INDEX

Aachen, 5, 100

Aarhus, 201-2

'Aberdeen', 336

Abraham, Sir John, 187

Accra, 186

Aden:

'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:

Air Commanders, 396-7

Air Commandos, 332, 337

Air Council, Members of, 395

Air Defence of Great Britain:

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:

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:

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:

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:

--428--

Army, Canadian:

Army, Chinese:

Army, Free French:

Army, German:

Army, Japanese:

Army, Polish:

Army, United States:

--429--

Beauvoir, 157

Belgian Air Force, 370, 371n

Belgium:

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

Böhlen, 268

Bois Carré, 146-7

Bois de Cassan, 164

'Bolero', operation, 38

Bologna, 231

Bomb Target Committee, 4

Bomber Command:

Bombing policy, 3-5, 14-16, 258-60, 271, 381-4

Bombs:

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

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Chauk, 316

Chelmsford, 174

Chemnitz, 268

Cherbourg, 123, 128

Cherwell, Lord, 144

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

Chindits:

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:

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:

Commands, U.S.A.A.F.:

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:

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:

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

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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:

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:

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:

Fighter Interception Unit, 415

'Flashpoint', operation, 284

Fleming-Williams, Flt. Lt. D. C, 63-4

Flights:

'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.):

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:

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

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'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:

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

Gobbels, 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:

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:

Gyldenfeldt, Col. G. von, 155

Gyor, 224

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--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:

Hollinghursl, 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:

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:

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

--434--

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:

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:

--435--

Milan, 11, 231

Military Mission, No. 37, 237, 239

Mines, Minelaying:

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

--436--

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:

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 :

--Q--

Qantas Empire Airways, 188

Quebec Conference, 84, 309

--R--

Radar stations :

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:

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

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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

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Seine, River:

Senger und Etterlin, General F. von, 232

Servicing Commandos and Construction Wings, 116-7:

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 (S.A.S.) 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:

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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

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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

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Tactical Air Forces:

Tactical Air Support:

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

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U-boat shelters, 47

U-boats:

Udine, 229, 231

United States Army Air Forces:

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'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

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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:

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

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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

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Zeitz, 268

Zempin, 145, 147-8

Zeus, Greek S.S., 252

'Zipper', operation, 366

Zuckerman, Professor S., 86, 96

Zwolle, 284

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