Index
–A–
Aarhus, 201-2
‘Aberdeen’, 336
Abraham, Sir John, 187
Accra, 186
Aden:
Air Headquarters, 254
Gulf of, operations in, 254, 256-7
‘Admin Box’, 317-19
Affleck, Flg. Off. J. R., 181
Air Cargo Headquarters, 341-2
Air Command, South-East Asia:
Allied Air Commanders-in-Chief, 397
Organization, 310, 341-2, 399, 401
Order of Battle, July 1944, 418-21
Strength (aircraft), 311
Air Commanders, 396-7
Air Council, Members of, 395
Air Defence of Great Britain:
Air Marshal Commanding, 396
Order of Battle, June 1944, 412, 415-6
Organization, 85, 98, 396n, 398
Air Ministry, 374-5
Air supply and transport operations, 277-8, 296-7, 305-7, 315-29, 331-42, 348-50, 354-63, 366-7
See also Airborne operations, and Special duty operations
Air Support, see Tactical Air Support
Air Support Signals Units, 352
Airborne lifeboat, 75
Airborne operations:
American, 106-7, 215, 281-2, 285
British, 106-8, 113-4, 191-5, 215, 243, 281-2, 285-6, 290, 360
German, 236
Airborne Corps, 1st, 192
See also Special Air Service Troops, and Air supply operations
Aircraft, see under Royal Air Force, German Air Force and Japanese Air Force, and under respective types
Aircraft carriers, 217
Aircraft Production, Ministry of, 20, 374
Aircraft production (German), 31-2, 293, 386-7
Airfield Construction Wings, 139-40, 203
See also Servicing Commandos and Construction Wings
Airfields:
Bomber Command, 19
India and Burma, 307
North-West Europe: Allied pre-invasion attacks, 96-7
German assault, 1 Jan. 1945, 208
Akyab, Island of, 296-7, 300, 314, 349-50
Albania, operations over, 245
Albert Canal, bridges, 96
Alblasserdam, 173
Alexander, Field Marshal Sir Harold R. L. G., 211, 213, 218, 220, 232
Allied Anti-Submarine Board, 37, 39
Allied Expeditionary Air Force:
Air Commander-in-Chief, 396
Order of Battle, June 1944, 412-17
Organization, 85, 200, 396n, 398
Allied Expeditionary Air Force Bombing Committee, 86-7
Alsterufer, German motor vessel, 70-1
Anderson, Maj.-General F. L., 163
Angers, 95
Annecy, 26-7
Anti-shipping operations, 68-71, 125-6, 251, 272-3, 276, 346-7, 380, 405
Anti-U-Boat Sub-Committee, 35, 40, 42, 47, 49
‘Aquaskit’, 354
Arado aircraft (abbr. Ar.): Ar. 234, 410
Arakan, operations in, 297, 300-2, 305, 308, 314-22, 349-50
Araxos, 243
Ardennes, 205-6
‘Area bombing’, 384
Arjan Singh, Sqn. Ldr., 329
Army, British:
Corps:
IV, 311, 322-4, 328, 338, 350-1, 353-6, 359-60
XII, 288;
Divisions:
2nd New Zealand, 230
3rd, 129;
5th Indian, 318, 323-4, 328, 339;
6th Airborne, 106-7, 113, 282, 285-6, 292;
8th Indian, 230;
20th Indian, 350;
23rd Indian, 324;
26th Indian, 360-1;
52nd, 196;
Brigades:
1st Commando, 285;
2nd Independent Parachute, 243-4;
3rd Commando, 349;
3rd Parachute, 107-8;
5th Parachute, 108;
50th Parachute, 324;
77th, 302
Regiments:
1st Battalion, Welsh Guards, 139;
2nd Armoured Battalion, Irish Guards, 203;
9th Battalion, Parachute Regiment, 108, 110;
No. 2 Commando, 236
Other Units:
21st Independent Parachute Company, 192;
22nd Independent Parachute Company, 107
Army, Canadian:
Corps:
II, 290
Divisions:
3rd, 129
Army, Chinese:
50th Division, 337
Army, Free French:
Armoured Division, 139;
4th Parachute Battalion, 177
Army, German:
Corps:
XIV, 232;
LXXVI, 213
Divisions:
1st Parachute, 213;
2nd Panzer, 133;
2nd S.S. Panzer, 118;
7th S.S., 246;
15th Panzer-grenadier, 213;
Hermann Goring, 213;
Panzer Lehr, 116
Regiments:
93 Flak, 153;
155W Flak, 146, 149, 153-4, 163-4;
255W Flak, 155;
989 Grenadier, 119;
Air Experimental Signals, 147
Army, Japanese:
Divisions:
15th, 323;
31st, 326-7;
33rd, 323;
55th, 315
Army, Polish:
II Polish Corps, 230
Armoured Brigade, 135
Army, United States:
Corps:
IV, 214
VIII, 132
XV, 132
Divisions:
1st, 111;
29th, 111;
30th, 132;
Arnold, General H. H., 25
Arnsberg, 271
Arras, 126
Ascension, British frigate, 272
Ashford, Flg. Off. D. M., 92
German countermeasures, 55-6
Athabaskan, British destroyer, 52
Atlantic Convoys Conference, 36-7, 45
Audinghen, 90
Augsburg, 27
Aulnoye, 129
Auster, aircraft, 222-3
Avisio, 228
Avranches, 132
Azon bomb, 344
Azores, 38
–B–
Babington, Air Marshal Sir Philip, 397
Babington-Smith, Flt. Off. C, 146
Bad Oeynhausen, 284
Baird, Flt. Lt. S. I., 146
Baker, Air Vice-Marshal B. E., 61, 70
Baldwin, Air Vice-Marshal Sir John E. A., 310, 323, 334
Balfour, The Rt. Hon. H. H., 395
Balkan Air Force, formation and organization, 234, 237, 399, 401
Ball-bearing industries, German, attacks on, 24-7
Ballard, Flt. Lt. R. J., 354, 356
Balloon Command, 158, 162, 165, 167, 398, 400
Baltimore, aircraft, 406
Bandon, Air Cdre. The Earl of, 341
Bangkok, 316, {.343-4]
Bangkok-Moulmein railway, 316, 343
Bari, 237-8
Barratt, Air Marshal Sir Arthur S., 397
Base Defence Sectors, Nos. 21 and 24, 113
Bateson, Wg. Cdr. R. N., 91-2
Bayerlein, Lt.-General F., 115-16
Beatty, Earl, 395
Beaufighter, aircraft, 69-70, 296, 300, 408
Beauvoir, 157
Belgium:
Operations in. 139-41, 196, 199, 203, 205-7
Special operations to, 182
Benson, 75
Benson, Sgt. A. J., 50
Berchtesgaden, 277
Berlin, 11-13, 21-4, 159, 258, 384, 386
Berry, Sqn. Ldr. J., 169
Bethnal Green, 157
Béziers, 12
‘Big Week’, The, 27
‘Bingham’, operation, 247
Biscay, Bay of, operations in, 34-5, 39, 41, 46, 48-57
Blizna, 169
Block Island, U.S. escort carrier, 38
Blumentritt, Maj.-General G., 132
Bogue, U.S. escort carrier, 38
Bohlen, 268
Bois Carré, 146-7
Bois de Cassan, 164
‘Bolero’, operation, 38
Bologna, 231
Bomb Target Committee, 4
Bomber Command:
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 396
Losses (personnel), 392
Strength (aircraft), 381-2
Strength (personnel), 29
Tonnage of bombs dropped, 388
Bombing policy, 3-5, 14-16, 258-60, 271, 381-4
Bombs:
22,000 lb., 271
Azon, 344
Napalm, 354
Radio-controlled glider (German), 52, 61, 142
Bor-Komorowski, General T., 239-40
Bordeaux, 47
Borken, 283
Bormann, M., 277
Boston, aircraft, 406
Bottomley, Air Marshal Sir Norman H., 33, 145
Bouchier, Air Cdre. C. A., 112
Bourne, Brig. G. K., 285
Bower, Grp. Capt. L. W. C., 122, 150
Bowhill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Frederick W., 63, 185, 397
‘Bowler’, operation, 229
Bradley, Wg. Cdr. J. B. G., 349
Brandt, Oberleutnant F., 2, 28
Brant, R. E., 86
‘Brassard’, operation, 212
Brereton, Lt.-General L., 90, 282
Breskens, 198-9
Brind, Rear Admiral E. J. P., 40
British Air Forces of Occupation, 396
British Overseas Airways Corporation, 184, 187-9
Broadhurst, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Harry, 135-6, 288
Broadley, Flt. Lt. J. A., 91
‘Broadway’, 333-4
Brod, 224
Bromet, Air Vice-Marshal G. R., 38, 41, 52, 61
Brookes, Air Vice-Marshal G. E., 18
Brown, Wt. Off. F. D. C, 364
Brown, Air Vice-Marshal L. O., 135
Browning, Lt.-General F. A. M., 107
Bruneval, 143
Brunswick, 262
Bulolo, British control ship, 112, 114
Burma, see India and Burma
Burr, Flt. Lt. R., 8
Bussum, 284
–C–
Caen, 128-30
Calais, 191
Calder, Sqn. Ldr. C. C, 271
Calvert, Brig. J. M., 290, 337
Cambrai, 126
‘Canned Battle’, 353
Card, U.S. escort carrier, 38
Carey, Grp. Capt. F. R., 302, 313
Carnaby, 264
Carriers, aircraft, 217
Casablanca, 39
Casablanca Directive, 1, 30, 35, 47, 84
Casale Monferrato, 221
Casalmaggiore, 214
Cassino, 85
Castrop Rauxel, 263
Catalina, aircraft, 408
Central Photographic Interpretation Unit, 146
Chambois, 135-8
Chauk, 316
Chelmsford, 174
Chemnitz, 268
Cherwell, Lord, 144
Cheshire, Grp. Capt. G. L., V.C., 28-9, 109
Chindits:
First expedition, 302-5
Chivasso, 221
‘Chowringhee’, 334
Christison, Lt.-General Sir A. F.
Philip, Bart., 314-15, 347, 349
Churchill, The Rt. Hon. W. S., 35, 79, 81, 122, 144, 166, 178, 234, 313, 369, 383
‘Clarion’, operation, 280
Clifton-Brown, Col. D., 121-2
Coastal batteries, German, operations against, 97-8, 110
Coastal Command:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 396
Equipment (aircraft), 41
Group Functions, 66-7
Losses (aircraft), 276
Losses (personnel), 276
Strength (aircraft), 101
Coblenz, 100
Cochran, Col. P. G., 332
Cochrane, Air Marshal The Hon. Sir Ralph A., 397
Coghlan, Flt. Lt. E. P., 336
Cognac airfield, 55
Collingwood, Maj. W. A. C, 107-8
Collins, Wg. Cdr. H. B., 187
Cologne, 5, 258, 263, 266-7, 384
Combat Cargo Task Force, 341-2, 366, 401
Combined Bomber Offensive Plan, 3, 30
Combined Operational Planning Committee, 3, 4, 30, 164
Combined Procedure Board, 37
Combined Strategic Target Committee, 260
Commands:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 395-7
Organization, 398-401
See also respective Commands
Commands, U.S.A.A.F.:
XII Tactical Air, 213, 215, 221, 228, 399
XXIX Tactical Air, 279, 281, 284, 287
Commonwealth Air Training Plan, 371
Communications, attacks on, see ‘Transportation Plan’
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 89, 96, 135, 140, 175, 200, 205, 208, 280, 288, 396
Constantine, Wg. Cdr. A. N., 312-13
‘Contact Cars’, 135
Convoys:
HX.229, 43-5
KMS.30, 61
ON.204, 59
ONS.5, 45
ONS.18, 60
SC.122, 43-5
SL.139, 61
Copenhagen, 203
Core, U.S. escort carrier, 38
Cormeau, Flt. Off. B. Y., 182
Cornioley, C. P. (W.A.A.F.), 182
Coryton, Air Marshal W. A., 341
COSSAC, 84
Cote, Wt. Off. J. F. X. A., 203
Courtney, Air Chief Marshal Sir
Christopher L., 395
Crerar, General H. D. G., 136
Crete, 251-3
Operations in, 1940, 377
Cripps, Sir R. Stafford, 298
Crombie, Flg. Off. C. A., 296
‘Crossbow’, 149-51, 157-9, 163-4
Cruikshank, Flg. Off. J. A., V.C., 125
Cuckfield, 157
Culliford, Flt. Lt. S. G., 241-2
Culmont-Chalindrey, 126
Czecho-Slovakian Air Force, 370, 371n
–D–
Dale, Wg. Cdr. I. G. E., 152
Danube, River, mining of, 225-7, 380
Darvall, Air Cdre. L., 191, 298
Davidson, Maj.-General H. C, 310, 341
Davis, Wg. Cdr. P. B. N., 194
Dawans, Maj.-General Ritter und Edler von, 122
Debrecen, 223
Decies, Flt. Lt. Lord, 179
de Guingand, Maj.-General F. W., 200
De Mowbray, Capt. E. G. B. (R.N.), 16
Desert Air Force, organization, 213, 215, 221, 399, 401
‘Diadem’, operation, 211
Domleger, 157
Donald, Air Marshal Sir Grahame, 20, 397
Donitz, Grand Admiral K., 33, 36, 42, 46, 49, 55, 57-9, 66, 272, 292, 380
Donkin, Grp. Capt. P. L., 92
Doolittle, Maj.-General J., 158-9
Dordrecht, 201-2
Dornier aircraft (abbr. Do.):
Do.217, 409
Dorsten, 283
Dortmund-Ems Canal, 267
Doual, 126
Douglas, Air Chief Marshal Sir W. Sholto. (4 6, 82, 101, 124, 272, 275, 396-7
Dowding, Air (Chief Marshal Sir Hugh C. T., 390
Dowding, Flt. Lt. H. J., 117
‘Dracula’, operation, 360
‘Dragoon’, operation, 215, 217
Dring, Wg. Cdr. W., 135
Drummond, Air Marshal Sir Peter K. M., 187, 395
Dülmen, 283
Durston, Air Marshal A., 36-7, 45, 341
–E–
Eaker, Maj.-General I. C., 3, 15, 85
‘Earthquake’ operations, 347, 352-3
East Africa, Air Headquarters, 399, 401
Eastern Air Command:
Order of Battle, July 1944, 418-21
Eastern Mediterranean, Air Headquarters, 252, 399, 401
Eberbach, General H., 139
Economic Warfare, Ministry of, 25, 31
Egret, British sloop, 52
Egypt, Air Headquarters, 401
Eindhoven, 210
Eisenhower, General D., 80, 83, 86-7, 103-6, 131, 158, 177, 191, 200, 217, 259, 287
E.L.A.S., 244
Elba, Island of, 212-13
Elbe, River, crossing of, 292
Elliot, Air Vice-Marshal W., 65, 237
Ellis, Professor C. D., 143, 174
Ellwood, Air Vice-Marshal A. B., 69
Elmhust, Air Vice-Marshal T. W., 140, 204-5
Embry, Air Vice-Marshal B. E., 90, 122
Emden, 291
Emergency Landing Grounds, 264
Empire Air Training Scheme, 371
Enterprise, British cruiser, 71
Escape and Evasion, 181-2, 390-1
Escaut, River, bridges, 96
Evans, Cdr. M. J., 60
Evill, Air Marshal Sir Douglas C. S., 395
–F–
Fallersleben, 163
Farquarson, Flt. Lt. J. M., 354, 356
Fenton, Flt. Lt. W. J. F., 116
Ferry Command, 184-5
Fiddes, A/C. I., 357
‘Fido’, 264-5
Fielden, Wg. Cdr. E. H., 181
Fieseler, G., 147
Fighter Command:
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 396
Organization, 85, 98, 396n, 400
Fighter Interception Unit, 415
‘Flashpoint’, operation, 284
Fleming-Williams, Flt. Lt. D. C, 63-4
Flights:
Royal Air Force:
No. 403, 77
No. 404, 77
No. 405, 77
No. 1320, 413
No. 1449, 415
No. 1575, 183
‘Flooding’, 56-7
Florence, 214-15
Florennes airfields, 258
‘Flower’ operations, 92
Flushing, 198-9
Flying Bombs (V.1’s), 142-69, 175-6
Flying Training Command, 397-8, 400
Focke-Wulf aircraft (abbr. F.W.):
Foggia, 14-15
Forest of Nieppe, 164
Foret de l’lsle Adam, 164
Fort Hertz, 305
Foster, Air Vice-Marshal R. M., 229
France:
Operations in, 106-23, 126-41, 190-1, 215-8
375 (1940)
Special operations to, 182
Frankfurt, 28
French Resistance Movement, 27
–G–
Galahad Force, 338
Galatz, 223
Gale, Lt.-General R. N., 282
Galerant, Dr. G., 139
Galland, Maj.-General A., 210
Gangaw, 353
‘Gardening’, 16, 225, see also Mine-laying
Garrod, Air Marshal Sir A. Guy R., 306, 310, 341, 349, 397
Gdynia, 266
Geddes, Air Cdre. A. J. W., 111-12
Gelsenkirchen, 268
George VI, H.M. King, 122, 187
German Air Force:
Equipment (aircraft), 409-10
Strength (aircraft), 293, 375-6, 402
Formations and Units:
Fliegerkorps IX, 98
Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik, 54, 61
Kampfgeschwader: 6, 54; 53, 168
Germany, operations in, 279-94, 377-8
Gibson, Plt. Off. D. J. N., 90
Giffard, General Sir George J., 307
Gillam, Grp. Capt. D. E., 201-2
Gladbeck, 287
Glasgow, British cruiser, 71, 111
Gliders, see Airborne operations
Göbbels, Dr. J., 5, 10, 13, 22, 144, 156
Goch, 279
Goddard, Grp. Capt. H., 353
‘Gomorrah’, operation, 6
‘Goodwood’, operation, 130
Goppe Bazar, 305
Gordon, Professor A. C, 62
‘Grand Slam’, 271
Grandy, Grp. Capt. J., 361
Grave, 192
Gray, Flg. Off. R., 302
Greece:
Air Headquarters, 401
Operations in 1941, 243-4, 376
Greek Air Force, 370
Green, Wg. Cdr., 136
‘Grenade’, operation, 279
Grenoble, 217
Gris Nez, Cape, 191
Groom, Air Vice-Marshal V. E., 199
Ground Control Interception Unit, No. 15083, 113
Groups:
Royal Air Force:
No. 2, 89-90, 118-22, 138-9, 152, 195, 201, 203, 279, 283-8, 290-1, 412-3
No. 3, 14, 18, 129, 178-80, 261
No. 4, 129
No. 5, 5
No. 6, 18
No. 7, 19
No. 11, 112-3, 115, 158, 165, 412, 415
No. 18, 66, 69-70, 101, 273, 274
No. 19, 38, 41, 46, 55, 66, 70, 113, 124, 274
No. 38, 107-8, 114, 178-80, 191-5, 282, 285, 290-1, 412-3
No. 40, 21
No. 41, 20
No. 42, 21
No. 43, 20-1
No. 44, 184-5
No. 45, 185
No. 46, 107-8, 114, 180, 185, 191, 193, 195, 282, 285, 291, 412-3
No. 47, 185
No. 83, 89, 94, 115, 120, 136, 139, 195, 205-6, 279-81, 284, 286, 288, 290, 292, 412-3
No. 84, 89, 94, 115, 136, 195, 205, 279, 281, 284, 288, 290-2, 412, 414
No. 85, 89n, 191, 199, 284, 286, 290, 412, 415
No. 92, 19n
No. 205, 219, 223-6, 230, 245, 380
No. 216, 185
No. 221, 299, 322, 328, 339, 341, 350-3, 358, 361, 418, 420
No. 222, 254, 343, 345-6, 418-9
No. 224, 299, 322, 340-1, 346-7, 350, 352, 360, 418, 421
No. 226, 299
No. 227, 299
See also Command Organization, 398-401
United States Army Air Forces:
Bombardment
322nd, 323rd, 344th, 386th, 387th, 391st, 394th, 397th, 409th, 410th, 416th, 412, 416
Fighter Bomber
354th, 358th, 362nd, 363rd, 365th, 366th, 367th, 368th, 370th, 371st, 373rd, 404th, 405th, 406th, 474th, 412, 416
Photographic
8th, 418-9
Tactical Reconnaissance: 67th, 412, 416
62nd, 236
313rd, 314th, 315th, 316th, 434th, 435th, 436th, 437th, 438th, 412, 417
439th, 440th, 441st, 442nd, 412, 416
Gyldenfeldt, Col. G. von, 155
Gyor, 224
–H–
H2S, 4, 6-7, 12-13, 17, 24, 56-7, 268, 384
Halifax, aircraft, 18, 27, 406, 408
Hamburg, 5-11, 258, 262, 271, 288
Hamilcar, glider, 114
Hanau, 268
Hanayoa, General, 317
Hardman, Air Cdre. J. D. I., 342
Harriman, W. A., 35
Harris. Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur T. 3-6, 11-13, 15-16, 24-5, 27-31, 85-7, 110, 128, 144, 158, 259-60, 271, 381, 390, 396
Hausser, S.S. General P., 133
Heavy Conversion Units, 19
Heim, Lt-General F., 191
Heinkel aircraft (abbr. He.): He.111, 409; He.177, 409
Heinsberg, 264
‘Hermann’, operation, 209
Hill, Air Marshal Sir Roderic M., 98, 100, 157-8, 160, 165, 395-6
Hiroshima, 366
Hitler, A., 3, 31, 33, 99, 132-3, 149, 155, 190, 195, 212, 277, 292, 377, 391
Hogg, The Hon. Q. M., 395
Holland:
Dropping of food supplies to, 277-8
Operations in, 190-203, 279-80, 288-91
Special operations to, 182
Hollinghurst, Air Vice-Marshal L. N., 107, 191
Homburg-Meerbeck, 263
Hopkins, H., 80
Hopps, Air Vice-Marshal F. L., 70
Hornell, FIt. Lt. D. E., V.C., 124
Horton, Admiral Sir Max K., 40, 65
Howard, Maj. R. J., 108
Howitt, Sir Harold G., 395
Hudleston, Air Vice-Marshal E. C., 288
Hudson, Wg. Cdr. H. V., 360-1
‘Hump, The’, 296-7, 323-4, 348
Hutze, Unteroffizier U., 2
–I–
Imphal, 314, 322-5, 327-32, 337-9
Indawgyi, Lake, 337
India:
Air Forces in:
Equipment (aircraft), 306, 311
Organization, 298-9
Strength (aircraft), 299, 305-6
See also Air Command, South-East Asia
India and Burma, operations in, 295-368, 378
Indian Ocean, operations in, 254, 256, 345-6
Inglis, Maj.-General J. D., 203
‘Intruder’ operations (German), 2-3
Ionian Islands, 235
Iraq and Persia, Air Headquarters, 399, 401
Irwin, Lt.-General N. M. S., 300
Italian Air Force, strength (aircraft), 1940, 376
Italy, operations in, 211-15, 218-23, 227-33
–J–
Jackson, Cpl. S. R., 362
Japanese Air Forces:
Equipment (aircraft), 411
Johnson, Air Vice-Marshal G. O., 42
Jones, H. A., 187
Joubert de la Ferte, Air Chief Marshal
Junkers aircraft (abbr. Ju.): Ju.88, 2, 409-10; Ju.188, 409
–K–
Kanzauk, 300
Karlsruhe, 88
Kehrl, Maj.-General H., 9
Kennedy, Flt. Sgt. P. F., 313
Keppel, British destroyer, 60
Kerlin Bastard, 55
Kesselring, Field Marshal A., 213-15, 218, 220, 222, 229, 232-3
Kessler, Dr. L., 26
Khating, Capt., 330
Kiel, 17
Killoran, Wt. Off. J., 224
King, Admiral, E. J., 38
Kingston-McCloughry, Air Cdre. E. J., 86
Kleboe, Wg. Cdr. P. A., 203
Kluge, Field Marshal G. von, 127, 130, 132, 139
Komarom, 224
Kos, 252
Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach, Dr. G., 5
Kuckuck, German minelayer, 246
Kunkel, Hauptmann F., 54
–L–
La Caine, Chateau of, 122
La Pallice, 47
Lancaster, aircraft, 18, 27, 372, 406
Larnder, Grp. Capt. H., 138
Latour, Sect. Off. P., 182
Lawston, Plt. Off. W. T., 135
Leclerc, General J., 139
Lee, Flg. Off. L. B., 50
Leese, Lt.-General Sir Oliver W. H., Bart., 214, 348, 360
Leghorn, 214
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford L., 82, 84-7, 89, 94-5, 97, 106, 112, 114, 116, 128-31, 157, 163, 192, 199-200, 341, 396
Lentaigne, Maj.-General W. D. O., 337
Leopold Canal, 203
Leros, 252
Leuna, 266
Levant, Air Headquarters, 399, 401
Liberator, aircraft, 41, 299, 406, 408
Libya and the Western Desert, operations in, 376
Linz, 246
Lisieux, 136
Livock, Wg. Cdr. A. H. D., 114
Lloyd, Air Cdre. I. T., 62
Loire, River, bridges, 96, 128
Lola, Greek S.S., 252
London, 98-9, 156-7, 159, 164, 166-72, 174-6
Long-range fighter, 384
Long-Range Penetration Groups, 305, see also ‘Chindits’
Long-range shells (German), 171
Loosduinen, 173
Lord, Flt. Lt. D. S. A., V.C., 193-4
Lorient, 47
Lovegrove, Sqn. Ldr. R. W., 194
Lovett, R. A., 39
Lubbock, I., 169
Lubeck, 292
Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar R., 383
Luttwitz, Lt.-General H. F. von, 133
Lyons, 217
–M–
McGrath, Flt. Lt., 236-7
McGregor, Flt. Lt., 237, 247-8
MacLean, Brig. F. H. R., 237
Macmillan, The Rt. Hon. H., 395
McNair, Lt.-General L. J., 131
Magdeburg, 268
Maintenance Command, 20-21, 397-8, 400
Maintenance organization, Coastal Command, 62-3
‘Mallard’, operation, 113
‘Mallory Major’, operation, 214
Manchester, 168
‘Manna’, operation, 277-8
Manston, 264
Mantes-Gassicourt, 88
Marauder, aircraft, 406
‘Market’, operation, 192
Marquise-Mimoyecques, 146, 170-1
Marseilles, 217-8
Marshall, General G. C, 38, 80-1, 313
Martinvast, 146
‘Mastiff’, operation, 367
Meadkin, Wg. Cdr. H. J. W., 151
Medhurst, Air Marshal Sir Charles E. H., 397
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces:
Deputy Air Commanders-in-Chief, 397
Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force, 223
Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force, 215
Medmenham, 180
Meerbeck, 263
Megara, 243
Mellersh, Air Cdre. F. J. W., 341
Melos, 252
Merchant shipping, losses, 62
Merignac airfield, 55
Merrick, Sqn. Ldr. G, 107
Merrifield, Sqn. Ldr. J. R. H., 146
Merseburg (Leuna), 266
Merton, Sir Thomas R., 168
Messerschmitt aircraft (abbr. Me.): Me.109, 410; Me.110, 2, 410; Me.163, 410; Me.210, 410; Me.262, 206, 280, 410; Me.410, 410
Messervy, Maj.-General F. W., 317, 351, 353
Meteorological Service, 76-7, 103-5
‘Metox’, 56
Metz, 100
Meuse, River, bridges, 96
Middle East Command:
Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 397
Military Mission, No. 37, 237, 239
Mines, Minelaying:
British, 16-18, 225-7, 344, 346, 379-80, 403-5
Mobile Air Reporting Unit, No. 105, 174
Model, Field Marshal W., 139
Molotov, V. M., 81
Montbeliard, Peugeot works, 5
Montenegro, 238-9
Montgomery, Field Marshal Sir Bernard, 84, 129, 192, 200, 287-8, 292
Moore, Flg. Off. K. O., 124
Morgan, Lt.-General F. E., 79-81, 84
Morrison, The Rt. Hon. H. S., 170, 172
Moselle, River, bridges, 96
Mosquito, aircraft, 18, 65, 406-8
Mossel, Capt., 17, 48, 61-2, 96, 100, 156, 226-7
Mountbatten, Admiral The Lord Louis, 309, 313-14, 316-17, 323-4, 331, 333, 339-40, 342, 358, 361
Mulliner, Sqn. Ldr. R. W. L., 199
Munich, 28-9
Minister, 283-4
Musgrave, Flt. Lt. J. G., 142
Mustang, aircraft, 407
–N–
Nagasaki, 366
Napalm bombs, 354
Naxos, 252
‘Neptune’, operation, 86
Netherlands Air Force, 370, 371n
Neuss, 268
Night-fighter organization (German), 2, 11-12, 261-2
‘Noball’ sites, 151
Noisy-le-Sec, 88
Nordhausen, 276
Nordmann, Oberst K., 2
Norfolk House, 82
Normandy, landings in, 106-14
Norsk Hydro ‘Heavy Water’ plant, 182
Northern Ireland, Royal Air Force in, 398, 400
Norway, operations in, 1940, 375
Norwegian Air Force, 370, 371n
Norwich, 171
–O–
Oil installations, German, assault on, 260-1, 263-4, 266, 268-9, 387
Oise, River, bridges, 96
Oise Valley, caves, 162
Old, Brig. W. D., 296, 310, 318, 334, 338
‘Omaha’ beach, 111
Operation ‘C, 317
Operational Training Unit, No. 10 (det.), 50-1
Opladen, 266
Oppau, 144-5
Osijek, 224
‘Oslo report’, 142
Osnabruck, 283
Osorno, German motor vessel, 71
O’Sullivan, Sect. Off. M., 182
Otto Leonhardt, German S.S., 229
Otway, Lt.-Col. T. B. H., 108
‘Overlord’, operation, 81, 85-6
–P–
Palaiseau, 95
Palmer, Sqn. Ldr. R. A. M., V.C., 267
Panet, Brig. H. de L., 203
‘Parafex’, 354
Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith R., 306, 341-2, 350, 362-3, 397
Patch, Lt.-General A., 217
Pathfinder marking, 21-2
Peenemunde, 11, 143-7, 163-4, 169
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard E. C, 296, 298, 306, 310-12, 318, 328, 341, 383, 397
Peltz, Maj.-General D. G. M., 98-9, 387
Pesaro, 220
Petfurdo, 224
Peyton-Ward, Capt. D. V. (R.N.), 40
Pforzheim, 271
Photographic Reconnaissance, 71-5, 92-3, 146-7, 171, 345, 364, 379, 382-3
Photography, night, use in Bomber Command, 382-3
Piacenza, 214
Piatek, Capt., 70-1
‘Piccadilly’, 333
‘Piccadilly Hope A’, 247
‘Pick-a-back’ aircraft, 195
Pickard, Grp. Capt. P. C, 91, 181
Piedicolle, 220
Pietro Orseolo, Italian merchant vessel, 71
Pile, General Sir Frederick, 157-8, 166, 174
Planned Flying and Maintenance, 62-3
‘Plunder’, operation, 284
Plymouth, 99
Po, River, bridges, 214-5, 221, 232
Pohl, General E. R. von, 212
Pointblank directive, 3-4, 6, 14-15, 24, 27-30, 33
Poitiers, 126
Poland:
Operations in support of partisans, 239-41
Special operations to, 170, 183, 242
Politz, 268
Polyanthus, British corvette, 60
Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Lord, 47, 258-60, 374, 383, 389, 395
Postumia, 220
Potsdam, 276
Pound, Admiral of the Fleet Sir A. Dudley P. R., 41-2
Pring, Flt. Sgt. A. M. D., 296
Prisoners of war :
Escape of, 390-1
Evacuation of, 278, 291, 367-8
–Q–
Qantas Empire Airways, 188
–R–
Radar stations :
German, operations against, 93-5
India and Burma, 308
Radio-controlled glider bombs (German), 52, 61, 142
Railways, Italian, assault on, 228-9
Ramree Island, 350
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram H., 84
Ravenna, 219
Reid, Flt. Lt. W., V.C., 13-14
Rex, Italian S.S., 221
Reynolds, Wg. Cdr. R. W., 202
Rheine, 283-4
Rheydt, 266
Rhine, River, crossing of, 285
Rhodes, 252
Rhone, River, bridges, 216
‘Rhubarbs’, 302
Richter, Hauptsturmfuhrer, 149
Rilly 1a Montagne, 163
Robb, Air Marshal Sir James M., 88, 396
Roberts, Brig. M. R., 320-2
Rockets, German Long-range (V.2’s), 169-76, 242
Rolfe, Asst. Sect. Off. L., 182
Rome, 211
Rommel, Field Marshal E., 102, 121, 123, 127, 130, 298
Roosevelt, President F. D., 81
Rositz, 268
Rouen, 138
‘Round-Hammer’, operation, 81
‘Round-up’, operation, 81-2
Rovereto, 228
Royal Air Force:
Equipment (aircraft), 406-8
Losses (personnel), 392
Organization, 398-401
Strength (aircraft), 371, 375, 402
Strength (personnel), 371
Formations and units, see under respective titles
Royal Air Force Regiment, 117, 203, 243-4, 293, 356-7, 372
Royal Australian Air Force, 370, see also under Squadrons
Royal Canadian Air Force, 370, see also under Squadrons
Royal New Zealand Air Force, 370, see also under Squadrons
Royal Observer Corps, 158, 160
‘Rudge’, operation, 81
Rudling, Flg. Off. J. D., 312
Rundstedt, Field Marshal K. von, 174, 205-6
Russelsheim, 164
Russhon, Lt., 333
–S–
Safferey, Wg. Cdr. J. H., 72-4
St. Croix, Canadian destroyer, 60
St. Nazaire, 47
St. Pol, 126
Salt, Flg. Off. K. H., 222-3, 230
Samwell, Flt. Sgt. F. W., 142
Sandys, The Rt. Hon. D., 143, 145, 158, 169
San Michele, 228
Santee, U.S. escort carrier, 38
Saumur tunnel, 95
Saunders, Wg. Cdr. A. E., 360-1
Saur, O. K., 32
Scarlett-Streatfeild, Air Vice-Marshal J. R., 285
Scholven-Buer, 266
Schroeder, Lt.-Col. L. 191
Schwanmenauel dam, 266
Scott, Flg. Off. S., 267-8
Searby, Grp. Capt. J. H., 144
Seine, River:
Bombing of ferries, 138-9
Senger und Etterlin, General F. von, 232
Servicing Commandos and Construction Wings, 116-7
Nos. 3207 and 3209, 116
See also Airfield Construction Wings
Sherwood, Lord, 395
Shipping, see Merchant shipping, and Anti-shipping operations
Simpson, Plt. Off. K. M., 54
Sinclair, The Rt. Hon. Sir Archibald,
Sisak, 224
Sittang Bend, Battle of, 361-3
Slatter, Air Marshal Sir Leonard H., 65, 274, 396
‘Sledgehammer’, operation, 81
Slessor, Air Marshal Sir John C, 35-42, 46-9, 52-3, 55, 61-2, 64, 68, 237, 240-1, 395-7
Slim, General Sir William J., 340, 348, 358
Smith, Wt. Off. A. E., 193
Smuts, Field Marshal J. C, 158
Soest, 283
Sofia, 236
Solingen, 264
Somerfeld, Maj. H., 149
‘Sono Buoy’, 273-4
Sorley, Air Marshal Sir Ralph S., 395
South African Air Force, 370, see also under Squadrons
South-East Asia Command, 307, 309-10, see also Air Command, South-East Asia
Southampton, 168
Spaatz, General C, 85-7, 128, 259
Special Air Service (SAS) troops, 177-8, 290
Special duty operations, 178-84, 234-42, 247-8, 290
Speer, A., 22-3, 31-2, 264, 267, 269, 375
Spitfire, aircraft, 72, 299, 313, 372, 407
Squadrons:
Royal Air Force:
No. 1, 415
No. 4, 414
No. 5, 419
No. 16, 413
No. 17, 419
No. 19, 413
No. 20, 421
No. 22, 419
No. 26, 413
No. 27, 419
No. 28, 420
No. 29, 415
No. 31, 297, 302, 306, 336, 420
No. 33, 415
No. 37, 224
No. 39, 244
No. 41, 415
No. 44, 8
No. 47, 419
No. 56, 415
No. 57, 265
No. 58, 275
No. 63, 413
No. 64, 415
No. 65, 413
No. 66, 414
No. 67, 419
No. 68, 415
No. 74, 415
No. 80, 415
No. 83, 144
No. 84, 420
No. 89, 419
No. 91, 415
No. 99, 420
No. 107, 413
No. 108, 234
No. 117, 420
No. 118, 416
No. 122, 413
No. 125, 415
No. 126, 415
No. 127, 415
No. 129, 414
No. 130, 415
No. 131, 415
No. 132, 414
No. 135, 419
No. 137, 415
No. 140, 413
No. 149, 109
No. 151, 415
No. 155, 419
No. 159, 420
No. 165, 415
No. 168, 413
No. 176, 419
No. 177, 347
No. 178, 240
No. 184, 414
No. 190, 413
No. 191, 419
No. 196, 413
No. 203, 419
No. 205, 419
No. 210, 125
No. 212, 419
No. 216, 184
No. 217, 419
No. 218, 109
No. 219, 415
No. 222, 414
No. 228, 50
No. 233, 413
No. 234, 415
No. 238, 348
No. 240, 419
No. 244, 419
No. 255, 226
No. 259, 419
No. 260, 248
No. 262, 419
No. 264, 415
No. 268, 414
No. 269, 61
No. 274, 415
No. 275, 415
No. 276, 415
No. 277, 415
No. 275, 415
No. 292, 420
No. 294, 248
No. 296, 413
No. 297, 413
No. 298, 413
No. 299, 413
No. 302, 414
No. 303, 415
No. 306, 414
No. 507, 415
No. 308, 414
No. 309, 416
No. 310, 414
No. 312, 414
No. 575, 414
No. 315, 414
No. 317, 414
No. 321, 419
No. 322, 415
No. 329, 415
No. 330, 272
No. 331, 414
No. 332, 414
No. 333, 70
No. 340, 415
No. 341, 415
No. 542, 413
No. 345, 415
No. 349, 414
No. 350, 415
No. 354, 419
No. 355, 420
No. 356, 420
No. 357, 419
No. 504, 415
No. 510, 184
No. 577, 184
No. 540, 146
No. 541, 146
No. 544, 187
No. 547, 275-6
No. 582, 271
No. 604, 415
No. 610, 415
No. 611, 415
No. 617, 29, 109, 159, 196, 265, 271
No. 620, 413
No. 628, 419
No. 644, 413
Royal Air Force Regiment:
No. 2717, No. 2726, No. 2757, No 2777, No. 2816, 203
No. 2908, 243
No. 2933, 244
Royal Australian Air Force:
No. 455, 69-70
No. 456, 415
No. 461, 51-4
Royal Canadian Air Force:
No. 70, 60-1
No. 400, 413
No. 402, 415
No. 405, 414
No. 404, 113
No. 406, 415
No. 407, 68
No. 409, 415
No. 470, 415
No. 477, 414
No. 472, 414
No. 413, 419
No. 474, 413
No. 476, 414
No. 418, 415
No. 421, 414
No. 430, 413
Royal New Zealand Air Force:
No. 485, 414
No. 488, 415
No. 489, 69-70
Indian Air Force:
No. 1, 420
No. 4, 421
No. 6, 421
No. 5, 421
No. 9, 421
South African Air Force:
No. 25, 419
No. 57, 240
Fleet Air Arm:
No. 808, 413
No. 885, 413
No. 886, 413
No. 897, 413
United States Army Air Forces:
Antisubmarine: 4th, 42; 19th, 42
Bombardment: 9th, 81st, 82nd, 83rd, 434th, 436th, 490th, 492nd, 493rd, 420
Combat Cargo: 9th, 10th, 12th, 420
Fighter: 88th, 89th, 90th, 420; 459th, 421
Fighter-Bomber: 528th, 529th, 530th, 420
Night Fighter: 422nd, 423rd, 425th, 416
Pathfinder: 1st, 416
Photographic Reconnaissance: 9th, 20th, 24th, 419
Troop Carrier: 1st, 2nd, 11th, 420; 51st, 247; 315th, 420
United States Navy:
128th, 60
Stagg, Grp. Capt. J. M., 103-5, 115
Stalag Luft III, mass escape from, 390-1
Stansgate, The Rt. Hon. Viscount 395
Starling, British sloop, 51
Stembridge, Flg. Off. P. H., 48
Steventon, Wg. Cdr. D. W., 187
Stilwell, General J. W., 310, 313-14, 323, 332-3, 337-8
Stimson, H. L., 38-9
‘Stipple’, 40
Stirling, aircraft. 18, 27, 406
Storrar, Sqn. Ldr. J., 117
Strachey, E. J. St. L., 395
Strategic Air Force, 310, 341, 399, 401, 418, 420
Stratemeyer, Maj.-General G., 310
Street, Sir Arthur W., 374, 395
Street, Lt.-Col. V. W., 236
Sturrock, Flt. Off. S. A., 182
Sultan, Lt.-General D. I., 347, 351
Supply operations, see Air supply and transport operations
Sutton, Air Marshal Sir Bertine E., 395
Swales, Capt. E., V.C., 271
Swanscombe, 157
Swinemunde, 143
Szaajer, Flg. Off. K., 242
–T–
Tactical Air Forces:
Second:
Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, 396
Order of Battle, June 1944, 412-5
Third:
Tactical Air Support:
Organization, 119-20, 135-6, 352
Use of heavy bombers, 129-31, 284-5
Taglio, 214
Tait, Wg. Cdr. J. B., 196, 265
Tait, Air Vice-Marshal V. H., 93
Tanahaski, Col. 318
Tank, Professor K., 293
Taranto, Italian cruiser, 221
Tarvisio, 220
‘Taxable’, operation, 109
Taylor, Flt. Lt. J. T., 362
Technical Training Command, 397-8, 400
Tedder, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur W., 83-4, 86-8, 158-9, 164, 200, 281, 283, 389, 396
Telecommunications Research Establishment, 374
Tempest, aircraft, 407
Tempsford, 178
Thiel, Dr., 145
Thompson, Flt. Sgt. G., V.C., 267
Thunderbolt, aircraft, 407
‘Thursday’, operation, 331-2, 334, see also Chindits
Tirpitz, German battleship, 263, 265
Tito, Marshal J. B., 235-8, 244-5, 247
Tocqueville, 152
Torpedo, acoustic, 58
Torre Beretti, 221
Toulon, 216-8
Tours, 95
Training, flying, see Flying training
Transport Command, 184-9, 191-2, 397-8, 400
‘Transportation Plan’, 87-9, 92, 95-6, 100, 387
Trappes, 87-8
Trasimene, Lake, 213-4
Trenchard, Marshal of the Royal Air Force The Viscount, 373, 375, 389
Trier, 264
Trieste, 224
Trigg, Flg. Off. L. A., V.C., 64
Troisdorf, 266
Troissy St. Maximin, 164
Troop Carrier Command, 310, 341
Turner, Flt. Lt. R. T. F., 195
Typhoon, aircraft, 407
–U–
U-boat shelters, 47
U-boats:
German strength: 273-4
Number destroyed by Allied forces, 276, 403-4
U.135, 57
U.185, 50-1
U.202, 57
U.304, 63-4
U.336, 59-60
U.426, 49
U.454, 34
U.461, 52
U.468, 64
U.506, 57
U.523, 57
U.564, 50-1
U.665, 48
U.852, 256
U.1225, 124
United States Army Air Forces:
XAir Force, 310, 341, 349, 418, 420
See also under Commands, Wings, Groups and Squadrons Urft Dam, 266
–V–
V.1, see Flying bombs
V.2, see Rockets, German, long-range
Vaires-sur-Marne, 88
Vandenberg, General H., 90n
‘Varsity’, operation, 284
Veere, 198
Veitch, Lt. R. H., 248-9
Vengeance, aircraft, 308
‘Veritable’, operation, 279
Verona, 228
Versailles, 95
Vienna, 246
Vietinghoff, General O. H. von, 222, 229, 231-2
Villa Perosa, 26
Villeneuve-St.-Georges, 88
Vimoutiers, 135
Vincent, Air Vice-Marshal S. F., 329, 341
Vivant, M., 91
–W–
Wachtel, Col. M., 146, 148-9, 152-6, 162-3, 166-7
Wagener, Maj.-General O., 253
Wagenfuehr, Dr. R., 32
Walker, Flt. Lt. C. B., 53-4
Walker, Capt. F. J. (R.N.), 51
Waller, Capt. J., 363
Walter, Col. E., 149
Walters, Asst. Sect. Off. A. M., 182
Wannop, Flt. Lt. R. E., 277-8
Warne-Browne, Air Cdre. T. A., 62
Warsaw, 239-41
Warspite, British battleship, 111
Warwick, aircraft, 408
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert A., 174
Watten, 143, 145-6, 159, 170-1
Wavell, Maj. A. J. A., 303
Wavell, Field Marshal The Viscount, 296-300
Weighill, Flt. Lt. R. H. G., 79, 111
Wellington, aircraft, 406, 408
Wellington Barracks, 164
Wiener Neustadt, 224
Wildermuth, Col. E., 190
Wild Goose, British sloop, 51-2
‘Wildhorn III’, operation, 241
Wilhelmsburg, 7
Wilhelmshaven, 263
Williams, Air Vice-Marshal T. M., 298
Wingate, Maj.-General O. C, 302-3, 305, 331-4, 336
Wings:
Royal Air Force:
No. 35, 92, 138, 279, 288, 412, 414
No. 112, 185
No. 113, 185
No. 122, 412-3
No. 140, 412-3
No. 171, 418-9
No. 179, 184-5
No. 248, 399
No. 251, 399
No. 253, 401
No. 254, 401
No. 283, 401
No. 285, 401
No. 286, 401
No. 293, 418-9
No. 322, 399
No. 323, 401
No. 325, 399
No. 328, 399
No. 332, 401
No. 334, 236, 241, 245, 399, 401
No. 340, 401
No. 906, 352
No. 1313, 203
Royal Canadian Air Force:
South African Air Force:
No. 8, 401
United States Army Air Forces:
62nd, 399
63rd, 399
64th, 399
87th, 399
Winslow, Flg. Off. T. B., 92
Wireless Observer Units, 308
Wise, Wg. Cdr. S. G., 310
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, 346, 372
Woodbridge, 264-5
Woodpecker, British sloop, 51-2
–Y–
Yates, Col. D. N., 103
Yeo-Thomas, Wg. Cdr. R, 182
Yugoslavia, operations in support of partisan army, 183, 234-9, 244-7, 250
–Z–
Zeitz, 268
Zeus, Greek S.S., 252
‘Zipper’, operation, 366
Zuckerman, Professor S., 86, 96
Zwolle, 284