 56, 67, 71, 80, 89, 94, 108, 156, 377, 378, 397, 424-425
Stumpff, General, 161, 195, 205, 222, 233, 467
Submarine Attack
British assessment of risk of, 26, 49, 50, 51, 58, 60, 61, 67, 147-148, 425, 427
See also Merchant Shipping, U-Boats
Suffolk
flying bombs on, 526
long-range rockets on, 527
See also under place-names
Sullom Voe
coast defences, 470
flying boats at, 468
Sumburgh
Sunbury
bombs on, 497
Sunderland anti-aircraft guns, 70; see also Tyne
bombs on, 194, 316, 504, 514, 515
Sunderland Aircraft, 59, 438, 468
Supermarine Limited, 42
Supply, Ministry of, 73, 341, 342
‘Supply Sites’, 339, 360, 361-362, 368, 370-371, 376, 377, 378, 385, 522
Surbiton
Surface Raiders, see Commerce Raiders
Surrey
long-range rockets on, 527
See also under place-names
Sussex
flying bombs on, 370, 396, 526
long-range rockets on, 407, 527
See also under place-names
Sutton and Cheam
bombs on, 498
flying bombs on, 525
Sutton Coldfield
Swansea
air attacks, and bombs on, 208, 275, 314, 459, 504, 514, 515
balloon defences, 477
‘Swedish Rocket’, 401-402, 403
Swilly, Lough
Swinemünde
reconnoitred by Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 228
See also V-2
Swordfish Aircraft, 468
–T–
Tangmere
aerodrome and fighter sector, 166, 167, 185, 186, 187, 188, 196, 199, 206, 239, 244, 267n, 268, 442, 453, 455, 456, 472, 502, 508, 509
attacked, 199
Tanks
numbers available for home defence, 85, 124, 130, 219
production, 128
See also Armoured Fighting Vehicles, Home Forces
Tay, Firth of
coast defences, 54n
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 372, 378, 385, 386, 393, 414
Tees
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 193, 449, 481
balloon defences, see Billingham
Teignmouth
coast defences, 471
Tempest Aircraft, 372, 374, 391, 395
Ten-Year Rule, 6, 20, 24, 25, 54
Ter Horst
Territorial Army, 4, 16, 17-18, 20, 34, 43, 46, 65, 73n. see also British Army
Thames and Medway
anti-aircraft guns, 20, 33, 34, 70, 206, 207, 236, 238, 239, 244, 383, 391, 449, 480, 482
coast defences, 54n, 61, 62n, 98n, 104, 469
Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57
See also Chatham
Thameshaven
air attacks, 207, 216, 237, 238, 460
anti-aircraft guns, 485
Thornaby
Thorney Island aerodrome, 438, 468
Thyssen, Air Vice-Marshal T. H. S., 468
Tilbury
anti-aircraft guns, 485
Tille
German air base, 463
‘Tip-and-Run’ Attacks
in 1942, 304, 309-311, 321-322, 431
in 1943, 313-317, 321-322, 431, 517
Tizard, Mr. H. T. (later Sir Henry), 36, 37
Tomahawk Aircraft, 121n
Tompson, Major-General R. H. D., 36
‘TORCH’, 298, 311, 319, 321, 322
Torpedo-Bombers, 28n, 50, 55, 57, 59, 134, 319, 438, 468
Torpoint
balloon defences, 476
Torquay
coast defences, 471
Tottenham
Tournai
and V-2, 405
Tours
German air base, 466
Trade-Protection Squadrons, 60, 72, 90-91, 97
Training Command, 36
Tramecourt
German air base, 464
Trenchard, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Lord), 10, 11, 13, 14, 15, 26
Tromsö German air base, 467
Trondheim
and invasion risk, 141
German air base, 467
See also Scandinavia
‘Turbinlite’, 302
Turnhouse
aerodrome and fighter sector, 172, 267n, 444, 455, 474, 501
Twickenham
bombs on, 497
Tyne
anti-aircraft guns, 70, 193, 449, 481
balloon defences, 477
cruiser and destroyers based on, 440
Fortress Combined Headquarters, 57
Tyneside
air attacks, and bombs on, 193, 194, 205, 208, 504, 506
Typhoon Aircraft, 310, 312, 372
–U–
U-Boats, 80-83, 147-148, 285-286, 425, 427; see also Asdic, Merchant Shipping, Submarine Attack
Unexploded Bombs, Measures for dealing with, 258
United Kingdom Emergency Powers (Defence) Act, 119
United States of America
8th Air Force, 348-349, 358-359, 361, 362, 371, 376-378, 379, 385, 386-387, 388, 404, 522
9th Air Force, 358-359, 361, 376, 386, 522
Ninth Army, 420
United States Strategic Air Forces in Europe, 379, 385
aircraft ordered in, 121n
aircraft to be sought from, 121
and Far Eastern question, 7, 24, 122
and Washington Treaty, 7
arrival of troops in Northern Ireland from, 298
contributions to anti-aircraft defence of United Kingdom, 322, 383
destroyers and light naval craft to be sought from, 122
economic support from, assumed by Chiefs of Staff, 119
predictors and S. C. R. 584 radar sets ordered in, 375, 384, 433
arrival of, 384
transfer and despatch of destroyers from, 299
visit of Mr. I. Lubbock to, 349
U. P. Weapon, 278, 286, 322, 383
Usworth
aerodrome and fighter sector, 192, 193, 444, 455, 474
a target for German bombers, 193
Uxbridge
No. 11 Group headquarters, 57, 112, 167, 247, 395, 442, 472
–V–
V-1
British appreciation of, 345-346, 348, 357-359, 360-365, 370-372, 376-379, 390, 393-394
counter-measures to, 358-359, 360-365, 371-397, 432-433, 522, 523, 524
effects of, 395-397, 432-433, 434, 528
fall of, 523, 525, 526; see also under place-names
operational employment, 370, 371, 373, 374, 377-378, 380-381, 382, 384-385, 389, 390-391, 392, 394-395, 396-397, 420, 523
organisation and supply, 356-357, 358, 359-360, 362, 365, 367, 368-370, 371, 377, 389, 390, 433
origin and development, 338-339, 353-357, 359, 394, 433
performance, 338-339, 365, 374, 394, 433
rivalry with V-2, 338-339, 353, 357
V-2
British appreciation of, 331, 332, 340-346, 348-351, 387, 394, 400-403, 406, 409, 410, 411
counter-measures to, 342, 343, 346, 348-349, 387, 388, 400, 403, 404, 407-420, 433-434, 522, 524
effects of, 407-408, 413, 416-417, 418, 419-420, 434, 528
fall of, 527; see also under place-names
operational employment, 405, 406-407, 409, 410-420, 527
organisation and supply, 337, 347-349, 399, 400, 401, 405-406, 407-408, 409, 410-411, 412, 419, 420
origin and development, 332-340, 347-349, 359, 433
performance (summarised), 521
rivalry with V-1, 338-339, 353, 357
Vaernes
aerodrome captured by Germans, 101; see also Trondheim
Vannes
German air base, 466
Varne Light Vessel
attacked and sunk by German aircraft, 189
Varrelbusch
German air base, 393
Venlo
and V-2, 405
Ventnor
a target for German fighter-bombers, 517n
radar station attacked by German bombers, 184, 191, 194
Vernon, H.M.S., 87
Versailles, Treaty of, n, 26, 65, 332
Vice-Chiefs of Staff Committee, 142, 143, 296, 341-342, 390, 406
Villacoublay
German air base, 466
Vincent, Group Captain S. F., 244
defined, 45
Vlaardingen
V-1 site attacked by Second Tactical Air Force, 395
Vulnerable Points, 45, 51, 296
defined, 45
–W–
Wachtel, Colonel, 348, 357, 358, 365, 367, 368-370, 371, 376, 377, 387, 389, 393, 417
Walcheren
and V-2, 407
Wales
and extension of air defence system, 150
and Observer Corps, 48n
See also under place-names
Wallington
flying bombs on, 525
Walrus Aircraft, 468
Walsall
bombs on, 514n
Walser, Air Commodore A. A., 446, 476
Walter, Colonel Eugen, 368-370
Waltham Cross
bombs on, 497
one of last two flying bombs on Greater London falls at, 395
Walthamstow
bombs on, 497
Walton-on-the-Naze
air attack, 517
Wandsworth
long-range rocket at, 416
Wanstead
bombs on, 497
War Cabinet, 83, 109-111, 145-146, 371, 376, 378, Appendix 3
CROSSBOW Committee, 351, 372-373, 381, 401-403, 404, 417
secretariat, 342
to stay in London should Germans land, 145-146
Warmwell
aerodrome and fighter sector, 166, 167, 185, 186, 187, 209, 438, 442, 453, 458, 472
War Office and General Staff, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 16, 19, 20, 24, 25, 26, 33, 34, 39, 43, 46, 48, 52, 73, 111, 145, 146, 253, 268, 341, Appendix 3
Warrington-Morris, Air Commodore A. D., 36, 74
Warsaw
Warships, German air and submarine attacks on, 80, 82; see also Luftwaffe, Royal Navy, U-Boats
Washington, Treaty of, 7, 15, 51
Wassenaar
and V-2, 407
Waterloo
and V-1, 389
Watnall
No. 12 Group headquarters, 443, 473
Watson-Watt, Mr. R. A. (later Sir Robert), 37, 39, 40, 382, 417
Watten
attacked, 348-349
Weber, Major, 405
Weedon
and radar demonstration, 37
Wellington Barracks
flying bomb on Royal Military Chapel at, 377-378
Wembley
bombs on, 497
West Bromwich
West Ham
flying bombs on, 525
long-range rocket at, 419
Westhampnett
West Mailing
aerodrome, 173, 197, 199, 216, 316, 456, 459, 509
attacked, 197, 199, 216, 456, 459
Westminster
bombs on, 243, 257, 273, 281, 496, 507
flying bombs on, 525
Weston-super-Mare
air attacks, and bombs on, 308, 513
balloon defences, 308
Weybridge
Weymouth
air attacks, and bombs on, 163, 304, 513
Whitby
coast defences, 470
Whitehaven
coast defences, 470
Whitley Aircraft, 32n (prototype), 87, 195
Wick
aerodrome and fighter sector, 70, 140, 151, 172, 444, 455, 468
coast defences, 470
Wiener Neustadt
and V-2, 347
Wilhelmshaven
Deutschland leaves, 81
Graf Spee leaves, 81
Scharnhorst and Gneisenau at, 99
Willesden
bombs on, 497
Wiltshire
bombs on, 188; see also under place-names
Winchester
and Observer Corps, 20
‘WINDOW’, 317
Wireless Transmissions, Control of, 33
Wissant
German air base, 465
Wittering
aerodrome and fighter sector, 267n, 443, 454, 455, 473, 501, 502, 508, 509
Wizernes
Wolverhampton
bombs on, 514n
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, 430
Women’s Voluntary Services, 396
Wood, Dr. A. B., 39
Wood, Sir Kingsley, 67
Woodberry Down
Wood Green
bombs on, 497
Woolston, see Southampton
Woolwich
Workington
coast defences, 470
Worthing
a target for German fighter-bombers, 304
Worthy Down
aerodrome attacked, 196
Würzburg, 331
–X–
–Y–
Yarmouth
air attacks, and bombs on, 276, 301, 499, 514n, 516, 517
anti-aircraft guns, 391
target for Italian air force, 499
Yeovil
abortive attack on Westland aircraft factory, 248, 492
anti-aircraft guns, 480
balloon defences, 153, 446, 476
Yiewsley
bombs on, 497
York
Yorkshire
and ‘Ideal’ plan, 47
and Observer Corps, 35
See also under place-names
Young Soldier Battalions, 296, 298, 321
Ypenburg
V-1 site attacked by Fighter Command, 395
–Z–
Zinnowitz
attacked by Allied bombers, 386
Zwischenahn
plan for attack on aerodrome by Allied bombers, 393