The Battle of Britain (14 page)

air raids
see
bombing
;
Blitz

aircraft

British: Avro Lancaster,
54
;

Boulton-Paul Defiant,
35
;

Bristol Beaufighter
35
,
95
;

Bristol Blenheim,
7
,
35
,
44
,
95
; Hawker Hurricane,
7–8
,
34–7
,
52
,
71
,
73
,
85–6
,
145–7
; Vickers Supermarine Spitfire,
8
,
35–7
,
52
,
71
,
73
,
85–6
,
97
,
145–7

German: Dornier
17
,
54
; Heinkel He 111,
53–4
; Heinkel He 113 (118),
53
; Junkers Ju 87B,
53
,
72
; Junkers Ju 88A–1,
54
; Messerschmitt Me 109 (Bf 109),
47
,
50
,
52
,
97
,
109
,
111
; Messerschmitt Me 110 (Bf 110),
53

Soviet: I 16 fighter,
35

aircraft production,
33–4
,
50–51
,
114–16
,
145

Alexander, Harold, General,
117

Anti-Aircraft Command,
42–3

antisemitism,
92

Atlantic Ocean,
14
,
87

Attlee, Clement,
105

Australia,
15

Bader, Douglas, Wing-Commander,
85

Balbo, Italo,
85

Baltic states,
22

Battle of the Atlantic,
107–8

Battle of Britain Day,
86

Battle of Britain Despatch,
119

Battle of Britain
pamphlet,
118–19

Beaverbrook, Lord
118

Beaverbrook, Lord,
33–5

Bechtle, Otto,
61

Belgium,
48

Bentley Priory (Fighter Command HQ),
39–40

Berlin,
18
,
21
,
56–7
,
78–83
,
109

Bern,
18

Bessarabia,
22

‘Big Wings’,
85–6

Biggin Hill,
69

Birmingham,
79

Blitz,
66
,
89–98
,
106
,
119
,
121

blockade,
17
,
23
,
56
,
63
,
107–8

Blumentritt, Günther von, General,
108–9

Bomber Command,
4–7
,
44–5
,
63–6
,
74–5
,
78–81

bombing,
4
,
55
,
63–6
,
79–82
,
86–96
,
104–5

Brand, Quintin, Air Vice Marshall,
39

Bristol,
79

Britain,
6–7
,
14–23
,
32
,
34
,
38
,
50–51
,
62
,
78
,
88–90
,
98
,
103–9
,
120–22

British Army,
108

Brittany,
47

Brooke, Sir Alan, General,
44

Budapest,
105–6

Butler, R. Α.,
11

Buxton, Charles Roden,
11

Cadogan, Sir Alexander,
12

Cambridge,
105

Canada,
15
,
34
,
113

Carinhall,
56–7

Chain Home radar stations,
40–41
,
71–2

Chamberlain, Neville,
3–6
,
9–10

Charlton, L. E. O.,
89

Cheadle,
42

Chigwell,
83

China,
120

Churchill, Winston,
xiii
,
9–12
,
16
,
18
,
29
,
31
,
38–9
,
46
,
74–6
,
98
,
103–6
,
117–20

Ciano, Galeazzo, Count,
19–20

Clark, Kenneth,
14
,
120–21

Coastal Command,
63
,
65

Command of the Air
,
97–8

Condor Legion,
48

Conservative Party,
10

Cooper, Duff,
43–4

Cornwall,
66

Coronation Chair,
10

Cowles, Virginia
15
,
75

Crayford,
83

Cripps, Sir Stafford,
18
,
35

CROMWELL,
93

Croydon,
83
,
90

Czech crisis,
3

Daily Express
,
94

Danzig,
xii

Dean, Sir Maurice,
29

Devon,
66

Douglas, Sholto, Air Marshall,
118

Douhet, Giulio, General,
97–8

Dover,
72

Dowding, Sir Hugh, Air Chief Marshall,
8
,
30–31
,
37
,
49
,
61–2
,
65
,
76–7
,
81
,
86
,
110–12
,
118–19

Dublin,
18

Dulwich,
83

Dunkirk (Kent),
72

Dunkirk evacuation,
8–9
,
15

Duxford,
86

Economic Warfare Ministry,
116

Egypt,
xi
,
104

Eire
see
Ireland

El Alamein, Battle of,
xi

‘England-Committee’,
98

English Channel,
16
,
27
,
42
,
55
,
62–4
,
67
,
86

‘Enigma’,
42
,
93
,
115

Farnborough,
62

Fighter Command,
8
,
30–48
,
54–7
,
64–5
,
71–9
,
83–6
,
93–7
,
106–18

operational strength,
32
,
72–3
,
112
,
114
,
116
,
146

10 Group,
32
,
71
,
84

11 Group,
31
,
67
,
71
,
74–7
,
84

12 Group,
32
,
71
,
74
,
84–6

13 Group,
32
,
74

First World War,
29–30
,
51
,
113

France,
6–9
,
12
,
15–18
,
21
,
47–8
,
55
,
69
,
77
,
104
,
117

Franco, Francisco, General,
87
,
107

Galland, Adolf,
109–10

gas masks,
4

German air fleets,
48

German Air Force,
4
,
27–8
,
33
,
42–55
,
64–8
,
75–9
,
83
,
86
,
88
,
98
,
103–4
,
114–17

operational strength,
32–3
,
72–3
,
116

German Army,
17
,
22
,
49
,
108

German Foreign Office,
17
,
98

German Navy,
16–17
,
63
,
88
,
108

German-Soviet Pact (1939),
11

Germany,
14–17
,
22
,
33
,
45
,
47
,
51–4
,
64
,
87–8
,
95
,
103
,
120

Glasgow,
43

Goebbels, Joseph,
16
,
19
,
56–7
,
80–82
,
98–9

Goering, Hermann, Reich Marshal,
19–20
,
28–9
,
50–51
,
56–7
,
68
,
73
,
79
,
84
,
89
,
114

Groups
see
Fighter Command

Halder, Franz, General,
16

Halifax, Lord,
9–12
,
20–21

Harrogate Programme,
33

Hart, Basil Liddell,
11

Harwich,
62

Hawker Aircraft Company,
37

Hawkinge,
69

Heinkel, Ernst,
53

Hendon,
83

Hendon Air Show,
89

Hitler, Adolf,
9–22
,
27
,
50
,
56–7
,
78
,
87–9
,
99
,
107–10
,
122

Home Intelligence (British),
10–13
,
90–95

Hook of Holland,
63

Ilford,
83

India,
15
,
30

Information Ministry,
14
,
94–5
,
106
,
120–21

invasion,
16–19
,
68
,
87–8
,
92–4
,
106–9

Ireland,
13
,
46–7

Irish Republican Army (IRA),
14
,
46

Isle of Wight,
19
,
72

Italian Navy,
104

Italy,
34
,
74
,
87
,
94–5
,
103
,
107

Japan,
104
,
120
,
122

Jeschonnek, Hans, General,
89

Jodl, Alfred, General,
109

Joint Intelligence Committee (British),
13
,
92

Kent,
47
,
68–9

Kesselring, Albert, Field Marshall,
48–9
,
57
,
111

King’s Lynn,
57

Kosovo,
89

Kroll Opera House,
19

Labour Party,
10
,
105

Langdon-Davies, John,
90–92

Leicester,
57

Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, Air Vice-Marshall,
32
,
85

Liberal Party,
10
,
29

Liège,
45

‘Linatex’,
37

Liverpool,
43
,
62
,
79

Lloyd-George, David,
9
,
11

Local Defence Volunteers,
121

London,
7
,
35
,
43
,
47
,
55
,
78–87
,
90–95
,
98
,
117

losses,
72–3
,
86–7
,
96
,
116–19
,
147

Lufthansa,
51

Lympne,
69–70

Manchuria,
122

Manston,
69–70

Mediterranean,
87
,
104
,
107

Middle East,
34–5

Milch, Erhard, Field Marshall,
51

Mill Hill,
83

Ministry
see under Ministry title

Moscow,
35
,
121

Mussolini, Benito,
87
,
107

Netherlands,
48

‘New Order’,
21

New Zealand,
15

Newall, Sir Cyril, Air Chief Marshall,
30–31
,
34
,
49
,
118

Newcastle,
62

Nicolson, Harold,
75
,
103
,
105

Normandy, Battle of,
xi
,
109

Norway,
47

Observer Corps,
40–41

Old Kent Road,
83

Olympia,
39

Operation Barbarossa,
22

Operation Sealion,
19
,
22
,
27
,
56
,
79
,
87–9
,
108–9

Operational Training Units,
73–4

Orwell, George,
92
,
117
,
122

Ostend,
63

Park, Keith, Air Vice-Marshall,
31–2
,
39
,
62
,
67
,
70–71
,
74–7
,
81
,
84–6
,
110–11
,
117

Pas de Calais,
48

Passchendaele, Battle of,
xi

Pile, Sir Frederick, Lt General,
42–3

pilot numbers,
37–9
,
54–5
,
73–4
,
112–13
,
148

Plymouth,
91

poison gas,
46–7
,
105–6

Poland,
3
,
6
,
55

Polish Air Force,
7

Polish Fighter Command squadrons,
38–9

Portal, Sir Charles, Air Marshall,
118

Quade, General,
27

radar (RDF),
4
,
40–42
,
69
,
72
,
84

Radio-Telephony Direction Finding (R/T-D/F),
40–41

Raeder, Erich, Grossadmiral,
16–17
,
27
,
87–8

Ramsgate,
19

Red Army,
22

Ribbentrop, Joachim von,
17–19

Richmond,
83

Richthofen squadron,
28

Romania,
22

Roosevelt, Franklin Delano,
120