Wings (43 page)

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 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

Dayrell-Browning, Muriel,
86

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

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 Battle,
179

Fairey Fawn,
150

Fairey Swordfish,
243

Falgate, Donald,
293

Falklands War,
1
,
237
,
344

Farnborough,
20
,
28
,
30
,
38

Fawke, Gerry,
321

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

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

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