training, 225, 228
and V-weapons, 322
bombs, 39, 49, 52, 117, 154
anti-submarine, 236
Blue Danube, 341
incendiaries, 228, 231, 287
laser-guided, 364
‘smart’, 365
Tallboy, 320
see also nuclear weapons
bomb-sights, 154, 210
Bonar Law, Andrew, 135
Borkum, 54, 255
Borton, Amyas ‘Biffy’, 58
Bosnia, 365
Boulton-Paul Defiant, 193
Bowhill, Sir Frederick, 235
Bowring, Ben, 198
Breda planes, 265
Bremen, 280
Breslau, 162
Briggs, Dennis, 247
Bristol Beaufighter, 255, 262, 266
Bristol Blenheim, 167, 176, 193, 212, 258, 263, 266
Bristol Fighter, 102, 152
Bristol Scout, 72
British Expeditionary Force (BEF), 41, 44, 55, 174
British Power Jets, 329
British sea power, 54
Brock incendiary rounds, 86
Brooke-Popham, Robert, 26, 39
Brooklands aerodrome, 13, 28, 32, 163
Brooks, Morfydd, 276
Brown, Roy, 132
Brunsbüttel, 176
Brunswick, 312
Buerling, George ‘Screwball’, 267
Bufton, Syd, 280
Bulman, George, 163
Burke, Charles James, 36, 41, 43
Caldwell, Keith, 99
Cambridge University, 148, 329
Camm, Sydney, 162, 168
Campbell, Lindsay, 14
Cape Matapan, battle of, 245
Cape of Good Hope, 258
Cappy airfield, 130
Carmichael, George, 66
Casablanca Directive, 283
‘Cathedral’ biplane, 14, 37
Cecil, Lord Hugh, 143
Central Flying School, 26, 28, 32
Cephalonia, 243, 245
Chadwick, Roy, 168
Chamberlain, Neville, 172, 175, 178
Charlwood, Don, 285, 290
Cheshire, Leonard, 311, 321, 327
Chile, 349
Chinook helicopters, 365
Churchill, Sarah, 274
Churchill, Winston, 23, 51, 53, 80, 84, 153, 249, 260
and Battle of Britain, 188, 192, 207
and Battle of France, 185
and Battle of the Atlantic, 233
and formation of RAF, 135, 142
and jet engine development, 330
and naval aviation, 252
and strategic air campaign, 209, 211, 217, 230, 283, 295, 324
civilian casualties, 175, 178, 181, 217, 230, 282, 296, 311
see also strategic air campaign
Clayton, ‘Captain’, 11
Clegg, Ella Ida, 181
clock codes, 63
Coastal Command, 233, 247, 253, 279, 335
air–sea rescue operations, 254
casualties, 254
Cochrane, the Hon. Ralph, 153, 312
Cody, Sam, 14, 37
Cold War, 335, 342, 368
Collier’s magazine, 283
Cologne, 210, 231, 279, 286
combat air patrols (CAPs), 1, 349, 351
commercial aviation, 147
Committee of Imperial Defence, 26
communism, 336
Compiègne, 47
Coningham, Sir Arthur ‘Mary’, 261, 270, 309
Conran, Eric, 49, 59, 65
Consolidated B-24 Liberator, 237
Consolidated PBY Catalina, 237, 247
Conte di Cavour, 245
Conte Rosso, 124
Convair F-102 Dagger, 349, 356
convoys, 191, 197, 206, 216, 234, 246, 254, 258
Coode, Tim, 249
Cooke, Charles, 196
Cooper, N. C., 248
Copeland Perry, Evelyn, 44
Courtrai, 66
Coventry, 210, 232, 328
Cowdray, Lord, 93, 125, 129
Crompton, Richmal, 144
Crossley, Michael, 189
Cuban missile crisis, 342
Cunningham, Lieutenant General Sir Alan, 261
Currie, Jack, 227, 299
Curtis, Alan, 356
Curtiss, Glenn, 18, 22, 24, 116
Curtiss P-40 Kittyhawk, 260, 263
Curtiss P-40 Tomahawk, 260, 262, 270
Curzon, Lord, 85, 125
Cuxhaven, 53, 55, 118, 122, 235
Daily Mail, 17, 44, 84
Daily Telegraph, 149
Dalton, Sir Stephen, 360
Dams Raid, 176, 276, 288, 321
danger and death, reactions to, 60, 68, 99, 103, 109, 299
Darley, Charles, 76
Dartigan, Ernest, 11
Dartmouth, 140
Das Reich division, 321
Dassault Mirage, 8, 349
Dassault-Breguet Super Étendard, 349
Davies, Richard Bell, 124
D-Day, see Normandy landings
de Havilland, Geoffrey, 20, 37, 44, 73, 312
de Havilland DH2, 73, 77
de Havilland DH4, 115
de Havilland DH9, 151
de Havilland Mosquito, 167, 297, 312, 314, 321, 326
dead reckoning, 215
Dean, Sir Maurice, 136, 235
deflection shooting (lay-off), 48, 70, 251, 268, 318
Denmark, German occupation, 179
depth charges, 237
Derby, Lord, 85, 125
Desert Air Force, 260, 270, 273, 309
Deutsche Luftstreitkräfte, 101, 113
DFW biplanes, 107
Dicta Boelcke, 76
Dimbleby, Richard, 286
Dire Dawa, 261
Directorate of Bombing Operations, 216
Directorate of Military Aeronautics, 33
dogfights, 8, 48, 336
Donald, Graham, 83
Donaldson, Teddy, 332
Dormagen, 182
Dornier bombers, 198, 205, 255
Dornier Do 17, 184, 196, 204
Dorrien-Smith, General Sir Horace Lockwood, 55
Douglas, Sholto, 132
Douglas C-47 Dakota, 335
Dover, 81
Dowding, Clarice, 192
Dowding, Derek, 192
Dowding, Hugh, 33, 63, 185, 191
character, 191
Downes, Colin Walker, 188, 333, 338
Dresden, 323
drones, see Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
Duke, Neville, 262, 305
Dundas, John, 201
Dunkirk, 52, 118
Dunkirk evacuation, 185, 190, 224
Dunning, Edwin Harris, 120
duralumin, 21
Düsseldorf, 52
‘Dying Airman, The’, 68
East Africa, 128, 133
Eastchurch, 23
Eckford, Alan, 189
Egypt, 257, 259, 272, 303
Eighth Army, 261, 270
El Alamein, battles of, 270
Ellington, Sir Edward, 162
Elliot, Denholm, 225
Elton, Ernest, 72
Ely, Eugene, 22, 121
Emden, 176
empty field myopia, 2, 237
Engadine, 53, 118
English Electric Canberra, 356
Esbjerg, 176
Escott, Beryl, 275
Esmonde, Eugene, 252
Essen, 213, 280, 289
Eton College, 144
Eurofighter Typhoon, 367
Evening Standard, 83
Exocet missiles, 349
Eyton-Jones, John, 351
Fairey Barracuda, 252
Fairey Battle, 179
Fairey Fawn, 150
Fairey Swordfish, 243
Falgate, Donald, 293
Falklands War, 1, 237, 344
Farnborough, 20, 28, 30, 38
Fawke, Gerry, 321
&
nbsp; Fayers, Reg, 285
Feng Cheng airbase, 338
Ferriss, Flying Officer Henry, 199
Field, Dennis, 211
Fighter Command, 33, 148, 170, 174, 179, 233, 235, 325, 337
bases under attack, 200, 204
and Battle of Britain, 187
and Battle of France, 182, 190
casualties, 185, 200, 202, 204, 206
command-and-control, 194
head-on attacks, 198
morale, 202
social composition, 188, 222
First of the Few, The, 165
First World War
air raids, 79, 126
artillery bombardments, 68
‘Bloody April’ (1917), 78, 100
bombing raids, 65, 115, 129
bureaucracy and reorganization, 125
casualty numbers, 133
‘Fokker menace’, 74, 125
German Spring Offensive, 114, 130
Nivelle Offensive, 101
retreat from Mons, 45, 49
trenches, 50, 69, 95
Fisher, Admiral Jacky, 117
flechettes, 49
Fleet Air Arm (FAA), 139, 171, 233, 240, 369
and Falklands War, 345
social composition, 241
Fletcher, Lieutenant, 14
Flight magazine, 11, 14, 20
Flushing, 214
flying boats, 117, 237
flying helmets, 14
FMA Pucará, 349
Focke-Wulf Fw 190, 305
Focke-Wulf Fw 200 Condor, 216
Fokker, Anthony, 74
Fokker Eindecker E1, 75, 77
Fokker triplanes, 95, 131
Folkestone, 91
4th Fighter Interceptor Wing (4 FIW), 337
Frankland, Noble, 182, 211, 222, 282
Freedman, Adam, 359
Freeman, William, 33
French, General Sir John, 46, 49
French air force, 113, 139, 184
French navy, 243
Friedrichshafen, 52
Friend, Charles, 240, 247
Frost, John, 261
Gaddafi, Colonel Muammar, 364
Gainza, Maxi, 350, 357
Galland, Adolf, 323
Gallipoli debacle, 84
Garros, Roland, 74, 133
Gatow aerodrome, 335
Gazala line, 263
Geard, Fred, 44
Gee electronic navigation, 215, 217, 222, 229, 292
Gellhorn, Martha, 283
Gelsenkirchen, 286
General Dynamics F-16, 364
General Strike, 161
George V, King, 26, 89, 124
German High Seas Fleet, 53, 118
German rearmament, 150, 161
Gibraltar, 246
Gibson, Guy, 176, 286
gliders, 314
Gloster Gamecock, 150
Gloster Gladiator, 158, 259
Gloster Meteor, 330, 333, 336
Gneisenau, 252
Gnome rotary engine, 18
Goeben, 162
Goering, Hermann, 185, 201, 204
Gotha GIV bombers, 90, 367
Grand Fleet Aeronautical Committee, 119
Greece, 257, 260
Greene, Graham, 87
Grierson, Sir James, 25
Griffith, Hubert, 109, 115
Griffiths, A. S., 242
Grosvenor, Lord Edward, 147
ground crews, 271, 325
Grumman F9F Panther, 336
G-suits, 340, 351
Gulf War, 9, 362
Guynemer, Georges, 133
Haggard, H. Rider, 27
Hague Disarmament Conference, 79
Haig, General Sir Douglas, 25, 55, 64, 92, 127
Haigh, Lieutenant Brian, 352
Hale, ‘Ginger’, 243
Hamburg, 210
Hamel, Gustav, 30
Hampton, James, 224
hand grenades, 49
Handley Page Halifax, 168, 212, 220, 231, 254, 280, 295, 297, 314
Handley Page Hampden, 167, 175, 179, 181, 212, 214
Handley Page heavy bombers, 115
Handley Page Heyford, 159
Handley Page Hyderabad, 150
Handley Page Victor, 341, 346, 348
Hanrahan, Brian, 349
Hardie, Keir, 106
Harris, Arthur, 112, 129, 152, 179
character, 219
and strategic air campaign, 219, 228, 280, 286, 295, 299
Harvey-Kelly, Hubert, 43
Hasler, Flight Chris, 365
Haw, Charlton, 170, 172
Hawker, Lanoe, 71, 107, 133, 142
Hawker Flycatcher, 163
Hawker Fury, 162
Hawker Grebe, 163
Hawker Hart, 163, 165
Hawker Henley, 198
Hawker Hurricane, 33, 172, 182, 211, 259, 266, 270, 309
and Battle of Britain, 192, 197, 201, 207
development of, 163
Hawker Tempest, 317, 322
Hawker Typhoon, 309, 319, 322
Hawker Siddeley Harrier GR3, 345, 356
Sea Harrier, 1, 345, 348
Hawker Siddeley Nimrod, 345, 361
head-up displays (HUDs), 4, 351, 354
Heinkel He 111, 183
Henderson, David, 33, 43, 49, 64, 73 DR and title
Hendon, 30, 150
Henri Farman biplanes, 46, 60, 70
Hewlett, Hilda, 13
Higgins, Bill, 189
Higgins, ‘Josh’, 47
Hill, Roderic, 98
Hill, Peter, 297
Hiroshima, 327
Hitler, Adolf, 174, 185, 190, 200, 207, 223, 260, 266, 282
assassination plot, 320
rise to power, 158, 161
and V-weapons, 321
HMS Argus, 124
HMS Ark Royal, 240, 246
HMS Arrow, 356
HMS Eagle, 124, 267
HMS Empress, 235
HMS Furious, 120, 124
HMS Glamorgan, 351, 356
HMS Hermes, 25, 124, 241
HMS Hermes (Falklands War), 1, 3, 6, 345, 349, 356
HMS Illustrious, 243
HMS Invincible, 345, 349, 353, 356
HMS King George V, 251
HMS Sheffield, 249
HMS Snapper, 236
HMS Wasp, 267
Holland, 326
Homer, 110
Houghton, Ollie, 189
Hull, George, 284
Hull, 82, 218
Hunter, Hugh de Graff, 249
Hussein, Saddam, 363
hydrogen cells, 19
Immelman, Max, 75, 77, 133
‘Immelman turn’, 75
Independent Force, 116, 129
India, 151
Inglis, Donald, 108
Inskip, Sir Thomas, 171
intelligence officers, 274, 289
Iran, 363
Iraq, 10, 153, 219, 257, 361
Irvin, Leslie, 61
Israeli air force, 269
Italian air force (Regia Aeronautica), 259, 267
Italian campaign, 279, 303
Italian navy, 243
Italy, Allied invasion, 279, 303
Iveson, Tony, 222
James, Bron, 62
Jastas, 101, 113
Jellicoe, Admiral Sir John, 118
jet aircraft, 330
jet engines, 329
Johns, W. E., 211
Johnson, ‘Johnnie’, 76, 165
Johnson, Peter, 289
Jones, Ira, 75, 107, 127, 133, 198
Joubert de la Ferté, Philip, 28, 33, 35, 39, 45, 47, 159, 168, 275, 325
Joynson-Hicks, William, 84
JPAD planes, 77
Junkers Ju 87 Stuka, 184, 201
Junkers Ju 88, 294
Kaafjord, 253
Kajaki Dam, 10, 358
Keegan, John, 314
Kempf, Friedrich, 95
Kennedy, John F., 342
Kent, Robin, 352
Ke
nya, 257
Kershaw, Bob, 261
Kesselring, Albert, 267
Kiev, 341
Kiggell, 243
King, Cecil, 29, 34
King, Vera, 275
Kingcome, Brian, 173, 185, 198
Kitchener, Lord, 40, 56
kites, 20
Korean War, 336, 348
Kosovo, 364
Krefeld, 286
Kristiansand, 179
Kursk, Battle of, 304
lack of moral fibre (LMF), 301
Laffan’s Plain, 14, 27
Lamb, Charles, 243
Lang, Helmuth, 319
Larkhill aerodrome, 32, 34
Lawrence, T. E., 159
lay-off, see deflection shooting
Le Cateau-Cambrésis, 47
Le Havre, 52, 277
Le Touquet, 300
leaflet-dropping, 177
League of Nations, 153, 158
Leefe Robinson, William ‘Billy’, 87
Leggat, Elsie and May, 81
LeMay, Curtis, 340
L’Estrange Malone, Cecil, 54
Lewis, Cecil, 95, 102, 110
Lewis, Donald, 62
Lewis, Willie, 292
Lewis guns, 46, 70, 72, 77, 86, 98
Libya, 10, 20, 303, 364
Lichtschlag, Carl, 181
lifeboats, 254
Lincoln, 284
Lindemann, Frederick, 215, 217
Lloyd George, David, 19, 93, 100, 128, 135, 139
Lockheed C-130 Hercules, 347, 368
Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk, 364
Lockheed Hudson, 235, 238
Lockheed P-38 Lightning, 305, 315, 319, 337
Lockheed P-80 Shooting Star, 331, 336
Lodge, Roy, 323
London
air-raid warnings, 173
Blitz, 83, 93, 198, 204, 220, 230
Olympics, 367
V-1 attacks, 321
Zeppelin and Gotha raids, 80, 126
London Area Defence, 128
London University, 148
Longcroft, Charles, 142
Longmore, Arthur, 24
Loraine, Eustace, 32
Lord’s Cricket Ground, 224
Lübeck, 229
Lucas, Captain, 99
Lucas, Percy ‘Laddie’, 268
Ludlow-Hewitt, Edgar, 34
Macchi planes, 265
McClean, Frank, 23
McCudden, James, 30, 42, 49, 59, 65, 133, 142
McDonnell Douglas Skyhawk, 3, 8, 349, 356
Macedonia, 133
machine guns, synchronization of, 74
Mackintosh, J. C., 212
‘Mad Mullah, The’, 151
Magdeburg, 293
Mailly, 312
Malayan emergency, 348
Malta, 246, 259, 266, 273, 305
Mannock, ‘Mick’, 30, 68, 95, 105, 110, 112, 132, 142, 184, 198
Mapplebeck, Gilbert, 45
Margate, 197
Marix, Flight Reggie, 52
Martinsyde biplanes, 66, 70
Martuba, 266
Mass Observation, 210
Master Bombers, 311
Maubeuge aerodrome, 44, 46
May, Wilfred ‘Wop’, 131
Mayfly, 21
medical officers, 300
Menin, 67
merchant ships, 92
Mers-el-Kébir, 243