Index
–A–
Aachen, 379
Aandalsnes, 85-6, 88-94, 104-5
Abbeville, 127-8
Abyssinia, operations in, 249, 307-9
Addison, Air Vice-Marshal E. B., 209
Aden, British Forces in, 26, 407, 409, 415
Admiral von Scheer, German pocket-battleship, 39-40, 47, 223, 358
Advanced Air Striking Force, 32, 35, 37, 41, 109, 113-21, 125-7, 129, 133, 145, 147-50
Organization of, 406
Air Component, Field Force, see British Expeditionary Force
Air Council, Members of, 401-3
Air Defence of Great Britain, 21
Airborne Forces, Experimental Establishment, 395n.
Airborne operations:
British, 395-8
German, 82, 107, 114-15, 324, 326, 331-4
Aircraft, see under Royal Air Force, German Air Force and Italian Air Force, and under respective types
Aircraft Production (British), 17, 152, 154, 217-18
Aircraft Production, Ministry of, 152, 221
Air/Sea Rescue, 159-60
Albania, operations in, 285-6
Albert Canal, bombing of bridges, 116-18
Alexandria, 246
Aliakmon, River, 283-5
Altmark, German fleet auxiliary, 57, 77
A.M.E.S., No. 220, 334
Andover, 166
Antelat, 289-90
Anti-aircraft defences, U.K., 1940, 157, 202, 213
Antwerp, 186
‘Area Bombing’, 234
Arendal, 81
Argus, British aircraft carrier, 249, 263
Ark Royal, British aircraft carrier, 59, 89, 93-4, 103-4, 226, 304, 350
Armoured Car Companies:
No. 1, 314
Army, British:
Divisions:
1st Cavalry, 339;
2nd Armoured, 289-90;
6th Australian, 293;
51st, 145;
New Zealand, 293n.
Brigades, armoured:
1st, 293n;
3rd, 290-1
Regiment:
Royal Tank, 271
Army Cooperation Command, 26, 404, 408
Army, German:
Corps: XIX, 129, 135, Africa, 287
Divisions:
5th Light, 287;
15th Panzer, 305;
Adolf Hitler S.S. Motorized, 299
Army, Italian, 60th Infantry Division, 277
Asmara, 307
Assab, 252
A.S.V., 220, 227, 348, 350, 364-6, 366n.
Atcherley, Wg. Cdr. R. L. R., 96-7
Athenia, British S.S., 59
Auchinleck, Lt-General Sir Claude J. E., 98, 103, 105
Audacity, British auxiliary aircraft carrier, 346, 351
Audax, aircraft, 313
Auxiliary Air Force, 16
–B–
Babington, Air Marshal J. T., 405, 405n.
Babington, Air Marshal P., 401
Bader, Wg. Cdr., D. R. S., 193, 197, 387-90
Baldwin, Air Vice-Marshal, J. E. A., 46
Baldwin, The Rt. Hon., S., 1, 2, 11-13
Balfour, Captain the Rt. Hon. H. H., 401
Ball, A/C, 229
Balloon Command, 26, 157, 406, 408
Balloon Development Establishment, 49
Balloon Unit, ‘M’, 49
Banak, 96-7
Bandon, Wg. Cdr. the Earl of, 129
Banks, Col. Sir Donald, 402
Barham, British battleship, 350
Bari, 264
Barratt, Air Marshal Sir Arthur S., 108-10, 113-14, 116, 118-22, 127, 146-9, 404, 404n.
Battle, aircraft, 41, 109, 109n., 113-14, 411
‘Battle of Britain’, 151-97
Aircraft losses (British and German), 159, 175, 186, 190
‘Battle-axe’ ,operation, 337, 342
Beamish, Grp. Capt., F. V., 367
Beamish, Grp. Capt., G. R., 325, 327, 329, 334
Beaverbrook, Lord, 152, 154, 221
Beaufighter, aircraft, 203, 411-12
Beaufort, aircraft, 412
Beirut, 341
Belgium, operations in, 107-8, 115-21, 128-9, 136
Belgrade, 294
Benghazi, 273, 276, 279, 289, 304
Benson, 165
Bergen, 81-2
Béthouart, General E. M., 95
Bielefeld, 379
Binney, Vice-Admiral Sir T. Hugh, 374n.
Bismarck, German battleship, 224-6
Blackett, Professor P. M. S., 23
Blenheim, aircraft, 41, 57, 202, 411-12
Blind Approach Training and Development Unit, 198
Blomberg. Maj. A. von, 320
Blount, Air Vice-Marshal C. H. B., 108, 122, 126, 131, 404
Blücher, German cruiser, 81
Bomba, 245
Bomber Command:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 404
Formation of, 26
Equipment (aircraft), 1939, 41
Strength (aircraft), 1941, 377
Bombing policy (British), 36-7, 41-3, 110-2, 122, 124, 161-2, 230-1, 233-7, 348, 376-9
Bombing policy (German), 172, 183, 185, 189, 209, 212, 214
Bombs:
Anti-submarine, 61
4,000 lb., 240
Bordeaux, 349
Botha, aircraft, 62
Boucher, Sgt. J., 362-3
Bowen, Dr. E. G., 202
Bowhill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W., 29, 131, 220, 226-7, 348, 401, 404-5
Boyd, Air Vice-Marshal O. T., 157, 270
Boyd, Wg. Cdr. R. F., 367
Bradley, Air Marshal J. S. T., 405
Brant, Plt. Off. K. D., 235
Bremen, 235-7
Bremerhaven, 380
Brest, 224-5, 236, 349, 361-3, 365
Briggs, Plt. Off. D. A., 226
Brindisi, 264
British Expeditionary Force, Royal Air Force Component, 16, 108-9, 113, 115-16, 122-6, 149-50, 406; see also ‘Back Component’
Brize Norton, 173
Brooke, Lt. Gen. Sir Alan F., 148
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir H. Robert M., 405
Brown, Grp. Capt. L. O., 286, 288, 319-20, 338-9, 341
Bruneval, 396-8
Brunsbüttel, 40
Buchanan, J. S., 29
Buckingham Palace, damaged by bomb, 185
Bucknill, Mr. Justice, 374
Bullock, Sir Christopher L., 402
Burnett, Air Marshal Sir Charles S., 404
–C–
Calcutta, British A.A. cruiser, 335
Camouflage, see Decoy and Deception
Campbell, Flg. Off. K., V.C., 225, 225.
Campbell, Flt. Lt. W. W., 263
Cantieri Riuniti aircraft (abbr Cant.):
Cant. Z.506, 414;
Cant. Z.1007, 414
Capuzzo, 336
Carnegie, Wg. Cdr D. V., 180
Carriers, auxiliary, 346
Central Landing School, 395, 395n.
Chamberlain, The Rt. Hon. N., 94
Cheshire, Grp. Cpt. G. L., V.C., 379
Churchill, The Rt. Hon. W. S., 3, 9, 11, 15, 75-7, 124, 128, 148, 151, 195-6, 201, 229, 266, 272-4, 278-9, 335, 378
Ciano, Count, 232
Ciliax, Vice-Admiral O., 360, 365, 373
‘Circus’ operations, 353, 383-4
City of Flint, British S.S., 57
Clarke, Maj. General, J. G. W., 338
Clydeside, 214, 217; see also Glasgow
Coastal Command:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 404
Equipment (aircraft) 1939, 56
Formation of, 26
Strength (aircraft) 1940, 220
System of Control, 221-2
Collier, A/C, 229
Collishaw, Air Cdre. R., 241, 243, 246-7, 269-70, 279-80, 305
Commands:
Organization, 406-7
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 404-5; see also respective commands
Coningham, Air Vice-Marshal A., 30, 247, 415
Coote, Wg. Cdr. P B., 286
Copley, L. A. C. J., 44
Cork and Orrery, Admiral of the Fleet the Earl of, 95-6
Cotton, F. S., 161
Courageous, British aircraft carrier, 59
Courtney, Air Chief Marshal Sir Christopher L., 29, 401
Cox, Flt. Sgt. C. W. HG., 397
Craven, Sir Charles, 402
Crete, operations in, 324-36
Cross, Sqn. Ldr. K. B., 103-4
Crowther, Plt. Off. R. K., 331-3
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew B., 335
Cunningham, Sqn. Ldr. J., 215-16
Cyrenaica, see Libya and the Western Desert
–D–
D’Albiac, Air Vice-Marshal J. H., 257-8, 283-5, 294-5, 297-8, 321, 415
Damascus, 338-9
Daniel, Brig. H., 251
D’Astier de la Vigerie, General, 109
Davies, Sgt. J., 179
Davy, Plt. Off. T. D. H., 117
De Gaulle, General C., 249
Debden, 179
Decoy and Deception, 200-1, 209, 213, 216-17
Deere, Flt. Lt. A. C., 179
Defiant, aircraft, 202
Depth charges, 61
Derby, 216-17
Detling, 165
Deutschland, German pocket-battleship (renamed Lützow) , 56-7
Dill, General Sir John G., 131, 283-4, 293
Dinant, 120-1
Donald, Air Vice-Marshal D. G., 29
Donaldson, Sqn. Ldr. J. W., 90
Dönitz, Admiral, 344, 346, 352
Doran, Flt. Lt. K. C., 38-40
Dornier aircraft (abbr. Do.);
Do.17, 413;
Do.215, 413
Dornier, C., 4
Dortmund-Ems canal, 182
Douglas, Air Marshal Sir W. Sholto, 29, 147, 194, 208, 214, 383, 404
Driffield, 168
Dunkirk, 128-44
Durazzo, 258
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C. T., 23-4, 29, 62-5, 69, 123, 127, 131, 135, 157, 167, 176-1, 190, 192-5, 383, 402, 404
D.W.I., 58-9
–E–
East Africa, Air Headquarters, 409, 415
Eden, The Rt. Hon. A., 12, 255, 283-4
Edinburgh, British cruiser, 67
Edsell, Plt. Off. E. F., 179
Egersund, 81
Ellington, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir Edward L., 19, 30, 401
Embry, Wg. Cdr. B. E., 143-4
Emden, 240
Empire Air Training Scheme, 73-4
Eritrea, operations in, 249, 307
Esmonde, Lt.-Cdr. E., V.C., 369-70, 374
Essen, 234
Essex, British motor ship, 275
Evill, Air Vice-Marshal D. C. S., 149
Expansion programmes, 1934-9, 1-4, 14-21
–F–
Fairweather, Wg. Cdr. J. M., 131n.
‘Faith, Hope and Charity’, 263
Falkson, Plt. Off. J., 100-1
Far East Command, 26, 405, 407, 409
Farren, W. S., 29
Fiat aircraft:
B.R.20, 414;
C.R.32, 414;
G.50, 414;
G.55, 414
Field, Grp. Capt. R. M., 146-7
Fielden, Wg. Cdr. E. H., 391
Fighter Command:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 404
Formation of, 26
Order of Battle, August 1940, 414
Sector organization, 178
Strength (aircraft), 31, 62, 156
Fighter-Catapult Ship, 223, 346
Fighter Interception Unit, 203
Flights:
No. 419, 391;
No. 420, 207;
Flying training, see Training, flying
Flying Training Command, 26, 405, 408
Flying Training School, No. 4, 313-24
Focke-Wulf aircraft (abbr. F.W.):
F.W.190, 413
Ford, airfield, 174
France:
Anglo-French staff planning 1939, 32-6
Operations in, 1940, 107-50
Freeman, Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfred R., 29, 71, 208, 402-3
Freya, 396
Freyberg, Maj. General B. C., V.C., 327, 329, 334
Fricke, Vice-Admiral, 359
Frisian Islands, 236
Fullard, Grp. Capt. P. F., 113
Furious, British aircraft carrier, 98, 267
Fury, aircraft, 19
–G–
Galland, A. Col., 6-7
Gamelin, General M., 112-13, 127
Garland, Flg. Off. D. E., V.C., 116-18
Garrod, Air Marshal A. G. R., 29, 402
Gazala, El, 254
Georges, General A. J., 116, 118, 121
German Air Force:
Equipment (aircraft, 411
Strength (personnel) 1935-9, 18
Strength (aircraft), 7, 9, 13, 31, 41, 62, 157-8, 410
Formations and units:
Luftflotte: [.2], 157, 166; [.3], 157, 166, 184; [.4], 293, 304; [.5], 151, 166
Fliegerkorps: VIII, 326-7; X, 274-5, 288, 306-7; XI, 326
Jagdgeschwader: I, 46-7; [.2], 385; [.26], 385
Kampfgeschwader: [.26], 216; [.27], 211; [.51], 211; [.55], 211
Lehrgeschwader, [.1], 211
Kampfgruppe: [.100], 166, 210-13, 216; [.606], 211
German Army, see Army, German
Gibraltar, 350
Gibson, Wg. Cdr. G., V.C., 379
Gilmour, Flg. Off. R. S., 187-8
G.L., 208
Gladiator, aircraft, 411
Gliders, see Airborne operations
Glider Training School, No. 1, 395n.
Glorious, British aircraft carrier, 89-90, 93-4, 99, 103-4
Gloucester, British cruiser, 275
Gneisenau, German battlecruiser, 57, 79, 81, 84, 104, 223-5, 233, 236-7, 349, 358-75, 382
Godfrey, Flt. Lt., 297n.
Gordon-Finlayson, Sqn. Ldr. J. R., 259
Göring, H., 5-7, 14, 66, 166, 171-2, 178, 205-6, 209, 212
Gort, General the Viscount, V.C., 122, 126, 128, 131
Gosport, airfield, 173-5
Gossage, Air Marshal E. L., 30, 401
Gott, Brig. W. H. E., 254
Graf Spee, German pocket-battleship, 56-7
Graph, British submarine, 345
Gray, Sgt. T., V.C., 118
Graziani, Marshal, 243, 254-5, 265
Greece:
British Air Forces in, 409, 415
Operations in, 255-61, 274, 279, 281, 283-6, 293-304
Griffin, Sgt. A., 52-3
Grigson, Air Cdre. J. W. B., 300, 415
Groups:
No. 1, 240;
No. 9, 152;
No. 11, 132, 138, 165, 167, 178, 353, 367, 369, 416;
No. 12, 416;
No. 13, 416;
No. 41, 175;
No. 200, 350;
No. 201, 303;
No. 202, 241, 245, 254, 269-70, 280, 305;
Organization of, 406-9
Gubbi, El, 254
–H–
‘Haddock’ force, 146-7
Haifa, 246
Halder, General F., 118, 129-30, 139, 164-5
Halfaya, 336
Hamburg, 236-7
Hamm, 181
Hampden, aircraft, 411
Hanbury, Asst. Sect. Off. F., 180
Hannah, Sgt. J., V.C., 187
Hanover, 236
Hards, Air Vice-Marshal F. G. D., 415
Harris, Air Marshal A. T., 30, 223
Harwell, 173
Hatston, 68
Hayling Island, 215
Heinkel, E., 4
Heinkel aircraft (abbr. He.)
Helmore, Wg. Cdr. W., 207
Henderson, Cpl. E. (W.A.A.F.), 180
Henschel aircraft (abbr. Hs.):
Hs.126, 413
Heraklion (Candia), 325, 327, 331, 333-5
Hermes, British aircraft carrier, 317
Heyford, aircraft, 19
Higgins, Air Marshal Sir John F. A., 405
Hill, Sqn. Ldr. A. E., 397
Hill, Air Vice-Marshal R. M., 29
Hill, Professor A. V., 23
Hillary, Flt. Lt. R. H., 196
Hillman, Sgt. R. W., 225n.
Hipper, German cruiser, 79, 81, 83-4, 223, 236
Hitler, A., 1, 5, 11-14, 35-6, 71, 77-8, 130, 135, 154-5, 181-3, 188, 190, 209, 287, 294, 323-4, 350, 357-60
Hoare, The Rt. Hon. Sir Samuel J. G., Bart., 401
Holland, operations in, 107-8, 114-19, 121-2
Hollinghurst, Air Vice-Marshal L. N., 29
Holmes, Sgt. R., 185n.
Hood, British battlecruiser, 226
Hopkinson, Lt. Col. G. F., 131n.
Hornchurch, 179-80
Howard-Williams, Sqn. Ldr. E. L., 247
Howell, Sqn. Ldr. E., 327-8
Howitt, Sir Harold G., 402
Hoy, 68
Hudspeth, Sgt. T., 162-3
Hull, 214
Hull, Flt. Lt. C., 100-1
Hurricane, aircraft, 31, 196, 411
–I–
Iceland, 222
I.F.F., 25
Illustrious, British aircraft carrier, 264, 275
India, Air Forces in, 26, 405, 407, 409
Ineunu, President, 278-9
‘Intruder’ operations, 386-7
Iraq:
Air Forces in, 26, 407, 409, 415
Operations in, 310-24
Iron Duke, British depot ship (ex-battleship), 67-8
Italian Air Force:
Equipment (aircraft), 414
Strength (aircraft), 243, 249, 410
Italian Army, see Army, Italian
Italy, Bombing of from Southern France, 145-7
–J–
Jeannequin, General, 341-2
Jodl, General a., 105
Joubert de le Ferté, Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip B., 208, 227, 347, 354, 366, 404
Junkers aircraft (abbr. Ju.):
Ju.52, 4;
Ju.88, 413
–K–
Kain, Flg. Off. E. J., 70
Karlsruhe, German cruiser, 83-4
Kassel, 379
Keens, Wg. Cdr. L. T., 90
Keitel, Field Marshal W., 288-9, 305
Keith, British destroyer, 134
Kensington Court, British S.S., 59-60
Kenya, operations in, 249-52, 309
Kesselring, General A. C., 157
Kiel, 236-8
Kleist, General E. von, 119, 129
Königsberg, German cruiser, 83-4
Kretschmer, Cdr. O., 224
Kristiansand, 81
–L–
Lancastria, British S.S., 149
‘Layforce’, 396
Learoyd, Flt. Lt. R. A., V.C., 182
Leckie, Air Cdre. R., 415
Lee-on-Solent, 173
Leigh-Mallory, Air Vice-Marshal T. L., 30, 193-4, 383
Lerwick, aircraft, 62
Lesjaskog, Lake, 90-3
Libya and the Western Desert, operations in, 241, 245-6, 253-5, 269-73, 276-80, 286-92, 336-7
Linnell, Air Marshal F. J., 403
Liverpool, 206, 212; see also Merseyside
Llanreath, 177
Lloyd, Air Vice-Marshal H. P., 415
Lofoten Islands, 358
London, 182-6, 189, 205-6, 212, 214, 217
Londonderry, The Most Hon., the Marquess of, 401
Longbottom, Flg. Off. M. V., 71
Longmore, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur M., 241-2, 246-7, 250, 255-6, 265-71, 274, 276, 278, 283, 285-6, 311, 315, 325, 404-5
Lord, Flt. Sgt. D., 380
Lorient, 349
Lucky, Flt. Sgt., 395
Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar R., 29, 41, 72, 109, 374n., 404
Ludwigshafen, 235
Lufthansa, 5-6
Lützow, German pocket-battleship, 227; see also Deutschland
Lydekker, Lt. A., 100-1
Lympne, 167
–M–
Macchi aircraft: C.200, 414; C.202, 414
McDermott, Sgt. P. A. C., 326-3
Mackesy, Maj. Gen. P. J., 95-6
McIntosh, Plt. Off. I. A., 117
McPherson, Flg. Off. A., 39-40
MacRobert, Flt. Lt. Sr R. A., 321
Maintenance Command, 26, 405-6, 408
Maintenance Unit, No. 24, 175
Maktila, 271
Malan, Sqn. Ldr. A. G., 197
Malta, 261-4, 273-5, 288, 292, 304, 306-7
Manchester, 212,
Manchester, aircraft, 240, 411
Mannheim, 234-5
Marland, Sgt. F., 117
Marrs, Flg. Off. E. S., 176-7
Maryland, aircraft, 411
Massy, Lt. Gen. H. R. S., 93
Maund, Air Vice-Marshal A. C., 268
Matapan, Cape, 292-3
Maxton, Wg. Cdr. L. G., 100-1
Maynard, Air Vice-Marshal F. H. M., 264, 306-7, 415
‘Meaconing’, 200
Meares, Flt. Lt. S., 385-6
Mediterranean Command, 26, 407, 409, 415
Merchant Shipping, losses, 221, 223, 343-5, 349-51
Merseyside, 214, 217; see also Liverpool
Messerschmitt aircraft (abbr. Me.):
Me.109, 413;
Meuse, R., 119-21
Middle East Command, 26, 242:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 405
Equipment (aircraft), 242
Strength (aircraft), 242, 249-50, 266
Subordinate commands, 415
Milch, Field Marshal E., 5
Mines, Minelaying (British), 89, 236, 373
(German), 58-9
Minesweeping (British), 58-9
Mitchell, Air Chief Marshal Sir William G. S., 401, 405
Mobilization, 36-7
Mohawk, British destroyer, 67
Monastir Gap, 294-5
Moorehead, A., 252
Morgan, Brig. H. de R., 88
Mortimer, Sgt. J., 180
Mosquito, aircraft, 71
Mountbatten, Captain Lord Louis, 335
Msus, 290
Muirhead, Lt.-Col. A. J., 401
Mullis, Sgt. W., 225n.
München Gladbach, 115
Munich, 234
Münster, 379
Mussolini, B., 32, 241, 243, 255, 272
–N–
Naples, 264
Narvik, 76-82, 84, 86, 94-6, 98-9, 102, 105
National Physical Laboratory, 23-4
Neame, Maj.-Gen. P., V.C., 286-9, 291
Nesbitt-Dufort, Flt. Lt. J., 393
Newall, Marshal of the Royal Air Force, Sir Cyril L. N., 29-30, 64-5, 69, 119, 125, 127, 129, 137, 233, 401
Newcastle, 214
Nicholson, Flg. Off. A. A. N., 259-61
Night Defence Committee, 208-9
Night air defences, strength
1940, 202
1941, 214
Norfolk, British cruiser, 68
Norman, Wg. Cdr. Sir H. Nigel St. V., Bart., 395
Northern Ireland, Royal Air Force in, 408-9
Norway, operations in 1940, 75-106
–O–
Odiham, 165
O’Connor, Lt.-General Sir Richard N., 265, 271, 279-80, 289-91
Olaf Tygvsson, Norwegian minelayer, 81
Operational Training Units, 72
Orfordness, 24-5
Oslo, 81-2
Ostend, 187-8
–P–
Paget, Maj.-General Sir Bernard C. T., 104
Palestine and Transjordan, 26, 407, 209, 415
Parachute Training School, No. 1, 395n.
Paratroops, see Airborne operations
Parish, Plt. Off. c. W., 232-3
Park, Air Vice-Marshal K. R., 132-3, 135, 138, 159, 175, 190, 193-5, 383
Pattinson, Air Marshal L. A., 405
Pattle, Sqn. Ldr. M. T., St. J., 299
Paulus, General F., 305
Peirse, Air Marshal Sir Richard E. C., 29, 233, 235-7, 354-5, 364, 368, 371, 376-7, 379, 402, 404
Pelly, Grp. Capt. C. B. R., 299
Pétain, Marshal H. P., 148
Peyton-Ward, Capt. D. V. (R.N.), 347
Photographic reconnaissance, 71, 161
Photographic Reconnaissance Unit, 161, 183
No. 1 P.R.U., 364
Pickard, Wg. Cdr. P. C., 397
Pile, General Sir Frederick A., 157
Piraeus, 299
Platt, Lt.-General Sir William, 307
Playfair, Air Marshal Sir Patrick H. L., 103, 113, 116, 120, 404n., 405
Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A., 29, 109-10, 114, 131, 233, 355, 401, 404
Porter, Grp. Cpt. C. E. V., 415
Prince of Wales, British battleship, 226, 351
Prinz Eugen, German cruiser, 225-6, 349, 358-75
Pulford, Air Vice-Marshal C. W. H., 405n.
Pye, Dr. D. R., 29
Queen Elizabeth, British battleship, 351
–Q–
–R–
Radar:
British, 21-6, 167, 174; see also A.I., A.S.V., G.L., Gee
German, 396-8
Radio countermeasures, 200, 209, 213, 216
Radio navigation aids:
British, 239, see also Gee
German, 198-200, 210, 213, 216
Raeder, Admiral E., 71, 75, 78, 164, 188, 213, 343, 357-9, 375
Ramsay, Vice-Admiral Sir Bertram H., 130, 132, 136, 138, 140
Rashid Ali, 310-324
Rawalpindi, British armed merchant-cruiser, 57
Rawnsley, Sgt. C. F., 215-16
Rayak, 338
R.D.F., 25
Reid, Air Vice-Marshal G. R. M., 415
Repulse, British battlecruiser, 351
Reykjavik, 222
Reynaud, Paul, 122-4, 128, 148
Reynish, Sgt., 329
Reynolds, L/A/C/., L. R., 118
‘Rhubarb’ operations, 383-4
Rice, Air Cdre. E. A. B., 344
Ripsher, Sgt., 329
Rochester, 168
Rochford, 165
Rollason aircraft factory, 170, 174
Rommel, General E., 287-8, 305
Roosevelt, President F. D., 346
Rosyth, 66-7
Rotterdam, 121-2
Rowe, A. P., 23-4
Royal Air Force:
Equipment (aircraft), 19-20, 411-12
Strength (aircraft), 7-9, 11, 18, 410
Strength (personnel), 1934-9, 16-18
Formations and units, see under respective titles
Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, 16-17
Royal Oak, British battleship, 66-7
Rundstedt, General von, 130
Russia, see U.S.S.R.
Rye, 94
–S–
St. Nazaire, 349
Salmond, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Sir John M., 208
San Giorgio, Italian cruiser, 245
Sassoon, The Rt. Hon. Sir Philip A. G. D., Bart., 20, 401
Saundby, Air Vice-Marshal R. H. M. S., 29
Savile, Grp. Capt. W. A. B. 314
Savoia Marchetti aircraft (abbr. S.):
S.81, 414;
S.82, 414
Scharnhorst, German battlecruiser, 57, 79, 81, 84, 104, 223-5, 233, 236-7, 349, 358-75, 382
Schepke, Cdr. J., 224
Scott, Sgt. J. P., 225n.
Sealand, 166
‘Sealion’, operation, 155, 188, 190, 352
Searchlight defences, strength of, 201-2
Sedan, 120-1
Seeckt, General von, 4
Selassie, Emperor Haile, 276
Self-sealing tanks, 46-7
Setnesmoen, 92-3
Shadow factories, 16-17
Sheffield, 212
Sherwood, Lord, 401
Shipping, enemy coastal, attacks on, 352-5, 357
Sicily, German Air Force in, 1941, 275
Sidi Barrani, 271-2
Simpson, Sgt., 297n.
Simpson, Air Cdre. S. P., 350
Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald, Bart., 401
Slatter, Air Cdre. L. H., 251, 307, 415
Slessor, Air Vice-Marshal J. C., 29
Smart, Air Vice-Marshal H. G., 313-15, 312, 415
Snapper, British submarine, 61
Somaliland, operations in, 249-50, 309
Southampton, British cruiser, 67, 275
Sowrey, Air Cdre. W., 251, 309, 415
Spackman, Air Cdre. C. B. S., 415
Special duty operations, 390-4
Spitfire, aircraft, 19, 31, 196, 411
Sperrle, General H., 157
Squadrons:
Royal Air Force:
No. 2, 406
No. 5, 407
No. 8, 407
No. 11, 265, 274, 284, 339n., 341, 407
No. 13, 406
No. 15, 406
No. 16, 406
No. 17, 145, 148, 168, 406, 416
No. 18, 406
No. 20, 407
No. 24, 406
No. 26, 406
No. 27, 407
No. 28, 407
No. 33, 271, 274, 276, 284, 297, 299-300, 326, 328, 407
No. 34, 407
No. 35, 406
No. 36, 407
No. 37, 45-6, 265, 288, 298, 317, 406
No. 38, 44, 265, 288, 297, 406
No. 40, 406
No. 45, 265, 277, 289, 341, 407
No. 48, 406
No. 52, 406
No. 53, 406
No. 60, 407
No. 61, 406
No. 62, 407
No. 63, 406
No. 69, 307
No. 73, 70, 113, 148-9, 167, 196, 265, 267, 286, 289-91, 306, 406, 416
No. 76, 406
No. 78, 406
No. 79, 113, 167, 181, 406, 416
No. 80, 256-8, 267, 299-300, 326, 339n., 407
No. 84, 256, 259, 319, 321, 339n., 407
No. 90, 406
No. 93, 207
No. 95, 344
No. 97, 406
No. 100, 407
No. 104, 406
No. 106, 406
No. 107, 38-9, 79, 143, 344, 406
No. 108, 406
No. 111, 68, 170, 73, 406, 416
No. 112, 256, 274, 284, 297, 407
No. 121, 369
No. 139, 38n, 39, 116, 120, 126, 406
No. 141, 416
No. 142, 406
No. 147, 44
No. 149, 40, 45, 147, 232, 406
No. 166, 406
No. 200, 344
No. 203, 302, 317, 319, 325, 338, 407
No. 205, 407
No. 206, 406
No. 207, 406
No. 208, 126, 245, 269, 284, 298, 300, 339n., 407
No. 210, 406
No. 214, 406
No. 215, 406
No. 217, 228-9, 368, 372-3, 406
No. 222, 416
No. 228, 59, 61, 263-4, 303, 406
No. 229, 416
No. 232, 416
No. 234, 416
No. 238, 416
No. 244, 317
No. 245, 416
No. 247, 416
No. 257, 416
No. 260, 341
No. 264, 416
No. 266, 416
No. 267, 303
No. 273, 407
No. 302, 156
No. 310, 156
No. 312, 156
No. 330, 223
No. 500, 406
No. 501, 113, 148, 167, 406, 416
No. 502, 406
No. 604, 129, 215-16, 386, 406, 416
No. 605, 68, 167, 113, 167, 406, 416
No. 607, 67, 113, 167, 355, 406, 416
No. 612, 406
No. 613, 406
No. 614, 406
No. 950, 68
Royal Australian Air Force:
No. 3, 269, 286, 289-91, 339n., 341
Royal Canadian Air Force:
No. 1 (renumbered No. 401), 156, 369
Indian Air Force:
No. 1, 407
Fleet Air Arm:
No. 812, 350
No. 815, 368
No. 830, 263
Stavanger, airfield, 82, 85, 88, 94, 162
Steel, Air Chief Marshal Sir John M., 404
Steinkjer, 86
Stevenson, Plt. Off., 160
Straight, Sqn. Ldr. W. W., 89-90
Strange, Sqn. Ldr. L. A., 395n.
Street, Sir Arthur W., 402
Student, General K., 324
Stumpff, General H. J., 157
Submarines, German, see U-boats
Sudan:
Air Headquarters, 415
Swansea, 214
Swinton, The Rt. Hon. Viscount, 401
Symondson, Flt. Lt. F. S., 297n
Syria, operations in, 337-42
–T–
Takoradi, 247-9
Taranto, F.A.A. attack on Italian fleet, 264-5
Technical Training Command, 26, 405, 408
Tedder, Air Marshal A. W., 29, 208, 270, 291, 311, 319, 326, 329, 334-5, 337-8, 341-2, 405
Telecommunications Research Establishment, 208, 239, 348
Tennant, Capt. W. G. (R.N.), 134, 136, 138, 141
‘Ten Years Rule’, 18
The Hague, 114
Thomas, Flg. Off. N. M., 116-17
Thompson, Sqn. Ldr. J. H., 345
Thorold, Grp. Capt. H. K., 248-9
Tirpitz, German battleship, 236, 358, 364
Tmimi, 254
Tobruk, 254, 273, 276-7, 291-2, 305-6
Tomahawk, aircraft, 411
Training Command, 26, 404, 406
Training, flying, 72-4
Transport Command, 26
Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force the Viscount, 22, 398
Trident, British submarine, 375
Tuck, Sqn. Ldr. R. R. S., 197
‘Turbinlite’, 207-8
Turner, Sgt. H. 180
Turner, Col. Sir John F., 200-1
Tuttle, Wg. Cdr. G. W., 161
–U–
U-boat shelters, 349
U-boats:
U.570, surrender to Coastal Command aircraft, 345
German strength, 347
Udet, General E., 5
United States of America, cooperation in Atlantic, 1941, 346
U.S.S.R., German invasion of, 240, 342
–V–
Valiant, British battleship, 351
Valona, 258
Vangsmjösa, Lake, 89
V.H.F. radio telephony, 71
Vuillemin, General, 145-6
–W–
Wade, Flg. Off. T. S., 203
Wake-Walker, Rear Admiral W. F., 134
Walker, Grp. Cpt. G. A., 362
Ward, Sgt. J. A., V.C., 379
Watson, Flg. Off. A., 338
Watson Watt, R. A., 23-4, 29, 202
Wattisham, 38
Wavell, General Sir Archibald, P., 251, 265, 268, 274, 281, 283-4, 286-7, 289, 291, 325, 336, 338, 341
Wellington, aircraft, 19, 41, 46, 411-12
Welsh, Air Marshal Sir William L., 29, 401, 405
West African Command, 344
West African Reinforcement Route, 247-9, 267, 305
Western Desert, Campaigns in, see Libya and the Western Desert
Western Desert, Air Headquarters, 415
Weybridge, Vickers aircraft factory, 181
Weygand, General M., 127-8, 146, 148
Whitham, Air Cdre. R. P. M., 29
Whitley, aircraft, 41, 50, 411-12
Whittingham, Flt. Lt. C. D., 276, 304-5
Whitworth, Admiral Sir William J., 81, 95
Wiart, Maj.-General Carton de, V.C., 86, 94, 105
Wight, Flt. Lt. R. D. G., 142
Wilhelmshaven, 38-40, 43, 45, 236
Wilson, General Sir Henry M., 293, 295, 297
Wimperis, H. E., 22-4
Wings:
No. 30, 222
No. 71, 145
No. 80, 209
No. 252, 245
No. 257, 336
Winterton, The Rt. Hon. Earl, 402
Wittering, 180
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, 17, 180
Wood, The Rt. Hon. Sir Kingsley, 401
Woolwich Arsenal, 183
Wright, Plt. Off. A. R., 204
Würzburg, 396-8
Wyton, 38-40
–X–
Yeo-Thomas, Wg. Cdr. F. F. E., 394
–Y–
‘Y’ Gerät, 216
Yugoslavia, 292-5