Dogfight (32 page)
[9] Parker, p.272.
[10] Flying Officer Brian John George Carbury, Combat Report, 7 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/167/465.
[11] B. Robertson,
I Saw England,
Jarrolds, London, 1941, p.106.
I Saw England,
Jarrolds, London, 1941, p.106.
[12] Parker, p.280.
[13] Alan Antill Gawith, interview with author, 12 August 2011.
[14] Pilot Officer Michael James Herrick, Combat Report, 5 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/13/43; Faircloth, p.26.
[15] Pilot Officer Michael James Herrick, Combat Report, 14 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/177/42.
[16] Bungay, p.310.
[17] Calder, p.155.
[18] Pilot Officer James Samuel Humphreys, Combat Report, 8 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/169/496.
[19] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
pp.221â22; Pilot Officer James Samuel Humphreys, Combat Report, 9 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/169/496.
A Clasp for the Few,
pp.221â22; Pilot Officer James Samuel Humphreys, Combat Report, 9 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/169/496.
[20] Investigations and Reports on War Experiences of Pilots. Officer Commanding, Princess Mary's Royal Air Force Hospital, Halton, âOperational IntelligenceâExamination of Injured Crews', 24 October 1940, NA, AIR 16/715.
[21] I. Piper,
We Never Slept: The Story of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1926â1957,
Ian Piper, Tamworth, Staffordshire, 1997, p.96.
We Never Slept: The Story of 605 (County of Warwick) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1926â1957,
Ian Piper, Tamworth, Staffordshire, 1997, p.96.
[22] Bungay, p.177.
[23] Burns and Plastic Surgery. âMonthly Reports on the Health of the RAF, 1937 onwards.' 10 September 1942, NA, AIR 49/354.
[24] Pilot Officer Richard Hope Hillary, Combat Report, 3 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/167/486.
[25] Hillary, p.4.
[26] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.157.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.157.
[27] P. Williams and T. Harrison,
McIndoe's Army: The Injured Airmen who face the World,
Pelham Books, London, 1979, p.12.
McIndoe's Army: The Injured Airmen who face the World,
Pelham Books, London, 1979, p.12.
[28] E.R. Mayhew,
The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force, and the Guinea Pig Club,
Greenhill, London, 2004, pp.58â59; A.H. McIndoe, âComments on Mr. Ogilvie's Paper, pp.3â4. 1940, NA, FD 1/6479.
The Reconstruction of Warriors: Archibald McIndoe, the Royal Air Force, and the Guinea Pig Club,
Greenhill, London, 2004, pp.58â59; A.H. McIndoe, âComments on Mr. Ogilvie's Paper, pp.3â4. 1940, NA, FD 1/6479.
[29] Burns and Plastic Surgery. âBurns due to flying and enemy air action by four-monthly periods, 3.9.39 to 31.12.40', M.A.3., 13.2.42, NA, AIR 49/354.
[30] Wing Commander George H. Morley, âPlastic Surgery within the Royal Air Force: A Survey of the organisation of a Plastic Surgery Centre combined with a Burn Treatment Centre', Air Ministry, May 1948, p.10, NA, AIR 20/6452 DGMS/59/148.
[31] S. Faulks,
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives,
Hutchinson, London, 1996, pp.151â52.
The Fatal Englishman: Three Short Lives,
Hutchinson, London, 1996, pp.151â52.
[32]
Ibid.,
p.152; M. Burn,
Richard and Mary: The Story of Richard Hillary and Mary Booker,
Hartnolls, Oxford, 1989, p.12.
Ibid.,
p.152; M. Burn,
Richard and Mary: The Story of Richard Hillary and Mary Booker,
Hartnolls, Oxford, 1989, p.12.
[33] Williams and Harrison, p.36.
[34] Page, p.98.
[35] Keith Park, 15 September 1940, p.2, AFMNZ, Box 2/40.
[36] Bishop,
Battle of Britain: Day by Day,
pp.336â37.
Battle of Britain: Day by Day,
pp.336â37.
[37] Hough and Richards, p.275.
[38] W. Churchill,
The Second World War, vol.II, Their Finest Hour,
Cassell, London, 1955, pp.295â96; Orange,
Park,
pp.109â10.
The Second World War, vol.II, Their Finest Hour,
Cassell, London, 1955, pp.295â96; Orange,
Park,
pp.109â10.
[39] Pilot Officer Charles Alexander McGaw, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/31/71.
[40] Pilot Officer John Curchin, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/177/75.
[41]
Ibid.
Ibid.
[42] Flight Lieutenant Wilfrid Greville Clouston, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/10/160.
[43] Flying Officer John Noble Mackenzie, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/18/163; Pilot Officer Keith Ashley Lawrence, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/167/491.
[44] M. Robinson,
Best of the Few: 92 Squadron 1939â40,
Michael Robinson, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, 2001, p.72.
Best of the Few: 92 Squadron 1939â40,
Michael Robinson, Bletchley, Milton Keynes, 2001, p.72.
[45] Pilot Officer Howard Perry Hill, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/40/64. Hill's tally for the day is based on the aforementioned after-action report but secondary sources are at variance with this; see Wynn,
A Few of the Few,
pp.205â6; Robinson, p.72; G. Morris,
Spitfire: The New Zealand Story,
Reed, Auckland, 2000, p.182â83; Shores and Williams, p.329.
A Few of the Few,
pp.205â6; Robinson, p.72; G. Morris,
Spitfire: The New Zealand Story,
Reed, Auckland, 2000, p.182â83; Shores and Williams, p.329.
[47] Flying Officer Geoffrey Mervyn Simpson, Combat Report, 15 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/86.
[48] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.23.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.23.
[49]
Ibid.,
p.24.
Ibid.,
p.24.
[50] Flight Lieutenant Minden Vaughan Blake, Combat Report, 15 September 1940 AIR 50/91/3.
[51] Parker, p.297.
[52] Churchill, p.297.
Chapter 10: Last Gasps[1] Faircloth, p.28; John Mackenzie, âThe Battle of Britain', p.4, AFMNZ, Battle of Britain Box.
[2] W. Ramsey (ed.),
The Battle of Britain, Then and Now,
Battle of Britain Prints, London, 2000, p.773. Ramsey reports that it was a month before the aircraft and pilot were found, but it does appear that Hill's burial took place only a few days after he was shot down. See Martyn,
For Your Tomorrow,
vol.3, p.547.
The Battle of Britain, Then and Now,
Battle of Britain Prints, London, 2000, p.773. Ramsey reports that it was a month before the aircraft and pilot were found, but it does appear that Hill's burial took place only a few days after he was shot down. See Martyn,
For Your Tomorrow,
vol.3, p.547.
[3] Pilot Officer John Curchin, Combat Report, 25 September 1940, NA, AIR 50//171/17.
[4] Robinson, p.84; Bartley, pp.57â58.
[5] Robinson, p.82.
[6]
Ibid.,
p.67.
Ibid.,
p.67.
[7]
Ibid.,
p.82.
Ibid.,
p.82.
[8] Wood and Dempster, p.366.
[9] Newton,
Clash of Eagles,
p.43.
Clash of Eagles,
p.43.
[10] Pilot Officer John Reynolds Cock, Combat Report, 30 September 1940, NA, AIR 50/37/500.
[11] Newton,
Clash of Eagles,
pp.45â46.
Clash of Eagles,
pp.45â46.
[12] Parker, p.308.
[13] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.333; Flying Officer Paul Wattling Rabone, Combat Report, 12 October 1940, NA, AIR/50/62/216.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.333; Flying Officer Paul Wattling Rabone, Combat Report, 12 October 1940, NA, AIR/50/62/216.
[14] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.128.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.128.
[15] Flying Officer Maurice Craig Kinder, Combat Report, 1 November 1940, NA, AIR 50/40/10.
[16] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.244.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.244.
[17] Flying Officer Brian John George Carbury, Combat Report, 10 October 1940, NA, AIR 50/167/465.
[18] Keith Park to Royal Air Force Stations: Tangmere, Biggin Hill, North Weald, Kenley, Northolt. âNo.11 Group Offensive Sweeps. 21 October 1940', NA, AIR 2/9904.
[19] Morris, p.181â84.
[20] Bungay, p.356.
[21]
Ibid.,
p.359; Keith Park, correspondence to Air Vice Marshal D.C.S. Evill, Uxbridge, 26 October 1940, AFMZN, Box 2/51.
Ibid.,
p.359; Keith Park, correspondence to Air Vice Marshal D.C.S. Evill, Uxbridge, 26 October 1940, AFMZN, Box 2/51.
[22] Newton,
A Few of the Few,
p.251.
A Few of the Few,
p.251.
[23] Keith Park, correspondence to Air Vice Marshal Sholto Douglas, Whitehall, 1 November 1940, AFMZN, Box 2/15A.
[24] Bungay, p.358.
[25] D. Sarkar,
Bader's Duxford Fighters: The Big Wing Controversy,
Ramrod, St Peters, Worcester, 1997, pp.153, 192â93.
Bader's Duxford Fighters: The Big Wing Controversy,
Ramrod, St Peters, Worcester, 1997, pp.153, 192â93.
[26] Keith Park, correspondence to Air Marshal Philip Bennet Joubert de la Ferté, Whitehall, 26 October 1940, AFMNZ, Box 2/51.
[27] Newton,
A Few of the Few,
p.241.
A Few of the Few,
p.241.
[28] James Chilton Francis Hayter, audio recording, 14 October 2004, AFMNZ; Pilot Officer James Chilton Francis Hayter, Combat Report, 26 October 1940, NA, AIR 50/169/487.
[29] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
pp.214â15, 370â71.
A Clasp for the Few,
pp.214â15, 370â71.
[30]
Ibid.,
p.215.
Ibid.,
p.215.
[31] Newton,
A Few of the Few,
pp.247â51.
A Few of the Few,
pp.247â51.
[32] T. Neil,
Gun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain,
Amberley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2010, p.154.
Chapter 11: ConclusionsGun Button to Fire: A Hurricane Pilot's Dramatic Story of the Battle of Britain,
Amberley, Stroud, Gloucestershire, 2010, p.154.
[1] R. Overy,
The Battle of Britain,
Penguin, London, 2004, pp.121â22.
The Battle of Britain,
Penguin, London, 2004, pp.121â22.
[2] Bungay, p.374.
[3] Kinder, p.34.
[4] Dennis Newton, correspondence with author, 11 August 2011.
[5]
Ibid.
Ibid.
[6] Keith Ashley Lawrence, interview with author, 10 December 2010.
[7] Lambert, p.159.
[8] James Chilton Francis Hayter, audio recording, 14 October 2004, AFNZM.
[9] Kinder, p.34.
[10] Bungay, p.381.
[12] Orange,
Park,
p.1.
Park,
p.1.
[13] Bungay, p.368; Bomber and Coastal Command lost 376 and 148 aircraft respectively.
[14] John Mackenzie, âThe Battle of Britain', p.5, AFMNZ, Battle of Britain Box.
[15]
Ibid.,
p.373.
Ibid.,
p.373.
[16] E. Martyn,
Swift to the Sky: New Zealand's Military Aviation History,
Penguin, Auckland, 2000, p.119.
Swift to the Sky: New Zealand's Military Aviation History,
Penguin, Auckland, 2000, p.119.
[17] R. Bickers,
The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare,
Salamander, London, 2000, p.106.
The Battle of Britain: The Greatest Battle in the History of Air Warfare,
Salamander, London, 2000, p.106.
[18] Alan Antill Gawith, interview with author, 12 August 2011; Keith Park, 15 September 1940, AFMNZ, Box 2/40.
[19] Wynn,
A Clasp for the Few,
p.118.
A Clasp for the Few,
p.118.
[20] Sholto Douglas, âAir Operations in Fighter Command From 24 October to 13 December 1941', 13 October 1947, NA, AIR 2/9904.
[21] Keith Ashley Lawrence, interview with author, 10 December 2010.
[22] John Rushton Gard'ner, interview with author, 9 January 2011.
[23] Bickers, p.106.
[24] Newton,
A Few of the Few,
pp.279â80.
A Few of the Few,
pp.279â80.
[25] Bungay, p.373.
[26] Wynn, pp.12â13.
[27] âThe Roll of HonourâThe Battle of Britain',
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/battle-of-britain/roll-of-honour
(Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Sep-2010, retrieved 19 April 2011; cf. John Mackenzie, âThe Battle of Britain', p.7, AFMNZ, Battle of Britain Box.
http://www.nzhistory.net.nz/battle-of-britain/roll-of-honour
(Ministry for Culture and Heritage), updated 20-Sep-2010, retrieved 19 April 2011; cf. John Mackenzie, âThe Battle of Britain', p.7, AFMNZ, Battle of Britain Box.
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PATRICK BISHOP
In the summer of 1940 the Luftwaffe locked horns with the RAF in a life-and-death struggle for mastery of the skies over southern England. Success for Germany would knock Britain out of the war and give Adolf Hitler a free hand for his assault on the Soviet Union. Success for the RAF would bring an end to the German advance to the west and ultimately facilitate the D-Day landings four years in the future.
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Hitler's Northern War.
Hitler's Northern War.
Index
A
accidents,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Ackington,
1
,
2
Adelaide,
1
Advanced Air Striking Force,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
air-sea rescue, RAF lack of,
1
,
2
,
3
aircraft manufacturing,
1
targeting,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
All Blacks,
1
,
2
,
3
Amiens,
1
Anzacs,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
aces,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
egalitarianism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
grief,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Guinea Pig Club,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
killing and the enemy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
losses,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
nationalism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
novice pilots,
1
,
2
post-Battle of Britain,
1
recreation,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
voyage to Britain,
1
,
2
,
3
Armée de l'Air,
1
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley,
1
Ashford,
1
Auckland,
1
,
2
Auckland Grammar School,
1
Austria,
1
B
Bad Ems,
1
baling out,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
22
Battle of Britain,
1
,
2
Eagle Attack,
1
,
2
the Greatest Day,
1
,
2
Battle index
of Britain Day,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
significance of,
1
,
2
Battle of Trafalgar,
1
BBC,
1
,
2
Beaverbrook, Lord,
1
Berlin,
1
Bertangles,
1
Big Wings
see Park and Leigh-Mallory
Biggin Hill,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
bombed,
1
,
2
,
3
Biggles,
1
Blenheim,
1
Blitz, the,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Bolitho, Hector,
1
Bomber Command,
1
,
2
,
3
Boulton Paul Defiant,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
Churchill's support of,
1
,
2
deficiencies,
1
early successes,
1
withdrawn from action,
1
,
2
Bournemouth,
1
Brighton,
1
,
2
Brisbane,
1
Bristol,
1
Bristol Blenheim,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
British Expeditionary Force,
1
Bungay, Stephen,
1
Burton, Sgt Douglas Lawrence,
1
Button, Cpl Lena,
1
C
Calais,
1
,
2
Canada,
1
Canterbury University College,
1
Cap Gris Nez,
1
,
2
,
3
ace-in-a-day,
1
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar,
1
egalitarianism,
1
high-altitude fighting,
1
Me,
1
destroyer,
1
âtop of his game',
1
Caterpillar Club,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Catterick,
1
Chamberlain, Neville,
1
Channel Battle,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Cherbourg Peninsula,
1
Christchurch,
1
,
2
Churches, Pilot Officer Edward Walter Gillies,
1
Churchill, Winston,
1
,
2
,
3
Boulton Paul Defiant supporter,
1
,
2
Hitler harangues,
1
speeches,
1
,
2
,
3
at Uxbridge HQ,
1
,
2
,
3
Clisby, F or O Leslie,
1
,
2
,
3
death,
1
Clouston, S or L Arthur Edmund,
1
avenges brother's death,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
test pilot,
1
Coastal Command,
1
,
2
Cobden, P or O Donald Gordon,
1
death,
1
Cobham's Flying Circus,
1
Cock, P or O John Reynolds,
1
,
2
,
3
baled out,
1
mid-air collision,
1
,
2
Cole, Leslie George,
1
Coleby Grange,
1
Colombo,
1
Commonwealth,
1
,
2
Crossman, P or O John Dallas,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
death,
1
,
2
departing Australia,
1
,
2
girlfriend,
1
,
2
,
3
voyage to Britain,
1
,
2
Croydon,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
D
de Havilland DH 60 Moth,
1
de Havilland Mosquito,
1
Debden,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Deere, F or L Alan Christopher,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
appeasement,
1
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
,
3
awarded RAF wings,
1
baled out,
1
,
2
bombed,
1
,
2
,
3
caught over France,
1
,
2
class divisions,
1
,
2
,
3
Churchill,
1
exotic Panama City,
1
,
2
first solo flight,
1
,
2
ground crews,
1
thoughts on lack of moral fibre,
1
,
2
impression of wintery London,
1
mid-air collision,
1
,
2
Nine Lives,
1
,
2
phantom âoxometer',
1
,
2
posted to,
1
Squadron,
1
prewar gunnery practice,
1
untested pilots,
1
,
2
Windmill Girls,
1
,
2
withdrawal from battlefield,
1
,
2
Denmark,
1
,
2
Detling,
1
Dishforth,
1
Distinguished Flying Cross,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
Distinguished Service Order,
1
Dornier Do 17,
1
Dornier Do 215,
1
Douglas, AVM William Sholto,
1
Douhet, Giulio,
1
Dover,
1
,
2
,
3
Dowding, ACM Sir Hugh,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
aircraft numbers,
1
Boulton Paul Defiant,
1
Dowding System,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
mismanagement of Park and Leigh-Mallory dispute,
1
radar,
1
reluctance to deploy Spitfires in France,
1
replacement,
1
Driffield,
1
,
2
Dunedin,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Dungeness,
1
Dunkirk,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Duxford,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
E
Eastchurch,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
East Grinstead,
1
,
2
,
3
Edwardstown,
1
Eketahuna,
1
Emeny, Sgt Clifford Stanley,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
Exeter,
1
,
2
F
Farnborough,
1
,
2
,
3
Farne Islands,
1
Fighter Command,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Bentley Prior HQ,
1
combating high-altitude fighter sweeps,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
losses,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
multi-national force,
1
strength,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Filton,
1
First World War
see Great War
Firth of Forth,
1
baled out,
1
âleft to rot',
1
,
2
Guinea Pig,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Flying Training School,
1
,
2
Folkstone,
1
,
2
Ford Street Boys' High,
1
France,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
fall of France,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
Fraser, Peter,
1
G
German,
1
,
2
Galland, Major Adolf,
1
,
2
Gard'ner, F or O John Rushton,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
âbonding' with aircraft,
1
ditched in Channel,
1
ice skating,
1
Panama City,
1
slaughter of the innocents,
1
Gawith, F or O Alan Antill,
1
airborne radar,
1
fruitless night patrols,
1
Gibson, F or O John Albert Axel,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
accidents,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Ackington,
1
,
2
Adelaide,
1
Advanced Air Striking Force,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
air-sea rescue, RAF lack of,
1
,
2
,
3
aircraft manufacturing,
1
targeting,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
All Blacks,
1
,
2
,
3
Amiens,
1
Anzacs,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
aces,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
egalitarianism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
grief,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Guinea Pig Club,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
killing and the enemy,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
losses,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
nationalism,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
novice pilots,
1
,
2
post-Battle of Britain,
1
recreation,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
voyage to Britain,
1
,
2
,
3
Armée de l'Air,
1
Armstrong Whitworth Whitley,
1
Ashford,
1
Auckland,
1
,
2
Auckland Grammar School,
1
Austria,
1
B
Bad Ems,
1
baling out,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
,
19
,
20
,
21
,
22
Battle of Britain,
1
,
2
Eagle Attack,
1
,
2
the Greatest Day,
1
,
2
Battle index
of Britain Day,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
significance of,
1
,
2
Battle of Trafalgar,
1
BBC,
1
,
2
Beaverbrook, Lord,
1
Berlin,
1
Bertangles,
1
Big Wings
see Park and Leigh-Mallory
Biggin Hill,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
bombed,
1
,
2
,
3
Biggles,
1
Blenheim,
1
Blitz, the,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Bolitho, Hector,
1
Bomber Command,
1
,
2
,
3
Boulton Paul Defiant,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
Churchill's support of,
1
,
2
deficiencies,
1
early successes,
1
withdrawn from action,
1
,
2
Bournemouth,
1
Brighton,
1
,
2
Brisbane,
1
Bristol,
1
Bristol Blenheim,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
British Expeditionary Force,
1
Bungay, Stephen,
1
Burton, Sgt Douglas Lawrence,
1
Button, Cpl Lena,
1
C
Calais,
1
,
2
Canada,
1
Canterbury University College,
1
Cap Gris Nez,
1
,
2
,
3
ace-in-a-day,
1
Distinguished Flying Cross and Bar,
1
egalitarianism,
1
high-altitude fighting,
1
Me,
1
destroyer,
1
âtop of his game',
1
Caterpillar Club,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Catterick,
1
Chamberlain, Neville,
1
Channel Battle,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Cherbourg Peninsula,
1
Christchurch,
1
,
2
Churches, Pilot Officer Edward Walter Gillies,
1
Churchill, Winston,
1
,
2
,
3
Boulton Paul Defiant supporter,
1
,
2
Hitler harangues,
1
speeches,
1
,
2
,
3
at Uxbridge HQ,
1
,
2
,
3
Clisby, F or O Leslie,
1
,
2
,
3
death,
1
Clouston, S or L Arthur Edmund,
1
avenges brother's death,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
test pilot,
1
Coastal Command,
1
,
2
Cobden, P or O Donald Gordon,
1
death,
1
Cobham's Flying Circus,
1
Cock, P or O John Reynolds,
1
,
2
,
3
baled out,
1
mid-air collision,
1
,
2
Cole, Leslie George,
1
Coleby Grange,
1
Colombo,
1
Commonwealth,
1
,
2
Crossman, P or O John Dallas,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
death,
1
,
2
departing Australia,
1
,
2
girlfriend,
1
,
2
,
3
voyage to Britain,
1
,
2
Croydon,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
D
de Havilland DH 60 Moth,
1
de Havilland Mosquito,
1
Debden,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Deere, F or L Alan Christopher,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
appeasement,
1
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
,
3
awarded RAF wings,
1
baled out,
1
,
2
bombed,
1
,
2
,
3
caught over France,
1
,
2
class divisions,
1
,
2
,
3
Churchill,
1
exotic Panama City,
1
,
2
first solo flight,
1
,
2
ground crews,
1
thoughts on lack of moral fibre,
1
,
2
impression of wintery London,
1
mid-air collision,
1
,
2
Nine Lives,
1
,
2
phantom âoxometer',
1
,
2
posted to,
1
Squadron,
1
prewar gunnery practice,
1
untested pilots,
1
,
2
Windmill Girls,
1
,
2
withdrawal from battlefield,
1
,
2
Denmark,
1
,
2
Detling,
1
Dishforth,
1
Distinguished Flying Cross,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
Distinguished Service Order,
1
Dornier Do 17,
1
Dornier Do 215,
1
Douglas, AVM William Sholto,
1
Douhet, Giulio,
1
Dover,
1
,
2
,
3
Dowding, ACM Sir Hugh,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
aircraft numbers,
1
Boulton Paul Defiant,
1
Dowding System,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
mismanagement of Park and Leigh-Mallory dispute,
1
radar,
1
reluctance to deploy Spitfires in France,
1
replacement,
1
Driffield,
1
,
2
Dunedin,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Dungeness,
1
Dunkirk,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
Duxford,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
E
Eastchurch,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
East Grinstead,
1
,
2
,
3
Edwardstown,
1
Eketahuna,
1
Emeny, Sgt Clifford Stanley,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
Exeter,
1
,
2
F
Farnborough,
1
,
2
,
3
Farne Islands,
1
Fighter Command,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
Bentley Prior HQ,
1
combating high-altitude fighter sweeps,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
losses,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
,
12
,
13
,
14
,
15
,
16
,
17
,
18
multi-national force,
1
strength,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
Filton,
1
First World War
see Great War
Firth of Forth,
1
baled out,
1
âleft to rot',
1
,
2
Guinea Pig,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
Flying Training School,
1
,
2
Folkstone,
1
,
2
Ford Street Boys' High,
1
France,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
,
10
,
11
fall of France,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
,
6
,
7
,
8
,
9
Fraser, Peter,
1
G
German,
1
,
2
Galland, Major Adolf,
1
,
2
Gard'ner, F or O John Rushton,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
aviation aspirations,
1
,
2
âbonding' with aircraft,
1
ditched in Channel,
1
ice skating,
1
Panama City,
1
slaughter of the innocents,
1
Gawith, F or O Alan Antill,
1
airborne radar,
1
fruitless night patrols,
1
Gibson, F or O John Albert Axel,
1
,
2
,
3
,
4
,
5
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