Pery de Lind, João 66
Petter-Bowyer, Beryl 33, 35, 251
Petter-Bowyer, Paul 11, 33–34
Petter-Bowyer, Peter (PB)
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 158–159, 184–185, 189–190, 207–208
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 228, 234, 239, 243
background of 11, 21, 33–37, 39, 152, 217
life after Operation Dingo 251
Norman Walsh and 87, 123
planning for Operation Dingo 112, 130–131, 143
Rich Brand and 149
Second Chimurenga 21–27, 31, 47–48
Petter-Bowyer, Shirley 33–34
Petter, William 33
Pink Section 134, 179, 195–196, 211, 226, 228, 230, 236, 241
planning of Operation Dingo 87–94, 107–108, 112–117
Police Reserve Air Wing 117
Police Special Branch see Special Branch
political prisoners, release of 60
Polo helicopters 137, 142, 157, 185, 209, 228
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola 73
Portugal, Carnation Revolution 59
Portuguese army in Mozambique 40
Portuguese words in Shona language 42
Presler, Titus 42
Presley, Elvis 95
press in South Africa 58
prisoners, release of 60
protest marches, Rhodesia 5–6
Provosts 18, 34–35, 53, 55, 149, 251
PTS see Parachute Training School
pungwe 41–42
Pungwe camp 74–76
Quail, Harvey 166
Queen’s College 120
Quelimane 68
Quo Vadis farm 148
radio communication 28, 128, 143, 189
RAF see Royal Air Force Rawlins, Andy 102
Rawson, Gavin 113
reconnaissance (recce) 47–48
recruits’ camp 182–183, 211
Red Section 133, 137, 166–167, 169–171, 201–203, 211, 227, 230, 232
refuelling 92, 142, 201–203, 219, 228, 241 system for 36–37
refugee camps 81
Reid-Daly, Ron 40, 74–76, 97–99, 111, 146, 148, 240
remains of dead guerrillas 55
Rennies Group 102
Repulse operational area 85, 97–98, 106
reservists 26–28, 115–116
RF see Rhodesian Front
RhAF see Rhodesian Air Force
Rhodes Centenary Air Rally 18
Rhodesia Herald 12, 32, 103–104, 245
Rhodesian Action Party 105
Rhodesian African Rifles 55
Rhodesian Air Force Operations 78, 192
Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) 17, 21, 39, 47, 92, 128, 151, 162, 182
Rhodesian Front (RF) 8, 105
Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 142, 156, 160, 185
history of 109, 111
planning for Operation Dingo 130, 136–137
Second Chimurenga 27, 31, 47, 55, 92, 103
Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) 45, 50–53, 76, 85, 90, 92, 109–111, 126–128, 130–132, 204
Rhodesian Special Branch see Special Branch
Rhodes University 8
Richard, Ivor 96
Rio Nhazonia (Nyadzonia River) see Nyadzonia camp
RLI see Rhodesian Light Infantry
Robinson, Brian
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144–145, 157, 159, 170–171, 178, 187–190, 193–194, 199–200, 204, 209–210
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227, 235, 239–240, 243–244
background of 125–129
life after Operation Dingo 250
planning for Operation Dingo 87, 89–90, 92–94, 109, 112, 114, 134–136
Second Chimurenga 50, 52, 85
Robinson, David ‘Robbie’ 125
rockets 173, 179, 182–183, 201, 203, 211, 231, 239
Rogers, Bob 76
Rogers, John 26, 36
Rowe, Dave 241
Rowland, Tiny 107
Royal Air Force (RAF) 8, 16, 17, 18, 34, 91, 150, 154, 216
Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) 7–8, 18, 120, 148, 216, 220
Rozwi kingdom 9, 38, 43
RPD machine guns 187, 210, 212, 235
RRAF see Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Rudland, George 12
Russia (Soviet Union) 29, 132
Rutenga–Beitbridge railway line 103
SAAF see South African Air Force
Sachse, Bert 45
Sadat, Anwar 108
SADF see South African Defence Force
Salisbury Conference 6–7
SALOPS Flight 117
Samler, Keith 45, 76, 83–85, 130, 155–156, 205–207, 228, 230, 236
Samsonite suitcase 210–212
Sanderson, Edward 49
Sandys, Duncan 6
SAP see South African Police
SAS see Rhodesian Special Air Service
Saunders, Mike 150
SB see Special Branch
Schulenburg, Chris ‘Schulie’ 51–52, 99, 240
Second Chimurenga, start of 21–28
Second World War 17
sell-out (mutengesi) 56–57
Selous Scouts 52–55, 68, 74–75, 83–85, 92, 94, 99–100, 103, 240
Serra Techecunda (Tembue Tit) 218, 230
Shaka, king of the Zulus 9
Shaw, John 102
Shell BP 251
Sherren, Peter 103
Shona people 8–9, 30, 42, 57, 61
side-firing machine guns 35–37, 53, 117
Sikombela Declaration 20
Silveira, Gonçalo da 224
Silver City Casino 251
Silver Queen II 15–16
Silver Section 133, 160–161, 227
Sinoia 21–23
see also Battle of Sinoia
Sithole, Ndabaningi 10, 20, 59, 61, 68, 70–72, 79
SKS rifles 212
Slatter, Hugh 87–88, 121–123, 163, 182, 250
slogans of ZANLA 42–43
Smithdorff, Tinker 124–125
Smith, Ian
background of 8, 30
farm of 169
Geneva negotiations 79–80, 96–97
John Vorster and 58–60, 69–71
Lancaster House Agreement 247
Nyadzonia raid 76–78
Operation Dingo 108, 199–200
Second Chimurenga 47–48, 102–103, 105–107
Unilateral Declaration of Independence 11–12, 118–119
United States and 73–74
Smith, John 30
Smith, Philip 12
Smith, Rod 195
Smuts, Jan 16, 101
Soames, Lord Christopher 248
socialism 66, 80
Soldier of Fortune 177–178
Sorrell, Ewett 22, 24–25
sound barrier 122
South Africa 5, 13–14, 58–59, 73, 95–96, 98, 104, 106–107, 114, 246, 250
South African Air Force (SAAF) 18, 120, 125–126, 142, 146–147, 251
South African Defence Force (SADF) 107
South African Police (SAP) 69–70
Soviet Union (Russia) 29, 132
Special Air Service see Rhodesian Special Air Service
Special Branch (SB) 25, 44–45, 55, 74–75, 83–84, 89, 155–156, 205–207, 236
Spitfires 8, 18, 37, 133
Sport Aviation 251–252
Stanley, Sir Herbert 17
Stanton, Peter 45–46, 83, 85–86
Stapleford Forest 141
Stephens, Barry 220
Stevenson, Ted 157
Stirling, David 109
Strela missiles 81, 132
Strong, Jeremy ‘Jerry’ 31–32, 136, 206
suitcases found 206–207, 210–212
Sukarno, President 127
Super 8 movie camera footage 155–156, 206, 228, 230
Super Eagle aircraft 251
Sykes, Bill 143, 184–185
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p; TAFIO 149
Takawira complex 197
Takawira, Leopold 5, 10, 43, 61
Takoradi Teacher Training College 6
Tanganyika 16
see also Tanzania
Tango camp see recruits’ camp
Tangwena, Chief Rekayi 64
Tanzania 29, 59, 62, 71–72, 79, 132
see also Tanganyika
Taylor, Rex 157–158, 220–222, 225, 226, 228
tea tin 220
technicians (ground crew) 190, 202–203, 211, 234
Tekere, Edgar 64–68, 76, 86, 207, 246
Tekere, Ruvimbo 246
television 126
Tembue camp (Operation Dingo, Zulu 2) 89, 135, 217, 218–223, 226–244, 245–247
Tembue Tit 218, 230
Territorial Army 16, 103
Tete Province, Mozambique 32, 38
Thatcher, Margaret 248, 249
Thomas, Boris 248
Thornhill Airbase 35, 137, 146, 163, 165, 167, 201–202
thunderstorms see weather, impact of
Tiger Moth 16, 120–121
Tongogara, Josiah 30–32, 41–42, 44, 61–63, 79, 81, 97–98, 103, 131–132, 246
Town of the Little Witch 120
traitors, reporting of 56–57
Transfigured Night 42
trenches at Chimoio 194, 235
Tribal Trust Land (TTL) 44, 48, 55
trimmed aircraft 149
Trojan airplane 164
Troutbeck Inn 64
TTL see Tribal Trust Land
Twelve O’Clock High 179
UDI see Unilateral Declaration of Independence
Umtali High School 33–34
UN see United Nations
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) 11–14, 20, 118–119, 127–128
Unimog trucks 75
United African National Congress 70
United Nations (UN) 104, 206, 217, 246
United States (US) 73, 77–78, 80, 104, 106, 246
Unlawful Organisation Act 5
US see United States
Usata 239–240
Ushewokunze, Herbert 207, 212
Utton, Derek 113
Vampires
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144, 162–164, 171, 182–183, 191–193, 202
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227–228, 231–232, 235, 243
history of 18
planning for Operation Dingo 91, 114, 133
Vance, Cyrus 95
Van der Byl, P.K. 124
Van Heerden, Philip 12
Van Ryneveld, Pierre 15–16
Varkevisser, Justin ‘Varky’ 182, 227, 231–232
vashandi 79–81
Venom jets 34
Vernon, Mark 153
vertical envelopment tactic 92
very high frequency (VHF) radios 128, 143, 189
Vickers Vimy World War I bomber aircraft see Silver Queen II
Victoria Falls conference 69–73, 96
Vietnam 73–74
Vila Pery, Mozambique 65–66
Viljoen, Barbara 36
Viljoen, Hendrik 36
Virginia Airport 125
Visagie, Vic 110–111
visual reconnaissance see reconnaissance
Von Moltke, Helmuth 89
Vorster, John 58–60, 69–71, 73–74, 76–77, 80, 94–97, 103, 106–108, 114
Waldheim, Kurt 104, 246
Walls, Eunice 249
Walls, Peter
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 159, 169–170, 194, 199, 205, 209, 211–212
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 226, 235, 239–240, 244
background of 40, 78, 94, 102–103, 109–111
life after Operation Dingo 247–249
on Norman Walsh 125
planning for Operation Dingo 107–108, 136
Second Chimurenga 48, 74–75, 103–104, 106–107
Walls, Reginald 103
Walsh, Merilyn 144
Walsh, Norman
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 143–145, 155, 157–159, 166, 170–172, 178–179, 186–190, 193–194, 197, 207, 210–211, 217
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 217, 224–225, 227, 235–236, 239–241, 243
background of 39, 87–88, 120–125, 149
planning for Operation Dingo 87, 90–94, 112, 114, 116, 131–136, 138, 219–220
Wantenaar, Russell 100
war memorial 246–247
War of the Running Dogs see Malaya
Warraker, Rob 75–76, 98–99
Watson-Smith, Guy 249
Watt, Darrell 196
weather, impact of 99, 133, 138, 144, 158–159, 166, 200, 229, 240–241, 243
Welensky, Sir Roy 35
Whistlefield farm 46–47, 50
Whitehead, Sir Edgar 6–8
White Section 133, 137, 167–168, 197, 201, 230
white shirt, man with 236–237
Whittal, Gary 54
Wightman, Charles ‘Vic’
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 166–168, 173, 194, 197, 201, 203, 211
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 217, 227, 230–231
background of 148, 215–217
planning for Operation Dingo 137
Wightman, Shirley 216
Willis, Colin 197
Wilmot, Frank 52
Wilson, Archie 75
Wilson, Grahame 90, 211
Wilson, Harold 14
workers’ group of ZANU see vashandi
World’s View 64
World War II 17
Wrathall, John 12
Yellow Section 134, 137, 225, 228
Young, Andrew 106, 118, 246
Zambezi River 22, 38, 70
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) 13, 20, 29, 32, 38, 60, 63–64, 79, 107
see also Northern Rhodesia
ZANLA see Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
ZANU see Zimbabwe African National Union
ZAPU see Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZBC see Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Zezuru clan 63, 72
Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA)
Chimoio 67–68, 80–82, 86, 132
Operation Dingo 92–93, 174, 207
Second Chimurenga 20–21, 24, 31–32, 36, 41–50, 52–56, 58–61, 69, 71–72, 97–98, 104–106
Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) 10–11, 20, 29–30, 39, 41–42, 44, 47, 56–57, 59, 61–68, 79, 81, 245–246
Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) 7–8, 11, 29, 39, 41, 58–59, 68, 246
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) 86, 174, 180
Zimbabwe National Army 249
Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) 20, 31, 71, 124–125
Zindoga, Amon 41
ZIPRA see Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
Zvimba Group 36
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