Index

–A–

Aachen, 379

Aalborg, 88, 94

Aandalsnes, 85-6, 88-94, 104-5

Abbeville, 127-8

Abyssinia, operations in, 249, 307-9

Addis Ababa, 250, 309

Addison, Air Vice-Marshal E. B., 209

Adem, El, 241, 270, 292

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

Agheila, El, 280, 288

A.I., 202-3, 214-15

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

Anson, aircraft, 56, 412

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

No. 2, 269, 320

Army, British:

Divisions:

1st Cavalry, 339;

2nd Armoured, 289-90;

4th Indian, 271-2, 307;

6th Australian, 293;

7th Armoured, 271-2, 279;

7th Australian, 291, 339

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

Avonmouth, 212, 214

–B–

Babington, Air Marshal J. T., 405, 405n.

Babington, Air Marshal P., 401

Back Component, 127, 131

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 defence, 16, 68, 160

Balloon Development Establishment, 49

Balloon Unit, ‘M’, 49

Banak, 96-7

Bandon, Wg. Cdr. the Earl of, 129

Banks, Col. Sir Donald, 402

Bardia, 245, 272-3, 292

Bardufoss, 96-9, 102

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

Bawdsey, 25, 202

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

Belfast, 241, 217

Belgium, operations in, 107-8, 115-21, 128-9, 136

Belgrade, 294

Benghazi, 273, 276, 279, 289, 304

Benina, 270-1, 289

Benson, 165

Berbera, 250, 309

Bergen, 81-2

Berlin, 182, 231-2, 234

Béthouart, General E. M., 95

Bielefeld, 379

Biggin Hill, 174, 179-81

Binney, Vice-Admiral Sir T. Hugh, 374n.

Birmingham, 206, 210, 214

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

Bodö, 99-101, 112

Bomba, 245

Bomber Command:

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 404

Formation of, 26

Equipment (aircraft), 1939, 41

Organization, 41, 406-9

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

Boulogne, 130, 186-7

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

Bristol, 212, 214

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–

Calais, 130, 136, 186-7

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

Canea, 327, 331

Cantieri Riuniti aircraft (abbr Cant.):

Cant. Z.506, 414;

Cant. Z.1007, 414

Capuzzo, 336

Cardiff, 166, 212

Carnegie, Wg. Cdr D. V., 180

Carriers, auxiliary, 346

Castel Benito, 270, 273

Castle Bromwich, 166, 177

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

Organization, 55, 406-9

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

Cologne, 234, 381-2

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

Coventry, 206, 210, 214, 217

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

Croydon, 170, 174, 179

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

Dentz, General H., 338, 341

Depth charges, 61

Derby, 216-17

Derna, 254, 276-7, 290-1

Detling, 165

Deutschland, German pocket-battleship (renamed Lützow) , 56-7

Dill, General Sir John G., 131, 283-4, 293

Dinant, 120-1

Dombaas, 88, 91

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

‘Dyle’ Plan, 107-8, 115-16

–E–

East Africa, Air Headquarters, 409, 415

Eastchurch, 165, 180

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

Emden, German cruiser, 40, 47

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

Farnborough, 165, 173

Farren, W. S., 29

Ferry Command, 226, 405

Fiat aircraft:

B.R.20, 414;

C.R.32, 414;

C.R.42, 243, 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

Organization, 152, 406-9

Sector organization, 178

Strength (aircraft), 31, 62, 156

Fighter-Catapult Ship, 223, 346

Fighter Interception Unit, 203

Filton, 69, 166, 177, 189

Flights:

No. 419, 391;

No. 420, 207;

No. 431, 263-4, 307

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

F.W.200, 219, 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

Gee, 239, 383, 414

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

G.C.I, 208, 215

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. 2, 41, 109, 353-4;

No. 3, 41, 46;

No. 4, 41, 48;

No. 5, 41, 53;

No. 9, 152;

No. 10, 69, 152, 416;

No. 11, 132, 138, 165, 167, 178, 353, 367, 369, 416;

No. 12, 416;

No. 13, 416;

No. 14, 69, 152;

No. 15, 55, 222-3, 344;

No. 16, 55, 354-5, 370;

No. 18, 55, 355;

No. 19, 223n., 355;

No. 41, 175;

No. 200, 350;

No. 201, 303;

No. 202, 241, 245, 254, 269-70, 280, 305;

No. 203, 251, 415;

No. 204, 305, 336

Organization of, 406-9

Gubbi, El, 254

–H–

Habbaniya, 310-19, 323

‘Haddock’ force, 146-7

Haifa, 246

Halder, General F., 118, 129-30, 139, 164-5

Halfaya, 336

Halifax, aircraft, 240, 411

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

Harstad, 86, 95-6, 99, 103

Harwell, 173

Hatston, 68

Hayling Island, 215

Heinkel, E., 4

Heinkel aircraft (abbr. He.)

He.111, 4, 413

Heligoland, 42-4, 47

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

Hornum, 58, 68

Howard-Williams, Sqn. Ldr. E. L., 247

Howell, Sqn. Ldr. E., 327-8

Howitt, Sir Harold G., 402

Hoy, 68

Hudson, aircraft, 56-7, 412

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

Jones, Dr. R. V., 198-9, 397

Joubert de le Ferté, Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip B., 208, 227, 347, 354, 366, 404

Junkers aircraft (abbr. Ju.):

Ju.52, 4;

Ju.87, 119, 413;

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

Kenley, 173-4, 179-80

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

Knickebein, 199-200, 210

Königsberg, German cruiser, 83-4

Kretschmer, Cdr. O., 224

Kristiansand, 81

–L–

La Pallice, 349, 361

Lancastria, British S.S., 149

‘Layforce’, 396

Leaflet dropping, 48-54, 238

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

Lemon, E. J. H., 29, 402

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

London, aircraft, 56, 412

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–

Maastricht, 115-16, 118

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

Maleme, 324, 327, 331-5

Malta, 261-4, 273-5, 288, 292, 304, 306-7

Manchester, 212,

Manchester, aircraft, 240, 411

Mannheim, 234-5

Manston, 165-6, 173, 177, 180

Marland, Sgt. F., 117

Marrs, Flg. Off. E. S., 176-7

Maryland, aircraft, 411

Massawa, 252, 307

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

Mechili, 277, 290-1

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;

Me. 110, 413

Meuse, R., 119-21

Middle East Command, 26, 242:

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 405

Equipment (aircraft), 242

Organization, 407, 409

Strength (aircraft), 242, 249-50, 266

Subordinate commands, 415

Middle Wallop, 165-6, 170

Milch, Field Marshal E., 5

Mines, Minelaying (British), 89, 236, 373

(German), 58-9

Aerial mines, 207, 231

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

Moore, Grp. Capt. M., 97, 103

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–

Namsos, 85-6, 89, 93-5, 105

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

North Weald, 179, 181

Northern Ireland, Royal Air Force in, 408-9

Norway, operations in 1940, 75-106

Nottingham, 214, 216-17

–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

Airfields, 82, 85, 88, 94

Ostend, 187-8

–P–

P.A.C., 157, 173

Paget, Maj.-General Sir Bernard C. T., 104

Palestine and Transjordan, 26, 407, 209, 415

Palmyra, 339, 341

Papagos, General A., 284, 297

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

Pediada-Kastelli, 325, 327

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

Plymouth, 212, 214, 217

Poland, 33-4, 36-7

Portal, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles F. A., 29, 109-10, 114, 131, 233, 355, 401, 404

Porter, Grp. Cpt. C. E. V., 415

Portsmouth, 212, 214, 217

Prien, Lt., 66, 224

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–

Quisling, 77, 82

–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

Reserve Command, 26, 406

Retimo, 325, 327, 331, 333-5

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

Roberts, Col. O. L., 314, 318

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

Organization, 26-7, 406-9

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.79, 243, 414;

S.81, 414;

S.82, 414

Scapa Flow, 58, 66-8

Scharnhorst, German battlecruiser, 57, 79, 81, 84, 104, 223-5, 233, 236-7, 349, 358-75, 382

Schepke, Cdr. J., 224

Schillig Roads, 38-40, 45

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

Simon, Sir John, 3, 12

Simpson, Sgt., 297n.

Simpson, Air Cdre. S. P., 350

Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald, Bart., 401

Skaanland, 96-7, 99

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

Sollum 272, 292, 336

Somaliland, operations in, 249-50, 309

Southampton, 165, 212

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. 1, 113, 148, 406, 416

No. 2, 406

No. 3, 113, 406, 416

No. 4, 126, 406

No. 5, 407

No. 6, 286, 290-1, 305-6, 407

No. 7, 381, 406

No. 8, 407

No. 9, 40, 45, 84, 406

No. 10, 147, 235, 406

No. 11, 265, 274, 284, 339n., 341, 407

No. 12, 116, 120, 406,

No. 13, 406

No. 14, 252, 407

No. 15, 406

No. 16, 406

No. 17, 145, 148, 168, 406, 416

No. 18, 406

No. 19, 406, 416

No. 20, 407

No. 21, 115, 162, 406

No. 22, 225, 352, 354, 406

No. 23, 214, 386-7, 406, 416

No. 24, 406

No. 25, 406, 416

No. 26, 406

No. 27, 407

No. 28, 407

No. 29, 406, 416

No. 30, 256-8, 325, 331, 407

No. 31, 310, 318, 323, 407

No. 32, 170, 174, 406, 416

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. 39, 265, 407

No. 40, 406

No. 41, 167, 406, 416

No. 42, 226, 368, 371-2

No. 43, 68, 196, 406, 416

No. 44, 84, 406

No. 45, 265, 277, 289, 341, 407

No. 46, 100, 103-4, 406, 416

No. 47, 251, 407

No. 48, 406

No. 49, 182, 406

No. 50, 84, 406

No. 51, 48, 50, 147, 397, 406

No. 52, 406

No. 53, 406

No. 54, 167, 179, 406, 416

No. 55, 286, 407

No. 56, 136, 406. 416

No. 57, 162, 406

No. 58, 48, 147, 406

No. 59, 354, 406

No. 60, 407

No. 61, 406

No. 62, 407

No. 63, 406

No. 64, 173, 406, 416

No. 65, 406, 416

No. 66, 406, 416

No. 69, 307

No. 70, 288, 315, 407

No. 72, 167, 369, 406, 416

No. 73, 70, 113, 148-9, 167, 196, 265, 267, 286, 289-91, 306, 406, 416

No. 74, 136, 160, 406, 416

No. 75, 379, 406

No. 76, 406

No. 77, 147, 380, 406

No. 78, 406

No. 79, 113, 167, 181, 406, 416

No. 80, 256-8, 267, 299-300, 326, 339n., 407

No. 82, 129, 406

No. 83, 182, 187, 406

No. 84, 256, 259, 319, 321, 339n., 407

No. 85, 113, 406, 416

No. 86, 368, 372-3

No. 87, 113, 186, 406, 416

No. 88, 115, 406

No. 90, 406

No. 92, 203, 416

No. 93, 207

No. 94, 319, 312, 407

No. 95, 344

No. 97, 406

No. 98, 222, 406

No. 99, 45, 146-7, 406

No. 100, 407

No. 101, 353, 406

No. 102, 147, 406

No. 103, 120, 406

No. 104, 406

No. 105, 120, 126, 406

No. 106, 406

No. 107, 38-9, 79, 143, 344, 406

No. 108, 406

No. 110, 38-9, 115, 406

No. 111, 68, 170, 73, 406, 416

No. 112, 256, 274, 284, 297, 407

No. 113, 245, 284, 297, 407

No. 114, 116, 126, 344, 406

No. 115, 4, 84, 406

No. 120, 348n, 351

No. 121, 369

No. 138, 391, 393-4

No. 139, 38n, 39, 116, 120, 126, 406

No. 141, 416

No. 142, 406

No. 144, 362, 406

No. 145, 134, 416

No. 147, 44

No. 148, 264, 288, 394, 406

No. 149, 40, 45, 147, 232, 406

No. 150, 120, 406

No. 151, 406, 416

No. 152, 176-7, 416

No. 161, 391-2, 394

No. 166, 406

No. 185, 306, 406

No. 200, 344

No. 201, 57, 406

No. 202, 350, 407

No. 203, 302, 317, 319, 325, 338, 407

No. 204, 59, 80, 83, 344, 406

No. 205, 407

No. 206, 406

No. 207, 406

No. 208, 126, 245, 269, 284, 298, 300, 339n., 407

No. 209, 226, 345, 406

No. 210, 406

No. 211, 256, 407

No. 213, 142, 406, 416

No. 214, 406

No. 215, 406

No. 216, 245, 319, 321, 407

No. 217, 228-9, 368, 372-3, 406

No. 218, 115, 120, 406

No. 219, 168, 416

No. 220, 57, 406

No. 222, 416

No. 223, 250, 407

No. 224, 57, 365, 406

No. 226, 119, 406

No. 228, 59, 61, 263-4, 303, 406

No. 229, 416

No. 230, 263, 292, 303, 407

No. 232, 416

No. 233, 350, 406

No. 234, 416

No. 238, 416

No. 240, 226, 406

No. 242, 145, 148, 416

No. 244, 317

No. 245, 416

No. 247, 416

No. 249, 173, 416

No. 252, 224, 307

No. 253, 181, 416

No. 257, 416

No. 260, 341

No. 261, 263, 306

No. 263, 89-93, 98-104

No. 264, 416

No. 266, 416

No. 267, 303

No. 269, 344, 406

No. 273, 407

No. 274, 265, 267

No. 302, 156

No. 303, 156, 183

No. 310, 156

No. 312, 156

No. 330, 223

No. 500, 406

No. 501, 113, 148, 167, 406, 416

No. 502, 406

No. 504, 113, 185n., 406, 416

No. 600, 114, 406, 416

No. 601, 406, 416

No. 602, 66-7, 406

No. 603, 66-7, 406, 416

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. 608, 406, 416

No. 609, 196, 406

No. 610, 136, 174, 406, 416

No. 611, 385, 406, 416

No. 612, 406

No. 613, 406

No. 614, 406

No. 615, 113, 406, 416

No. 616, 167, 406, 141

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

Stapf, General O., 155, 165

‘Starfish’ sites, 213, 216

Stavanger, airfield, 82, 85, 88, 94, 162

Steel, Air Chief Marshal Sir John M., 404

Steinkjer, 86

Stevenson, Plt. Off., 160

Stirling, aircraft, 240, 411

Straight, Sqn. Ldr. W. W., 89-90

Strange, Sqn. Ldr. L. A., 395n.

Stranraer, 56, 412

Street, Sir Arthur W., 402

Student, General K., 324

Stumpff, General H. J., 157

Submarines, German, see U-boats

Suda Bay, 327, 331, 334

Sudan:

Operations in, 249-52, 307

Air Headquarters, 415

Sunderland, 167, 214

Sunderland, aircraft, 56, 412

Swansea, 214

Swinton, The Rt. Hon. Viscount, 401

Symondson, Flt. Lt. F. S., 297n

Syria, operations in, 337-42

–T–

Takoradi, 247-9

Tangmere, 173, 196

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

Thameshaven, 181, 183

The Hague, 114

Thomas, Flg. Off. N. M., 116-17

Thompson, Sqn. Ldr. J. H., 345

Thorney Island, 165, 174

Thorold, Grp. Capt. H. K., 248-9

Tirpitz, German battleship, 236, 358, 364

Tizard, Sir Henry T., 23, 402

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

Tripoli, 273, 288, 290

Trondheim, 79, 81-2, 84-6, 88

Tuck, Sqn. Ldr. R. R. S., 197

‘Turbinlite’, 207-8

Turkey, 34-5, 278-9

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–

Vaagsö, 358, 396

Vaernes, 85, 88, 90, 96, 99

Valiant, British battleship, 351

Valona, 258

Vangsmjösa, Lake, 89

V.H.F. radio telephony, 71

Vildebeest, aircraft, 56, 412

Vuillemin, General, 145-6

–W–

Waalhaven, 114, 121

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

West Malling, 170, 173-5

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–

‘X’ Gerät, 210, 213, 216

Yeo-Thomas, Wg. Cdr. F. F. E., 394

–Y–

‘Y’ Gerät, 216

Yugoslavia, 292-5