Maps showing Group and Sector boundaries in WW2
APPENDIX 6
Map showing locations of Fg Off R P Stevens’ air victories
APPENDIX 7
Maps showing Group and Sector boundaries in WW2
APPENDIX 8
Abbreviations used in text
1/Lt First Lieutenant
2/Lt Second Lieutenant
AA Anti-aircraft gun(fire)
AC Aircraftman
AC1 Aircraftman First Class
ACM Air Chief Marshal
AG Air Gunner
AHB Air Historical Branch (of MOD)
AI Airborne Interception (radar)
Air Cdre Air Commodore
AM Air Marshal
AMES Air Ministry Experimental Station (radar)
AOC Air Officer Commanding
Aus Australia(n)
AVM Air Vice-Marshal
BAT Beam Approach Training
BG Bombardment (Bomb) Group (US)
Can Canada(ian)
Capt Captain
CBE Commander of the Order of the British Empire
CGS Central Gunnery School
C-in-C Commander-in-Chief
CO Commanding Officer
Cpl Corporal
CU Conversion Unit
DH de Havilland
E/A Enemy aircraft
Fg Off Flying Officer
Flt Flight
Flt Lt Flight Lieutenant
Flt Sgt Flight Sergeant
Fr France (French)
FRS Fellow of the Royal Society
FTS Flying Training School
Fw Feldwebel
GCI Ground Controlled Interception
Gp Capt Group Captain
HCU Heavy Conversion Unit
HD Home defence
HE High explosive
Hptmn Hauptmann
Kptlt Kapitänleutnant
KG Kampfgeschwader (Bomber Wing)
LAC Leading Aircraftman
Lt Lieutenant or Leutnant
Lt-z-S Leutnant-zur-See
Maj Major
Mk Mark
MOD Ministry of Defence
MU Maintenance Unit
n/a not applicable
n/k not known
Nav/Rad Navigator (Radio), navigator/airborne radar operator
NF Night fighter
NFT Night flying test
NJG Nachtjagdgeschwader (Night Fighter Wing)
NZ New Zealand(er)
Oblt-z-S Oberleutnant-zur-See
Ofw Oberfeldwebel
Ogefr Obergefreiter
ORB Operational Record Book
(P)AFU (Pilot) Advanced Flying Unit
Plt Off Pilot Officer
PPI Plan Position Indicator
PRU Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
Q-site Decoy airfield lighting installation
R/T Radio Telephony
RCM Radio countermeasures
RFC Royal Flying Corps
RLG Relief landing ground
RNAS Royal Naval Air Service
RO Observer (Radio), (airborne radar operator)
RR Rolls-Royce
S/Lt Sous Lieutenant (Fr)
S/M Sous Matelot (Fr)
Sgt Sergeant
S/L Searchlight
Sqn Squadron
Sqn Ldr Squadron Leader
Sub Lt Sub-Lieutenant
u/i unidentified
Uffz Unteroffizier
wk nr werke nummer (production number)
W/T Wireless Telegraphy
Wg Cdr Wing Commander
WingCo ,, ,,
WIDU Wireless Intelligence Development Unit
WO Warrant Officer
WOp/AG Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
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Index
NAMES
Adams, Flt Lt Jack 68-9
Adams, Sqn Ldr 47
AEG-Mayer 109
Aikens, Sqn Ldr 84
Aitken, Wg Cdr Max 130
Alington, Sqn Ldr William 142-3
Allan, 2/Lt D 36
Allen, Michael 86
Altmeyer, Fw 57
Amberger, Fw Karl 13
Anderson, Flt Sgt 157
Anderson, Plt Off Donald 71
Arnim, Oblt Joachim von 15-6
Arnscheid, Uffz H 139
Ashworth, Sgt Jack 71
Atcherley, Gp Capt Richard 84
Atcherley, Wg Cdr David 106-7, 120
Auer, Uffz L 80
Bachfelden, Lt Alfred von 58
Bahner, Uffz Helmut 120
Bahr, Fw 48
Bainbridge, Sgt Bill 123
Ballantyne, Flt Lt 128, 136
Ballas-Andersen, Fg Off Konstantine 18
Banister, Fg Off James 157
Barbour, Fg Off R L J 155
Barnett, Plt Off S S 81
Barratt, Sgt 153
Barritt, Plt Off Roy 16
Beale, Sgt Albert 57, 121, 123, 127-8
Bechgaard, Plt Off Ole 90
Bechthold, Ofw V 136
Becker, Uffz Adam 106
Beetz, Obgefr Wilhelm 104
Behnke, Admiral von 28
Bell, AC2 Derek 12-3
Bell, Fg Off Charles 65
Bell, Sgt 82
Bennett, Plt Off G E 143
Bennett, Sgt N O 81
Bennett, Sgt S 104
Bent, Sgt Benjamin 107, 116, 120
Berg, Gefr W 145
Bergemann, Hptmn Hans 92-4
Beul, Uffz Heinrich 8, 20-4
Bevis, Ivan 108
Bichard, Sgt Frederick 17
Birley, Capt G 35-6
Birnie, Plt Off John 157
Blair, Flt Lt Kenneth 43, 45-7, 87, 91, 95, 99
Blucke, Sqn Ldr R 8
Board, Fg Off 153, 155
Böcker, Kptlt Alois 29, 31
Bodenhagen, Ofw R 142
Bodien, Sgt Henry 47-8, 54-5, 57-8, 105-6, 144, 147, 150
Böttner, Uffz Englebert 51-2
Bowen, Dr E G ‘Taffy’ 10, 41, 103
Bradshaw, Plt Off Chris 140
Braham, Plt Off J R D ‘Bob’ 66-8, 73, 75-9
Bramley, Sgt T C ‘Tosh’ 83, 85
Brandon, Sqn Ldr Lewis 11, 148-9
Bredemeier, Gefr H 136
Breithaupt, Kptlt Joachim 31
Bremer, Uffz P 139
Britain, Plt Off Dennis 109, 111, 116, 120, 122, 143
Brochocki, Fg Off Jerzy 154-5
Brooker, Sgt George 144, 147
Broome, LAC Douglas 152
Brotz, Gefr Franz 104
Brown, Flt Sgt V 147
Brown, Lt W 39
Buchanan, Plt Off Jack 71
Buchner, Gefr G 145
Bufton, Fg Off John 17-8
Bufton, Flt Lt Hal 9
Buhl, Fw Heinrich 135
Buttlar-Brandenfels, Kptlt Horst von 27, 30
Byng-Hall, Plt Off Percy 71
Cadbury, Flt Lt Egbert 36, 39
Campbell, Flt Lt Alex 68-9, 75
Capewell, Sgt Samuel 90
Cardnell, Plt Off Charles 17
Carter, Sgt 97
Chard, Sgt H Y 81
Charnock, Sgt Gerard 117
Charrière, Sgt P 164
Cheney, Fg Off Jack 83, 88, 94, 96, 99, 100, 146
Cheropita, Flt Sgt William 151
Cherwell, Lord 41
Chrystall, LAC 16
Clark, Sqn Ldr 153
Clarke, Sgt Nobby 94
Clayton, Aileen 75
Clayton, Sqn Ldr 133
Cleaver, Plt Off Peter 139
Close, Sgt Alan 12
Clymer, Sgt Jerry 94
Cooper, Minnie 107
Copeland, Sgt Percy 43, 50, 59-60
Cox, Eric 162
Cronika, Gefr Rudolf 104
Crossman, Sgt Richard 107, 117, 119
Cunningham, Sgt Andy 90, 150
Curtis, Sgt Frank 104
Cutts, PC 110
Dachschel, Gefr Rudolf 106
Dalton, Plt Off P 151-2
Dalton, WO Neil 151
Darling, Sqn Ldr Donald 55-6, 126
Darycott, Plt Off Frank 90
Davidson, Plt Off J 55-6
Davies, Mr (AID Inspector) 99
Davies, Plt Off Roy 70
Davis, Sgt J 158
Davoud, Wg Cdr Paul 151
Dean, Fg Off 154
Deansley, Flt Lt 55
Denison, Flt Lt Bill 52
Dibbins, Plt Off Douglas 157
Dietrich, Kptlt Max 31, 35
Dixon, Capt Aubrey (de Wilde) 62
Donaldson, Sqn Ldr 150
Donnett, Flt Sgt David 124, 135-6
Douglas, AM Sholto 41, 69
Dowding, ACM Hugh 41-2, 70
Drees, Fw L 136
Drummond, Lt 39
Duke-Woolley, Flt Lt R M 12-6
Eddy, Flt Lt Charlie 157
Edmiston, Plt Off Guy 57
Elias, Fw Franz 144
Embrey, Gp Capt Basil 91, 128
Everitt, Sgt Geoffrey 72
Eysoldt, Uffz A 148
Fairweather, Sgt Sam 20, 53-4, 60
Fielding, Plt Off Ernest 136
Fielding, Sgt 121
Finn, Sid 133
Fisher, Plt Off G 126, 128-9
Fizel, AC1 Joseph 74
Flemming, Kptlt Hans-Kurt 37
Focke, Gefr Karl 106
Foreman, John 67
Foster, Fg Off W 156
Foulsham, Pte Albert 35
Fox, Sgt 136
Fradley, Sgt William 88
France, AC2 Benjamin 16
Frank, Hptmn 128
Frankenberg, Oblt-s-See Kurt 35
Fraser, Sgt 72
French, Sgt Thomas 76
Freudenreich, Kptlt Max von 37
Friemel, Oblt-s-See Kurt 37
Frischolz, Fw Hermann 130
Fritze, Kptlt Johann 27
Gallagher, Plt Off 90
Gamsecki, Plt Off 154
Gaynor, Lt 36
Gayzler, Plt Off 61
Gazely, Mrs Alice 28
Gazzard, Sgt Royce 123
Geiger, Fw 57
General Airwork Trading 99
General Electric Co (GEC) 86, 89
Genahr, Fw 79
Gersch, Fw Paul 15
Gesshardt, Uffz Willi 79
Gibbens, Lt Heinz 49-50
Gibson, Flt Lt Guy Penrose 74, 76-80, 82
Giddings, Malcolm 160
Gigney, Sgt Horace 117-8
Gilyeat, AC2 Harold 72
Gipson, Mr D 108
Giroud, 2/Lt 163
Glen, Sgt Dave 91
Goate, Percy 28
Godfrey, Flt Sgt E 128-9
Godsmark, Sgt Howard 123
Goodrum, George 114
Gordon-Dean, Fg Off Peter 50
Gorlt, Uffz Erich 104
Gouldstone, Sgt Ronald 69
Goulsbra, Charlie 118
Grace, Sqn Ldr 141, 142, 144
Gramm, Fw Karl 130
Grantham, Plt Off J 156
Green, Sgt Jimmy 97
Gregory, Sgt William 66-7
Grieve, Flt Sgt Thomas ‘Jock’ 124, 126
Grove, Trevor 14
Gudgeon, Sgt 121
Gunnill, Sgt Joe 90, 96-7
Gundner, Uffz 155
Gussefeld, Fw K-A 138
Hahn, Fw Hans 81
Hamilton, Sgt ‘Hammy’ 83
Hammelmann, Uffz H 138
Hanbury, Sqn Ldr Bruce 151
Harding, Fg Off Nelson 12
Haresign, Cecil 34
Harman, Air Mech A 39
Harrison, Lt 38
Hartwig, Ofw Artur 137
Haslam, Fg Off Geoff 155
Hauck, Fw Karl 15
Haviland, Plt Off John 62
Heberling, Ogefr K 136
Hellmann, Hptmn R 142
Helmore, Wg Cdr W 85
Hemery, Sgt 164
Herden, Uffz Georg 110-1
Herrmann, Oblt Kurt 51-2
Herrick, Fg Off Michael 21-23, 113, 121
Heuser, Fw Nikolaus 118
Heusser, Ofw F 148
Hewitson, Sgt F 81
Hill, Sgt Arnold 105-6
Hockauff, Uffz 155
Hoffman, Uffz Richard 120
Holborrow, Sgt 81
Hollingsworth, AVM 157
Hollis, Sgt Ernest 105
Hollowell, Sgt Kenneth 107, 117-9
Holt, Sgt S J 81
Hopewell, Sgt James 50
Hoppe, Ogefr A 148
Horrell, Plt Off Jacques 90
Howard, Sgt Arthur 83-4