Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, From the Red Baron to the F-16 (86 page)

Operation Barbarossa, 256, 297, 365

Operation Citadel, 303–305

Operation Fridericus, 265, 295–296, 331

Operation Market Garden, 347–352

Operation Sealion, 208, 221–222, 233, 241, 251

Operation Typhoon, 287–288

Operation Venezia, 265–266

pilots, 189, 201–202, 233–251, 254, 255, 256–265, 267–269, 271–279

radar development, 220

Third Reich destruction strategies by Allies, 354

in Tobruk, 254, 255–268

top three flying aces, 304

U-boats, 203, 222

Waffen SS divisions, 201, 366

See also
German Army, Luftwaffe

Giap, Vo Nguyen, 427, 429, 433

Glaspie, April, 512, 513

Glenn, John, 415

gliding, 9

Gloster Meteor jet fighter, 362, 403–404

Gnome engines, 3, 44

Gnys, Wladyslaw, 179

Goering, Hermann, 205, 207, 208–209, 211, 220, 224, 232, 233, 234, 235, 240, 241, 268, 297, 299, 300, 301, 361, 366–367

Gontermann, Heinrich, 112

Gorilla strike package maneuver, 514, 518–519

Gort, Lord John, 195, 196, 199, 204

Gough, Hubert, 127

Graziani, Rodolfo, 251, 252

Great Britain, World War I

aerial photography, 68, 114

aircraft design.
See
Sopwith series aircraft

in Arras offensive, 93–94

Battle of Jutland, 66, 67

Battle of Menin Road, 110–111

Battle of Messines, 109–110

Battle of Passchendaele, 110, 112

Bloody April, 1917/Battle of Arras, 65–77, 82, 91

British Expeditionary Force, 18, 28–29, 93, 95, 112, 181–182, 184–185, 190, 193, 195–196, 199, 202

defensive fortifications, 51

Distinguished Service Order, 42, 132, 133, 137

effects of 1916 shortages in, 47–48

Entente between France and, 113

flying ace Mannock, 78–82

flying aces, 78–82, 131–133, 144–145

food supplies, 51, 52

and end of the Great War, 138–140

Hawker as “British Boelcke,” 42–46

Military Cross, 79, 82, 132, 133, 137

mobilization, 16–17, 18

officers, 28–29

in Operation Michael, 113–118

pilot Ball’s heroics, 82, 84–90

pilots, 42–46, 52, 62, 65–74, 82, 84–90, 93–140

Royal Navy, 28, 66, 67

in Somme offensive, 37–38

support of 1919 White Russian forces, 144–145

Vickers machine gun, 22–23

Victoria Cross, 43, 68, 89, 132, 133, 137, 238

See also
Royal Air Force; Royal Flying Corps; Royal Naval Air Service

Great Britain, World War II, 330

aircraft designs/production, 181, 182, 223–225, 234, 236–237, 356–360

Battle for France, 181–199, 203–204

Battle of Britain, 189, 233–245

Battle of El Alamein, 269–274

the Blitz, 240–241

Channel battles, 221–223, 231–232

in Dunkirk evacuation (Operation Dynamo), 199–204, 207

execution of British prisoners, 201

Fighter Command operations, 218–219, 225

flying aces, 194, 235

invasion of, 208–209, 221–222

North Africa Campaign, 252, 253

Operation Crusader, 260

Operation Judgment, 252–253

in Operation Market Garden, 347–352, 364

Operation Sealion, 208, 221–222, 233, 241, 251

pilots, 193–200, 203–204, 233–248

radar detection, 216–219

Tobruk, 254, 255–268

troops in Norway, 181

See also
British Army; fighter pilots; Royal Air Force

Great Depression, 162

Greer, Russ, 501

Grizodubova, Valentina, 281

Gros, Edmund, 104–105

ground attack measures, 546–549

ground control interception (GCI), 413, 461

ground-directed bombing, 470–471

Grumman Avenger torpedo bomber, 335–336

Grünberg, Hans, 306

Guderian, Heinz, 183, 190, 191, 192, 193, 286, 289, 292–293

Gulf of Tonkin incident, 436, 464

Gulf of Tonkin Resolution, 436

Gulf War, Persian, 508, 515, 519–520

gull-wing design, 177, 179, 392

guns.
See
aerial gunnery; machine guns

gyroscopic gunsights, 407

H

Haig, Douglas, 93, 95, 112, 116, 119

Halsey, Bill, 326

Harada, Kaname, 334–336, 341, 342, 343–344

Hardesty, Von, 290

HARM missles, 492, 493

Harmswoth, Harold, 118, 223

Hart, Peter, 123–124

Hartmann, Erich “Bubi,” 210, 276, 304, 305

Hartzell, Curt, 442–443, 444, 445–446, 447–449

Hawker Hurricane aircraft

Mk I fighter, 181, 182, 189, 196, 223, 224, 226, 234, 236, 237, 243, 257

Mk IIb fighter, 166

Mk IIc fighter, 271

Hawker, Lanoe George, 42–46, 48, 73, 466

Hay, William, 74

Hayati,
Japanese destroyer, 328

heat seeker missiles, 460–461, 463

Hebel, Fritz, 324–325

Heinkel aircraft

He 51B fighters, 158, 160, 164, 165, 167

He 111 bomber, 286

He 177 bomber, 224

115 floatplanes, 182

Heinkel, Ernst, 224

Henson Aerial Steam Carriage, 10–11

Henson, William, 10–11

Hermann, Gayle, 325

Hero of the Soviet Union medal, 307

Hertz, Heinrich Rudolf, 216

Hill, Lister, 161

Himmler, Heinrich, 268, 366–367

Hindenburg Line, 50, 66, 75, 95, 110, 127, 134

Hiryu,
Japanese carrier, 319, 328–329, 343, 344

Hispano-Suiza 20 mm cannons, 228

Hispano-Suiza engines

8B engine, 83

12Y-45/49, 186

V-8 engine, 130

Hitler, Adolf, World War II, 155, 163, 199, 251, 254, 352–353

Battle for France, 181–199, 207

Battle of Britain, 233–245

and D-Day invasion, 365

and flying ace Marseille, 268–269

invasion of Denmark, 181

invasion of Britain, 208–209, 222

invasion of Poland, 176, 178–179

invasion of Soviet Union, 208, 243, 256, 284, 286, 287, 293, 294

last days, 366–367

and U.S. declaration of war on Japan, 327

Ho Chi Minh, 426–427, 429, 433

Ho Chi Minh Trail, 440, 469, 471

Holcombe, Ken, 424

Holland, James, 188

Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico, 503, 504

Hornet fighter aircraft, F/A-18, 487, 495–498

Hornet,
USS, 265, 331–332, 338–339, 341–342

Hotchkiss, Benjamin, 22

Hotchkiss machine gun, 4, 5, 7–8, 21–22

Hoth, Hermann, 286, 296

Houchin, Lloyd, 436

Housman, A. E., 143

Hudson, William, 388

Hunter-Killer squadrons, 453, 489, 505

Hurricane aircraft.
See
Hawker Hurricane aircraft

Hussars, 64

Hussein, Saddam, 498–499, 510, 511, 512–513, 516, 517

I

I-15 fighter aircraft, Polikarpov, 159, 168, 169

I-16 Mosca fighter aircraft, 159–160, 164, 165, 169–170

Ihlefeld, Herbert, 249–251

IL-2 Sturmovik attack aircraft, 290–291

Immelmann, Max, 26, 27, 34, 35, 61

Imperial German Aviation Service, 30, 38

Imperial Japanese Military Academy, 317

Imperial Japanese Navy, 319–321, 336–337

1st Carrier Division, 319

2nd Carrier Division, 319

5th Carrier Division, 319

Battle of Midway, 338–345

Battle of the Coral Sea, 334

Carrier Strike Task Force, 319

cruisers, 328

destroyers, 328, 330, 342

Doolittle raid and, 331–333

Fifth Fleet, 337, 338

pilot training, 320–321

primary dive bomber of, 311

Second Fleet Transport Group, 339

See also
aircraft carriers

Imperial Naval Academy, 320

incendiary ammunition drums, 129

incendiary bombs, 549

Inchon, Battle of, 396–398

Inglis, David, 132

inline engines, 58, 68

interrupter gear, aircraft, 25–26, 42, 71, 83–84

Intruder jet-engine aircraft, A-6, 439

Iraq

Basra, 495–498, 509

invasion of Kuwait, 498–499, 510–518

Iraq International Law Compliance Act, 1990, 512

Israel

A-4N Skyhawk aircraft, 474–478, 483–484

Bar-Lev Line, 474, 478, 479, 483

flight training, 481–483

Operation Rugby, 484

Six-Day War, 480

struggle for independence, 484–485

Yom Kippur War, 479–481, 483, 484

Israeli Air Force, 474–479, 483, 484

Israeli Defense Force, 479, 484

Italo-Turkish War, Libya (1911–12), 14

Italy

Ansaldos A-1 Balillas aircraft, 150

Ariete Division, 265

Battle of Taranto, 252–253

Britain’s Operation Judgment, 252–253

declares war on U.S., 327

Escuadrilla de Caza, 159

invasion of Egypt, 251, 254

Italian Silver Medals for Military Valor, 137

Savoia-Marchetti bomber aircraft, 170

Tenth Army, 254

J

Jacobs, Josef, 98, 133

Japan, 317–318, 330

attack on Pearl Harbor, 260–261, 293, 309–313, 321–327

Battle of Midway, 268, 337, 338–345

Battle of Corregidor, 333

Battle of the Coral Sea, 333–334

bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, 367–368

dismemberment of, 385

Nanking Massacre, 330

surrender of, 368

U.S. breaks military code, 337

U.S. declaration of war on, 327

jet-powered aircraft

dawn of the jet age, 373–531

F-86 Sabre, 373–384, 405–407, 410, 412

first, 224

in-flight assessments, 413–414

jet engine technology, 361–362, 403–404

MiG jet fighter aircraft, 373, 373–384, 402–405

shoot-downs, 414–415

Jodl, Alfred, 241, 288

Joffre, Joseph, 48

John F. Kennedy,
USS, 513

Johnson, Amy, 281

Johnson, “Johnnie,” 194

Johnson, Lyndon, 435, 436, 437, 470

Johnson, Martin, 394–395

Johnson, Robert, 406

Ju 52 transport aircraft, 170, 299–300

Ju 87 (Stuka) dive bomber, 177–178, 179, 180, 236

Ju 88 fighter aircraft, 286, 306

Jumo 210 series engines, 166

Juneau,
USS, 388

Junkers J-1 fighter aircraft, 114–115

Junkers Motorenwerke, 166

Junyo,
Japanese carrier, 337

Jutland, Battle of, 66, 67

K

Kaga,
Japanese carrier, 319, 342

Kajioka, Sadamichi, 328

Karl I of Austria-Hungary, 92

Kartveli, Alex, 457

KC-135 Stratotanker, 441–442

Keirn, Richard “Pops,” 423–424, 426

Kelly, Tom, 518

Kesselring, Albert, 265, 274

Khostnikov, M. S., 296

kill ratios, 412–413, 414

Kim Il Sung, 398

Kimpo Air Base, South Korea, 373, 381, 382

Kindelberger, James “Dutch,” 357

Kinkead, Samuel “Kink,” 145

Kisaragi,
Japanese destroyer, 328, 330

Kissinger, Henry, 473

Kitty Hawk,
USS, 434, 437

Kittyhawk, Curtiss P-40E fighter aircraft, 266

Kliewer, David, 328

Klusmann, Charles, 434, 435, 436

knife fight aerial maneuver, 100, 120

Knight’s Cross of the Iron Cross, 210–211, 232, 250–251, 262, 265, 267, 268, 274, 275

Knochlein, Fritz, 201

Knox, Frank, 322

Korat Royal Thai Air Force Base, 454, 459

Korea, 373–384

38th parallel, 385, 387, 398

Korean Democratic Party, 386

Korean People’s Air Force, 391, 413, 414