Index

–A–

Aachen, 5, 100

Aarhus, 201-2

‘Aberdeen’, 336

Abraham, Sir John, 187

Accra, 186

Aden:

Air Headquarters, 254

British Forces in, 399, 401

Gulf of, operations in, 254, 256-7

‘Admin Box’, 317-19

Aegean Islands, 242, 251-3

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 Commandos, 332, 337

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/Sea Rescue, 75-6, 248-50

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

Amiens, 91, 126, 139

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

Antwerp, 172, 174, 196, 199

‘Anvil’, operation, 126, 215

‘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

V, 219, 230;

VIII, 288, 292;

XII, 288;

XV, 311, 314, 322, 347, 360

XXX, 196, 279, 288;

XXXIII, 324, 338, 350-6, 359

Divisions:

1st Airborne, 171, 191-2

2nd, 314-5, 327, 339;

2nd New Zealand, 230

3rd, 129;

5th Indian, 318, 323-4, 328, 339;

6th Airborne, 106-7, 113, 282, 285-6, 292;

7th Indian, 317-8, 320, 324;

8th Indian, 230;

17th Indian, 323, 327, 361;

20th Indian, 350;

23rd Indian, 324;

26th Indian, 360-1;

51st, 280, 285;

52nd, 196;

81st West African, 315, 322

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:

2nd, 203, 290

3rd, 129

Army, Chinese:

50th Division, 337

Army, Free French:

Armoured Division, 139;

4th Parachute Battalion, 177

Army, German:

Corps:

XIV, 232;

LXV, 149, 154-5;

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;

82nd Airborne, 106-7, 192;

101st Airborne, 106, 192

Arnhem, 171, 191-5, 291, 391

Arnold, General H. H., 25

Arnsberg, 271

Arras, 126

Ascension, British frigate, 272

Ashford, Flg. Off. D. M., 92

ASV, 41, 46, 48-9, 55-8

German countermeasures, 55-6

Athabaskan, British destroyer, 52

Athens, 236, 243-4

Atlantic Convoys Conference, 36-7, 45

Atomic bomb, 182, 366

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

Belgian Air Force, 370, 371n

Belgium:

Operations in. 139-41, 196, 199, 203, 205-7

Special operations to, 182

Belgrade, 224, 244

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

Bielefeld, 271, 283

‘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

Organization, 19, 398, 400

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

Boulogne, 125, 190-1

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

Brabner, Cdr. R. A., 187, 395

Bradley, Wg. Cdr. J. B. G., 349

Brandt, Oberleutnant F., 2, 28

Brant, R. E., 86

‘Brassard’, operation, 212

Bremen, 263, 284, 288

Brenner Pass, 220, 228

Brereton, Lt.-General L., 90, 282

Breskens, 198-9

Brest, 18, 47

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

Brussels, 119, 139

Buchenwald, 164, 171

Budapest, 224, 245

Bulolo, British control ship, 112, 114

Burma, see India and Burma

Burr, Flt. Lt. R., 8

Bussum, 284

Buthidaung, 300, 314-15, 322

–C–

‘Cab Rank’, 119-20, 135

Caen, 128-30

Calais, 191

Calcutta, 295-6, 312

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

Cherbourg, 123, 128

Cherwell, Lord, 144

Cheshire, Grp. Capt. G. L., V.C., 28-9, 109

Chindits:

First expedition, 302-5

Second expedition, 314, 331-7

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

Organization, 66, 398, 400

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.:

IX Bomber, 412, 416

IX Tactical Air, 412, 416

IX Troop Carrier, 412, 416-7

XII Fighter, 221, 228

XII Tactical Air, 213, 215, 221, 228, 399

XIX Tactical Air, 412, 416

XXII Tactical Air, 228, 401

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. 202, 60

ON.204, 59

ONS.5, 45

ONS.18, 60

SC.122, 43-5

SC. 130, 45

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

Dinah, aircraft, 312, 411

‘Diver’, 157, 167

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, 263, 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

Dresden, 6, 269-71

Dring, Wg. Cdr. W., 135

Drummond, Air Marshal Sir Peter K. M., 187, 395

Duisburg, 258, 261-2, 268

Dülmen, 283

Durston, Air Marshal A., 36-7, 45, 341

Düsseldorf, 13-14, 263

–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

Organization, 310, 399, 401

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

Essen, 5, 263, 266, 283

Evans, Brig. F. W., 342, 348

Evans, Cdr. M. J., 60

Evill, Air Marshal Sir Douglas C. S., 395

–F–

Falaise, 116, 131, 133, 137

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

No. 1586, 183, 236, 240-1

‘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, 18-9, 371-2

Flying Training Command, 397-8, 400

Focke-Wulf aircraft (abbr. F.W.):

F.W.190, 1-2, 372, 410

Foggia, 14-15

Force 136, 362-3

Force 399, 237

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 Air Force, 370, 371n

French Resistance Movement, 27

Friedrichshafen, 5, 144-5

–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

Gee, 4, 13, 261, 384

Gelsenkirchen, 268

Genoa, 11, 231

George VI, H.M. King, 122, 187

German Air Force:

Equipment (aircraft), 409-10

Strength (aircraft), 293, 375-6, 402

Formations and Units:

Luftflotte 2, 212

Luftflotte 3, 112, 126-7

Fliegerkorps IX, 98

Fliegerfuhrer Atlantik, 54, 61

Kampfgeschwader: 6, 54; 53, 168

Germany, operations in, 279-94, 377-8

GH, 14, 261, 264

Gibraltar, 38, 398, 400

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

Goring, H., 26, 31, 277

‘Gothic Line’, 213-5, 218-21

‘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. 8, 18, 57, 129

No. 10, 55, 412, 415

No. 11, 112-3, 115, 158, 165, 412, 415

No. 12, 172, 412, 415

No. 13, 412, 416

No. 15, 65-6, 101, 274

No. 16, 66, 70

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. 100, 171, 261-2

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. 225, 299, 418-9

No. 226, 299

No. 227, 299

No. 229, 185, 418-9

No. 231, 418, 420

See also Command Organization, 398-401

United States Army Air Forces:

Bombardment

7th, 418, 420

12th, 418, 420

322nd, 323rd, 344th, 386th, 387th, 391st, 394th, 397th, 409th, 410th, 416th, 412, 416

Combat Cargo: 3rd, 418, 420

Fighter: 80th, 418, 420

Fighter Bomber

36th, 48th, 50th, 412, 416

311th, 418, 420

354th, 358th, 362nd, 363rd, 365th, 366th, 367th, 368th, 370th, 371st, 373rd, 404th, 405th, 406th, 474th, 412, 416

Photographic

8th, 418-9

10th, 412, 416

Tactical Reconnaissance: 67th, 412, 416

Troop Carrier: 60th, 237, 23

61st, 412, 417

62nd, 236

313rd, 314th, 315th, 316th, 434th, 435th, 436th, 437th, 438th, 412, 417

439th, 440th, 441st, 442nd, 412, 416

443rd, 418, 420

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

Hanover, 2, 283

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

Heligoland, 17, 277

‘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–

Iceland, 398, 400

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

Air Headquarters, 399, 401

See also Air Command, South-East Asia

India and Burma, operations in, 295-368, 378

Indian Air Force, 299, 306

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

Strength (aircraft), 311, 343

Johnson, Air Vice-Marshal G. O., 42

Jones, H. A., 187

Joubert de la Ferte, Air Chief Marshal

Sir Philip B., 36, 62-3

Junkers aircraft (abbr. Ju.): Ju.88, 2, 409-10; Ju.188, 409

Juvisy, 88, 95

–K–

Kamen, 3, 268

Kanzauk, 300

Karlsruhe, 88

Kassel, 13, 24

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

Kimura, General, 354, 356

King, Admiral, E. J., 38

Kingston-McCloughry, Air Cdre. E. J., 86

Kite, British sloop, 34, 51-2

Kleboe, Wg. Cdr. P. A., 203

Kluge, Field Marshal G. von, 127, 130, 132, 139

Kohima, 324-7, 332, 338

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

Ledo Road, 338, 358

Lee, Flg. Off. L. B., 50

Leese, Lt.-General Sir Oliver W. H., Bart., 214, 348, 360

Leghorn, 214

Le Havre, 125, 140, 190

Leigh Light, 43, 46-8, 55, 65

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

Leipzig, 27, 128, 276

Le Mans, 88, 133

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

‘Little Blitz’, 98-9, 387

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

Ludwigshafen, 144-5, 266

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

Malta, 399, 401

Manchester, 168

Mandalay, 352, 357-8

‘Manna’, operation, 277-8

Mannheim, 11, 13, 21, 262

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

Maungdaw, 300, 308, 314-5

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

Organization, 399, 401

Mediterranean Allied Strategic Air Force, 223

Mediterranean Allied Tactical Air Force, 215

Medmenham, 180

Meerbeck, 263

Megara, 243

Meiktila, 351, 353-7

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

Merville, 108, 110

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

Meteor, aircraft, 290, 407

Meteorological Service, 76-7, 103-5

‘Metox’, 56

Metz, 100

Meuse, River, bridges, 96

Middle East Command:

Air Officers Commanding-in-Chief, 397

Organization, 399, 401

Milan, 11, 231

Military Mission, No. 37, 237, 239

Mines, Minelaying:

British, 16-18, 225-7, 344, 346, 379-80, 403-5

German, 115, 127

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

Moroccan Sea Frontier, 39, 65

Morrison, The Rt. Hon. H. S., 170, 172

Mortain, 132, 141

Moselle, River, bridges, 96

Mosquito, aircraft, 18, 65, 406-8

Mossel, Capt., 17, 48, 61-2, 96, 100, 156, 226-7

Moulmein, 316, 343-4

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

Myitkyina, 308, 338

–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

Nijmegen, 192, 195

‘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

Nucourt, 158-9, 163

Nuremburg, 11, 24, 28, 263

–O–

‘Oboe’, 4, 13, 24, 384

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

Paris, 25, 126, 139

Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith R., 306, 341-2, 350, 362-3, 397

Patch, Lt.-General A., 217

Pathfinder marking, 21-2

Patton, General G., 132, 217

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

Ploesti, 15, 224

‘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

Polish Air Force, 370, 371n

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

Quebec Conference, 84, 309

–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

Rangoon, 316, 350, 358-61

Ravenna, 219

Razabil, 308, 322

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

Rocket projectiles, 69, 407-8

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

Rotterdam, 69-70, 175, 277

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. Leu d’Esserent, 162, 164

St. Nazaire, 47

St. Pol, 126

St. Vith, 206, 266

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

Schnorkel, 56, 58-9, 272-3

Scholven-Buer, 266

Schroeder, Lt.-Col. L. 191

Schwanmenauel dam, 266

Schweinfurt, 14, 24-7

Scott, Flg. Off. S., 267-8

Searby, Grp. Capt. J. H., 144

Seine, River:

Bombing of bridges, 96, 128

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,

Bart., 25, 374, 395

Siracourt, 146, 170

Sisak, 224

Sittang Bend, Battle of, 361-3

‘Ski’ sites, 146-8, 150, 163

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. 2, 79, 111, 414

No. 3, 169, 415

No. 4, 414

No. 5, 419

No. 8, 254, 419

No. 9, 265, 267

No. 11, 306, 420

No. 16, 413

No. 17, 419

No. 19, 413

No. 20, 421

No. 21, 91, 152, 202, 413

No. 22, 419

No. 24, 184, 187

No. 25, 168, 415

No. 26, 413

No. 27, 419

No. 28, 420

No. 29, 415

No. 31, 297, 302, 306, 336, 420

No. 33, 415

No. 34, 306, 420

No. 37, 224

No. 39, 244

No. 41, 415

No. 42, 306, 362, 420

No. 44, 8

No. 47, 419

No. 48, 108, 413

No. 56, 415

No. 57, 265

No. 58, 275

No. 59, 41, 61

No. 60, 306, 420

No. 61, 13, 264

No. 62, 315-6, 420

No. 63, 413

No. 64, 415

No. 65, 413

No. 66, 414

No. 67, 419

No. 68, 415

No. 69, 138, 413

No. 74, 415

No. 80, 415

No. 81, 313, 420

No. 83, 144

No. 84, 420

No. 86, 41, 61, 71, 276

No. 88, 90, 413

No. 89, 419

No. 91, 415

No. 96, 169, 415

No. 98, 122, 413

No. 99, 420

No. 107, 413

No. 108, 234

No. 113, 306. 420

No. 117, 420

No. 118, 416

No. 120, 41, 44-5, 60-1, 63

No. 122, 413

No. 124, 174, 415

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. 136, 306, 312, 421

No. 137, 415

No. 138, 109, 178, 184

No. 140, 413

No. 143, 55, 68, 276

No. 144, 69, 113

No. 148, 183-4, 234, 236, 240

No. 149, 109

No. 151, 415

No. 152, 313, 421

No. 155, 419

No. 159, 420

No. 160, 306, 346, 419

No. 161, 109, 178, 181, 184

No. 164, 135, 414

No. 165, 415

No. 168, 413

No. 172, 41, 48

No. 174, 94, 413

No. 175, 94, 413

No. 176, 419

No. 177, 347

No. 178, 240

No. 180, 122, 413

No. 181, 122, 414

No. 182, 122, 414

No. 183, 135, 199, 414

No. 184, 414

No. 190, 413

No. 191, 419

No. 193, 201, 415

No. 194, 302, 307, 323-4, 420

No. 196, 413

No. 197, 201, 415

No. 198, 94, 135, 414

No. 200, 64, 419

No. 201, 44, 70-1

No. 203, 419

No. 205, 419

No. 206, 68, 272, 275-6

No. 209, 254, 419

No. 210, 125

No. 211, 347, 421

No. 212, 419

No. 216, 184

No. 217, 419

No. 218, 109

No. 219, 415

No. 220, 68, 272

No. 222, 414

No. 224, 41, 124, 272, 276

No. 226, 121-2, 413

No. 228, 50

No. 229, 173, 415

No. 230, 248, 419

No. 233, 413

No. 234, 415

No. 235, 55, 276

No. 236, 68, 276

No. 238, 348

No. 240, 419

No. 244, 419

No. 245, 94, 122, 413

No. 247, 122, 414

No. 248, 55, 65, 113, 276

No. 254, 68, 71, 276

No. 255, 226

No. 257, 201, 415

No. 259, 419

No. 260, 248

No. 262, 419

No. 263, 201, 415

No. 264, 415

No. 265, 254, 419

No. 266, 201, 415

No. 267, 239, 241-2, 348

No. 268, 414

No. 269, 61

No. 271, 108, 184, 193, 413

No. 273, 363, 419

No. 274, 415

No. 275, 415

No. 276, 415

No. 277, 415

No. 275, 415

No. 292, 420

No. 294, 248

No. 295, 107, 413

No. 296, 413

No. 297, 413

No. 298, 413

No. 299, 413

No. 302, 414

No. 303, 415

No. 304, 55, 64

No. 305, 123, 413

No. 306, 414

No. 507, 415

No. 308, 414

No. 309, 416

No. 310, 414

No. 311, 70-1, 276

No. 312, 414

No. 575, 414

No. 315, 414

No. 316, 165, 415

No. 317, 414

No. 320, 68, 122, 279, 413

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. 353, 307, 419

No. 354, 419

No. 355, 420

No. 356, 420

No. 357, 419

No. 507, 169, 415

No. 502, 51, 275

No. 504, 415

No. 510, 184

No. 577, 184

No. 512, 108, 413

No. 540, 146

No. 541, 146

No. 544, 187

No. 547, 275-6

No. 570, 107, 413

No. 575, 193, 413

No. 582, 271

No. 602, 121, 173, 175, 414

No. 604, 415

No. 605, 142, 415

No. 607, 306, 312, 363, 420

No. 609, 94, 135, 414

No. 610, 415

No. 611, 415

No. 613, 91-2, 413

No. 615, 306, 312, 365, 420

No. 616. 290, 292, 415

No. 617, 29, 109, 159, 196, 265, 271

No. 620, 413

No. 621, 254, 419

No. 624, 178, 181, 183-4, 236

No. 628, 419

No. 644, 413

No. 681, 345, 364, 367, 419

No. 684, 345, 419

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. 10, 34, 49

No. 453, 173, 414

No. 455, 69-70

No. 456, 415

No. 461, 51-4

No. 464, 91, 202, 413

Royal Canadian Air Force:

No. 70, 60-1

No. 762, 42, 124

No. 400, 413

No. 407, 206, 414

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. 422, 42, 71

No. 425, 42, 61, 272

No. 430, 413

No. 438, 210, 414

No. 439, 210, 414

No. 440, 210, 414

No. 447, 94, 117n, 414

No. 442, 94, 117n, 414

No. 445, 94, 117n, 414

Royal New Zealand Air Force:

No. 485, 414

No. 486, 169, 415

No. 487, 91, 202, 413

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

Stark, Admiral H. R., 35, 42

Starling, British sloop, 51

Stembridge, Flg. Off. P. H., 48

Sterkrade, 263, 287

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

Strike Wings, 68-70, 125

Sturrock, Flt. Off. S. A., 182

Stuttgart, 263, 268

Sultan, Lt.-General D. I., 347, 351

Sunderland, aircraft, 49, 408

Supply operations, see Air supply and transport operations

Sutton, Air Marshal Sir Bertine E., 395

Swales, Capt. E., V.C., 271

Swanscombe, 157

Swebo Plain, 340, 350, 352

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

Organization, 85, 398, 400

Third:

Order of Battle, 418, 420-1

Organization, 310, 341, 399

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

The Hague, 91-2, 172-5, 277

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

Turin, 5, 11, 26

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

Types of, 58-9, 274

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

Udine, 229, 231

United States Army Air Forces:

IX Air Force, 85, 412, 416-7

XAir Force, 310, 341, 349, 418, 420

XV Air Force, 223, 243

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

Venice, 229, 231

‘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

Villers Bocage, 129, 140

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

Walcheren, 196-9, 263

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

Wanne Eikel, 258, 263, 268

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

Wesel, 264, 281, 284-6

West Africa Command, 399, 401

Westkapelle, 196, 198

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

‘Window’, 7, 11, 29, 109, 384

Wingate, Maj.-General O. C, 302-3, 305, 331-4, 336

Wings:

Royal Air Force:

No. 34, 89, 288, 412-3

No. 35, 92, 138, 279, 288, 412, 414

No. 39, 288, 412-3

No. 106, 72, 74-5

No. 112, 185

No. 113, 185

No. 114, 399, 401

No. 121, 284, 286, 412-3

No. 122, 412-3

No. 123, 412, 414

No. 124, 286, 412, 414

No. 125, 288, 412, 414

No. 129, 412, 414

No. 131, 286, 412, 414

No. 132, 286, 412, 414

No. 133, 412, 414

No. 134, 412, 414

No. 135, 412, 414

No. 136, 412, 414

No. 137, 175, 412-3

No. 138, 119, 150, 412-3

No. 139, 175, 412-3

No. 140, 412-3

No. 145, 286, 412, 415

No. 146, 201, 412, 415

No. 165, 418, 421

No. 166, 418, 421

No. 167, 418, 421

No. 168, 418, 420

No. 169, 418, 421

No. 170, 418, 420

No. 171, 418-9

No. 175, 418, 420

No. 177, 418, 420

No. 179, 184-5

No. 184, 418, 420

No. 185, 418, 420

No. 232, 399, 401

No. 239, 399, 401

No. 243, 418, 420

No. 244, 399, 401

No. 246, 399, 401

No. 248, 399

No. 251, 399

No. 253, 401

No. 254, 401

No. 258, 399, 401

No. 281, 247, 401

No. 283, 401

No. 285, 401

No. 286, 401

No. 287, 399, 401

No. 293, 418-9

No. 295, 399, 401

No. 298, 399, 401

No. 322, 399

No. 323, 401

No. 324, 399, 401

No. 325, 399

No. 328, 399

No. 332, 401

No. 334, 236, 241, 245, 399, 401

No. 335, 399, 401

No. 336, 399, 401

No. 337, 399, 401

No. 338, 399, 401

No. 340, 401

No. 906, 352

No. 1313, 203

Royal Canadian Air Force:

No. 126, 284, 412, 414

No. 127, 412, 414

No. 143, 412, 414

No. 144, 117, 412, 414

South African Air Force:

No. 3, 399, 401

No. 7, 399, 401

No. 8, 401

United States Army Air Forces:

50th, 412, 416

52nd, 412, 417

53rd, 412, 417

62nd, 399

63rd, 399

64th, 399

70th, 412, 416

71st, 412, 416

84th, 212-3, 412, 416

87th, 399

97th, 412, 416

98th, 412, 416

99th, 412, 416

100th, 412, 416

303rd, 412, 416

Winslow, Flg. Off. T. B., 92

Wireless Observer Units, 308

Wise, Wg. Cdr. S. G., 310

Wizernes, 143, 146, 170-1

Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, 346, 372

Woodbridge, 264-5

Woodpecker, British sloop, 51-2

Wren, British sloop, 34, 51-2

–Y–

Yates, Col. D. N., 103

Yenangyaung, 316, 352

Yeo-Thomas, Wg. Cdr. R, 182

Yugoslav Air Force, 370, 371n

Yugoslavia, operations in support of partisan army, 183, 234-9, 244-7, 250

–Z–

Zeitz, 268

Zempin, 145, 147-8

Zeus, Greek S.S., 252

‘Zipper’, operation, 366

Zuckerman, Professor S., 86, 96

Zwolle, 284