Index
Aachen 107
Abromeit, Friedrich 159
absurdity 259
accommodation, lack of 301
Ahrens, Georg III, 306
air crew, jobs 87–8
air doctrine 48–9
air power 50–3
Air Protection battalions withdrawn 248
Air Protection leader 120–1
air raid, June 1943 129, 138
air raid, 24 July
expectancy 77–80
preparations 78–80
briefing 80–3
intelligence briefing 81–3
last meal 83–4
take-off 84–7
numbers involved 86
aborts 86
Pathfinders 86, 90, 95–6, 97, 98–9, 104, 181
outbound flight 87–8, 89–92, 95–7
diversionary missions 89, 101
interception attempts 92–5, 96, 103
casualties and losses 96, 98, 104, 117, 119, 136, 151–8, 376–8
flak 97–8, 112–13, 121
target indicators dropped 98–9, 111–14
bombing run 99–101
air-raid warnings 109–11
in the shelters 114–16
on the streets 116–19
fires 101, 113–14, 118, 119–21, 122, 123, 124, 201
homebound flight 101, 103–5
landing 105
debriefing 105
25 July 106
effects of 119–27
damage 124–5
RAF statistics 393
air raid, 25 July
planning and preparation 128–36
weather 129–30
priority targets 129, 138
diversionary missions 130–1, 145
briefing 137–9
takeoff and formation assembly 139–42
apprehension 139
flak 139, 146–7
aborts 142, 150, 163
outbound flight 142, 144–7
bombing run 147–50, 334
casualties and losses 147, 161, 163–4, 378–80
homebound flight 150–9
landing 159–61
debriefing 161–2
intelligence assessment 163–5
victory claims 164–5
USAAF statistics 394
air raid, 26 July
briefing 165–6
takeoff and formation assembly 166–8
diversionary missions 166
aborts 167–8
outbound flight 167–9
bombing run 169, 171, 175
homebound flight 171–2
casualties and losses 171, 172, 380–1
Trojan Horse B17s 172
USAAF statistics 395
air raid, 27 July. see alsofirestorm
planning and preparation 186–9
bomb loads 186–7
briefing 335
outbound flight 186–7, 189–92
aborts 189
Pathfinders 189, 192
takeoff 189
casualties and losses 190, 195–8, 381–3
flak 191, 195, 196
bombing run 192–8, 204–6, 335
target indicators dropped 192
homebound flight 198–9
RAF statistics 393
air raid, 29 July
Harris orders 246
Hamburg prepares for 247–9
flak 247, 254, 255
briefing 249–50
planning and preparation 249–50
takeoff 250–1
decoys 250, 251
Pathfinders 250, 251, 257
casualties and losses 251–2, 254–5, 256–7, 260, 261, 384–7
outbound flight 251–4
bombing run 254–6, 257, 259
homebound flight 256–7
experience on the ground 259–61
effect of 257–64
RAF statistics 393
air raid, 2 August
planning and preparation 268–70
weather 268, 269
reconnaissance flight 269
outbound flight 270–6
aborts 270, 271
casualties and losses 275–6, 278, 279, 281, 282, 388–92
flak 278–9
over Hamburg 267, 278–9, 281–2
homebound flight 279
Pathfinders 280
targets of opportunity 281
debriefing 279–81
assessment 281–2
RAF statistics 393
air-raid drill 37–8
Air-raid Protection Service 290
air-raid shelters 34–5, 37, 110, 114–16, 175, 225, 248–9, 259–61, 316
air-raid sirens 37, 109–10, 174–5, 247–8
air raids, 1940–42 37–8, 55
air raids, post 1943 308
air-sea rescue 172
air supremacy 328
aircraft
Avro Lancaster 59, 87–8, 88, 187, 396
Boeing B17 ‘Flying Fortress’ 66, 133, 141–2, 153, 155–6, 158–9, 397
De Havilland Mosquito 59, 89, 396
the Doris Mae149
Dornier Do217 398
Focke-Wulf 190 397
Gotha bombers 47
Handley Page Halifax 88, 186, 396
the Judy B147, 161
Junkers Ju88 104, 398
Messerschmitt Me 109 104, 144–5, 164, 397
Messerschmitt Me 110 158–9, 398
the Nitemare171
Short Stirling 89, 186, 396
Vickers Wellington 89, 396
the Yankee Doodle Dandy159, 160
Albert H. 211–13
Allwright, Flight Sergeant E. F. 256
Alster, river 4, 123
Alster Lake 35, 37, 315
Alsterdorf 5
Althoff Circus 109
Altona 7, 18, 29, 32, 99, 113–14, 122, 125, 175, 180, 185
‘Am Stadtpark’ beer hall 22–4
Amsterdam 7
Anderson, Brigadier-General
Frederick L., Jr 64, 71, 72, 128–9, 132, 188–9
anoxia 141–2, 152, 161
Anschluss, the 32, 53
anti-aircraft guns. seeflak
anti-Jewish laws 29
anti-Nazi outbursts 238–9
anti-Semitism 28–30
appeasement 53
‘area bombing’ 49, 56, 57, 59, 62, 129, 333–4
Arnold, Lieutenant-General Henry
‘Hap’ 64, 338
Arnold, Rolf 122
arson 259
Auschwitz 341
Ausschläger Weg 224
Australians 103
Austria 32, 53
Baaken 99
Backiel, Stan 160
bailing out 152–3, 153–4, 156, 171
Baker, Else 39
Barlach, Ernst 27
Barmbek 5, 20, 124, 176, 224, 257, 261
Barmbek power station 303
Bartels, Maria 302–3
Bath 310
Battle Opera House, the 93–4
Bavaria 40
BBC 107
Belfast 56
Belgium 53
Bell, George, Bishop of Chichester 337
Bellealliancestrasse 118
Belsen 341
Bennett, Air Vice Marshal Don 61, 76
Benny, Sergeant J. 275
benzedrine 78
Bergedorf 20
Berlin xv, 40, 56, 81, 244–5, 311, 328, 337
Berliner Tor 221
Biermann, Wolf 210–11, 215–16, 220–1
Bigler, Lieutenant Charles 147
Billbrook 6
Billstedt 236
Birmingham 56
Bismarck, the 32
black-market, the 39, 314
Blankenese 35
blanket bombing, see alsoarea
bombing 333–4
Bläß, Herr 208
Blitz, the xvii, 56, 57, 204, 310–11
‘Blitz Week’ 165
Blohm & Voss 13, 55, 129, 130, 138, 149–50, 165–6, 169, 174, 287, 304, 305, 334, 335
Bochum xvii
bomb-aimers 79, 83, 84, 88, 99–100, 103
bomb runs 74–5
bomb-sights 59, 66, 334
bombardiers 142
Bomber Command, see alsoindividual air raids
bombing accuracy 59, 186
discipline 77
Harris appointed commander-in-chief 58, 59–60
Operations Room routine 71–2
order of battle 370–5
orders, 1943 68
plans to raid Berlin 244
thousand-bomber raid, Cologne, 1942 63
total casualties and losses 59, 80, 336, 337
veterans’ attitudes 339–41
Bombing Survey Unit 318–22
bombs
1000-pound 99
4000-pound 99–100, 101, 112
8000-pound 101, 112
high-explosive 203–4
incendiary 99–100, 101, 112, 116, 117, 119, 169, 186–7, 203–4, 206
noise of 115, 117
tactics 119
timer fuses 122
unexploded 177, 287
Bonaparte, Napoleon 11–12
book burning 27, 343
Borck, Fredy 41, 182, 205, 231
Borgfelde 213, 221, 224
Bould, Flight Lieutenant G. 275
Boyle, Flight Officer A. H. 252
Bradfield, Leonard 98, 99–100
Brauer, Max 342
Bremen 89, 198, 281
Bremerhaven 281
Breslau 245
Bristol 56
Britain, battle of 55–8
British Army, enters Hamburg 309–11
Brooke, Air Commodore W. A. 188
Brookes, Sergeant Dennis 274–5
Brown, Virgil 145
Bruges 7
Brunswig, Hans 119–20, 221
Bührich, Martha 110, 182, 235
buildings destroyed 318–19
Buist, Scott 136
Bünger, Lore 239
bunker wardens 115, 116
Büttner, Gretl 289, 295, 307
caffeine pills 78
Calhoun, Major William 167
camouflage 35, 37
Campbell, Sir Malcolm 52
Canada 52
Canadians 103