Dingo Firestorm (39 page)

fuel-air bombs
152

Golf bombs
133
,
135
,
152–153
,
166
,
217

Bond, James (
nom de guerre
)
55

Borneo
50
,
127–128
Bourhill, Dave
153
,
166–167
,
170
,
202–203

Brand, Basil
146–147

Brand, Christoffel
147

Brand, Johannes Hendrikus ‘Jan’
147

Brand, Quintin
15–16
,
146–148
,
252

Brand, Richard ‘Rich’

attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1)
159
,
165–171
,
201–203
,
211
,
247

attack on Tembue (Zulu 2)
224
,
227
,
230

background of
16
,
145–154
,
216

life after Operation Dingo
251–252

planning for Operation Dingo
135
,
137

Brand, Susan
251

briefcase found
see
suitcases found

briefing for Operation Dingo
116–117
,
130–138

Britain
5
,
6
,
11
,
77–78
,
80
,
104
,
106

British Airways
95

British South Africa Police (BSAP)
26–27
,
45

Bronze Cross of Rhodesia
115
,
125

Browning machine guns
144
,
205

BSAP
see
British South Africa Police

Buckle, Bill
85–86

Burford, Mr
34

Bush War, beginning of
46–47

Caetano, Marcelo
59

Cahora Bassa
38–39
,
219
,
228–229
,
241

Calvert, Mike
109
,
110

Canberras

attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1)
144–145
,
159
,
162–164
,
171–173
,
193–194
,
211–212

attack on Tembue (Zulu 2)
227
,
231
,
239

history of
18
,
33
,
151

Nyadzonia camp
98–99

planning for Operation Dingo
86
,
91
,
133

Pungwe camp
74

Cannon, John
23–27

cannons

20-mm cannons
39
,
53–54
,
75
,
198–199
,
229

30-mm cannons
135
,
151–152
,
173

37-mm Chinese twin-barrelled cannons
197

captives
83–85
,
237–238

Carmichael, George
27–28

Carnation Revolution
59

Carter, Jimmy
95

casualty rates
93
,
114
,
134–135

Catane
218

CB-470 cluster bombs
251

Cecil Square
154

Central Intelligence Organisation
39
,
43
,
48
,
61–63
,
75
,
102

Cessna aircraft
117

Chaminuka
43

chants of ZANLA
42–43

Chapel of Our Lady of the Rampart
38

Chauke, Justin
41

Chibabawa refugee camp
81

chicken run
101

Chifombo camp
62

Chikerema, James
41

Chikondo, Martin
240

chimbwido
56–57

Chimene, Mandi
180

Chimoio Town
66–67

see also
Battle of Chimoio

China
29–30
,
36
,
86

Chinese astrology
95

Chiswiti army base
219
,
223
,
226
,
228
,
243

Chitepo College
85
,
173
,
204
,
207

Chitepo, Herbert
10
,
20–21
,
29–32
,
41
,
61–63

Chiweshe, Chief
44

Chiweshe Tribal Trust Land
44
,
55

CIO
see
Central Intelligence Organisation

Circus Circus Group
251

Clark, Les
235

clouds, impact of
99
,
158–159

see also
weather, impact of

code words for Operation Dingo
141
,
184
,
187
,
222

Cold Comfort Farm
64

Cold War
80

Cole, Barbara
196
,
235

College of the Little Flower
147

Collocott, Bruce
100

Combined Operations (ComOps)
94
,
102–103
,
209

commanders of Operation Dingo
120–129
,
136

ComOps
see
Combined Operations

confidentiality
112–116

Congo
7–8

Conn, Billy
27–28

Constitution of 1961
6–7

convalescents on New Farm
171
,
180
,
197

Coster, Keith
102

coup d’état
, planned, in Rhodesia
248–249

Coventry, Dudley
126

Cranborne
16–17
,
89

Crocodile Gang
10–11

C Squadron, SAS
94
,
109–111
,
126–127

Cuba
73
,
132

Culpan, Rick
151

Culpan, Vic
160
,
175–176

Curzon Farm
11

Dakotas

attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1)
144–145
,
157–158
,
160–161
,
173
,
175–178

attack on Tembue (Zulu
2
)
222–223
,
226–227
,
229–230
,
232

history of
18

planning for Operation Dingo
90
,
108
,
133
,
135

Rich Brand on
149

Second Chimurenga
51
,
55
,
98
,
100–101

Dalgleish, Archie
46

Dare reChimurenga (ZANU war council)
20
,
30–31
,
41
,
61
,
107
,
131
,
207
,
247

Dartnall, Geoff
136

DC-7 aircraft
133
,
143–144
,
162
,
184–185
,
228
,
234
,
241

DC-8 cargo jet
133
,
159
,
162
,
164
,
173

De Borchgrave family
46

Defense Will Not Win the War
103

de Havilland Aircraft Company
16

de Havilland Tiger Moth
see
Tiger Moth

de Havilland Vampire
see
Vampires

De Kock, Derek
89–90
,
136
,
160
,
176–178
,
233

Delport Farm
162

Department of Internal Affairs, Rhodesia
48

De Sousa farm
67

détente
58–59
,
61–62
,
64
,
69
,
71
,
96

D’Hotman, Bob
161–162
,
175–176
,
227
,
229

D’Hotman, Trish
162

dialogue with anti-communist African leaders
see
détente

Dias, Bartholomew
38

Dirty Dozen
105

Distinguished Flying Cross
17

Dixon, Chris
162–164
,
171–173
,
206
,
231

Donaldson, Ian ‘Don’
98–99

Douglas DC-7
see
DC-7 aircraft

Douglas DC-8
see
DC-8 cargo jet

Du Bois, Jacques
89
,
116

DuPont, Clifford
12

Du Rand, Randy
74
,
98–99
,
112

Durban Wings Club
125

EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh
251

eagle crash with Alouette helicopter
124

Eastern Highlands, Rhodesia
64

Edden, Mike
47
,
155
,
205
,
228

ejection from aircraft
167
,
215–216

elections in Rhodesia
7
,
11
,
105
,
248–249

Elite, The
196
,
235

Ellan Vannin Farm
49

English Electric Canberra
see
Canberras

English Electric Lightning
see
Lightning aircraft

FAF 4
116
,
222–225

farming in Rhodesia
23

Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland
5
,
7
,
111

Field, Winston
8

Fireforce
28
,
53–56
,
58
,
76
,
117
,
134

First Chimurenga
11
,
21
,
36
,
43
,
47
,
154

flechettes
217
,
227
,
230–231
,
239

Flower, Ken
39
,
43
,
48
,
63
,
69
,
103
,
104

fly-past for opening of Rhodesian Parliament
153–154

FN infantry rifle
221

Folland Gnat jet trainer
33
,
216

Ford, Gerald
73
,
95

Fothergill, Rupert
229

Fox & Carney
115–116

frantan (frangible tanks)
35
,
133
,
166
,
171
,
211

free-fall parachuting
50–52

see also
paratroopers

FRELIMO
38–45
,
59
,
63–68
,
81
,
86
,
98–99
,
132
,
199
,
207
,
218–219

Friends of Rhodesia
118

fuel-air bombs
152

fuel levels of aircraft
see
refuelling

Furstenburg, Paul
195

Gaylard, Jack
104

Geldenhuys, Prop
78
,
192

Geneva conference on Rhodesia
78–80
,
96

Geraty, Spook
166
,
173
,
201
,
203
,
211
,
227
,
230–231

Ghana
6
,
13

Gibbs, Sir Humphrey
11

Gibran, Khalil
112

glide attack of aircraft
152–153

Gnat trainer aircraft
33
,
216

Golf bombs
133
,
135
,
152–153
,
166
,
217

Gondola refugee camp
81

Graça farm
67

Graham, James
12

Graham, Mike
90
,
136
,
188

Grand Reef Airbase
113
,
137
,
209–210

Graves, Colin
120–121

Great Dyke
23

Green Section
133
,
162
,
171–173
,
193–194
,
211
,
231
,
239

Grey High School
120

Griffiths, Harold ‘Griff’
136
,
145
,
156–159
,
188
,
224
,
226
,
232

Grobler, Mr
195

ground crew (technicians)
190
,
202–203
,
211
,
234

Gumboreshumba
36

Gumbo, Rugare
80

Gwelo
10
,
126

Gwenoro farm
169

Haarhoff, Simon
179
,
181
,
221
,
242

Haigh, Dot
192

Haigh, Philip Wilfred ‘Phil’
182
,
190–192

Hales, Frank
50
,
236

HALO (high altitude low opening) techniques
50–52

see also
paratroopers

Harper, William
12

Harts
see
Hawker Hart fighter planes

Hart, Winston
44–45

Harvard aircraft
17–18
,
122
,
146

Harvey, Ian
36
,
148
,
198–199
,
206
,
216
,
224

Hawker Hart fighter planes
16–17

Hawker Hunter
see
Hunters

Hawkes, Dave
98–99

Hawkesworth, Gerald
49
,
50
,
52

Henson, Nigel
226

Herman’s Hermits
119

Heyfron, Sally (later Mugabe)
6

Hickman, John
75

high altitude low opening (HALO) techniques
50–52

see also
paratroopers

Hofmeyer, Murray
26–28