25 Squadron, Map 192,95,9? 200 2Q7 215, 228,
32 Squadron, 176. 227; Map 26, Fjg] % ^,88
41 Squadron, Map 192 2O3; M]72,92 ptate 3Q
43 Squadron, 195; Map 192 6j5 ^uad,76 207< 225-6;
54 Squadron. 160, 171. 174, u~*,9,
176, 177. 208, 209 229 242, tfytf ^ 222 263
254. 261-2, Wap 72 192 R, ^ Force Trajnj
^Ual9T' Command, 51, 144, 187, 289
64 Squadron, 167, 176, 304; R ya' Air For<* Volunteer j IQ, Reserve, 56, 57, 194, 195, Map 192
65 Squadron, 176. 207, 214; l!" 8
Map \72 192 Royal Canadian Air Force, 259
66 Squadron, 164 Royal Flying Corps, iff World
72 Squadron, 220 War- First
73 Squadron, 151, 222 Royal Navy, xii, xvi, xvii, 32, 33,
74 (Tiger) Squadron, 101, 181, 309; Fleet Air Arm, 32, 173, 194, 212; Map 192 263, 303; German attacks and
convoy escort, xvi, 32, 119,
167, 173, 176, 176-7, 187,
188, 189, 190-1, 209-10, 309;
radar, 50. 115, 119, 123.;
see also Admiralty Rubcnsdorfler, Hauptmann
Waiter, 203, 207; Map 204 Rudorffer, Erich, 263-4 Rye: radar station, 205, 262; Map
Saul, Air Vice-Marshal Richard,
Schlcich, Eduard Ritter von, 200 Schnell. Siegfried, 198 Scotland, 221; Luftwaffe activity,
168,215.216, 221; Map 219 "Sea-lion' (Seeldwe). xv-xvi,
xvi-xvii, 7, 32, 33–40, 158,
Sceckt, Gen. Hans von, 18, 30 shipping, German attacks on, xiv,
xvii, 134, 157–201,205,
209-10, 253, 291, 292. 309;
Shircr, William, 8 Sholto-Douglas, Air Vice-Marshal
W." 49, 238, 287, 288 Short, Oswald {Short factory), 82,
Sims. E. H." 298 n. Sinclair, Sir Archibald, 62. 153,
239, 304
Smith, Pilot Off. 1. S." 212 Sopwith aircraft, 77, 83, 151 South Africa/ South Africans, 56,
179, 298 and n. Spain: Civil War, xii, 22, 28–31,
138, 149, 167, 169, 175, 180;
Speer, Albert, 149; Plate 14 Sperrle, Feldmarschall Hugo, 11,
28, 30, 149-50, 150. 266;
Plate /6. Air Fleet, 3, 8, II,
28-9, 144, 149, 150, 232,
247. 269, 299; Map xxi;
caricature of, by Udet, ill us
150 Spitfire, xiii, 69, 78." 84, 138,
185, 215; Fig. 94,96, 106 advantages and disadvantages,
54,97-8. 103, 104, 105, 106,
107, 225. 226, 234-5; Fig. 96 armament, 98-103 passim. 225;
Fig. 96, Plate 32 in combat, 59, 105-6, 158,
160-1, 164. 167, 168, 171.
172, 176, 181, 189, 203,207,
209, 214, 215, 222, 224, 235,
244, 254, 260-2, 266-7, 273,
279; Map 192, Plates 32. 48 development of, 31, 50, 51, 83,
94-5. 97-8, 104-5 production of, 132, 185, 204,
210-11,215, 235; Plate 26 Stalin. Josef, 3, 5 SteinhofT, Oberlt. Johannes
("Macky'), 279
Stringfellow, John, 73, 77; Fig. 79 Stuka, see Junkers Ju 87; Junkers
}u88
StumpfT, Gen. Hans-Jurgen, 221 Supermarine aircraft company,
94.98. 204. 211; see also
Spitfire Supermarine 5.6, 78, and." 94;
Tangmere airfield, 52, 254, 268;
Map 188, 192. 241 Taylor, A. J. P." 62, 183,290 Taylor, Charles, 73; Fig. 79 Tizard, Henry, 108 Tobin, Pilot Off. E. Q. ("Red'),
200-1; Plate 43 Townsend, Sq. Ldr. Peter, xx, 162,
163-4, 195, 249,259, 260,
261,264; Plate 60 Trautloft, Oberlt. Hannes, 169 Trenehard, Lord, xi-xii, xiii Tuve, Merle, 110
Udet, Generaloberst Ernst. 23-5, Watson-Watt, Robert, 50, 59,
26-7, 28, 30, 87, 112, 135, 108, 109, 113, 116, 116-17,
310-11, 312; ill us 24,"Plate 118, 119; Plates 6, 61
17 weather: during Battle of Britain,
caricatures by, ill us 149, 150, 164, 175, 187, 188, 193, 202,
173 211,212,213,217,218,244,
and Göring, 23. 24, 25, 28, 146, 248, 276, 280
310, 311, 312; Plate 58 Luftwaffe: electronic equipment,
Luftwaffe (and Air Ministry), 245, 246, 247, 248; Fig. 246;
25-6, 28, 30, 3r, 87, 93, 146, reconnaissance, xx, 164, 188,
and Milch, 26, 28, 146, 147, 152, Map xxi, Plate 52
252, 310-11, 311. 312; ill us RAF Fighter Command:
"7. armament, 102; bases.
Union of Soviet Socialist operation of, 53, 64; cloud
Republics, 29; and Germany, Aye, anj repOrting of enemy
3, 5, 30; Map 6; German aircraft, 65, 122, 125-7, 276;
invasion of, xv, xvii. 264, 281, flying training hampered,
290 and n." 307, 311] 86_7; Spitfires and altitude.
United States, 5, 110-11 102, 244
aeronautics and aircraft design, Wellington bomber, 61, 185, 215,
24, 30, 69, 73, 75, 76, 77, 78 220
and." 79, 80, 82-5, 83." Wendel, Fritz, Plate 25
110, 185, 308; Fig. 79 Westhampnett airfield. Map 188,
and Great Britain, xviii, 5, 33, 192
177-8, 185, 307-8; pilots in West Mailing airfield. Map 241
RAF, 200-1, 298; Plate 43 whitlty bomb,… 6I, 222
United States Army Air Force, xi, wick M. H,g0,99
29,138,141,243,297, i99; Plate 21"?1 *., Wietersheim, Gustav von, 9
United States Army A.r Serv.ee, Windsori Duke of, 4 '.. a.. Wissant airfield. 181, 188, 189,
University Air Squadrons, 56 200Map 188
Women's Auxiliary Air Force
Vansittart, Robert, 308 <WAAF>- 240; Pla" 8
Ventnor: radar station, 189, 206, Wood- Sir Kingsley, 60, 184;
209, 210, 213, 223-4; Map Plate I
204 World War, First, 9, 13; air war,
Vickers-Armstrong, 75, 94, 270; *' xiv26- 76- 174- 296-?.
also Supermarine aircraft 297= Fit79< French air force company; Wellington bomber 26< 76- 79- i59< German
Army Air Service, 12, 19, 42, 76,79, 149, 159,200,212,
War Cabinet. 3, 4. 40, 61-2, 63, 312; Plates 18. 58; Royal
185,243,305 Flying-Corps (Royal Air
Warmwell airfield, 228; Map 188 Force), 48, 76, 79, 83, 142-3,
33:
169; U.S. Army Air Service 76, 79
Wright, Orville and Wilbur, 48, 69, 72, 73, 75, 76, 77 and n." 78, 79, 109; Fig. 79
X-Gerat, 248, 286 and." 292; Fig. 246
Y service, 202, 277
ALSO BY LEN DEIGHTON
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Len Deighton
The True Story of the Battle of Britain
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First published in Great Britain by Jonathan Cape Ltd 1977 Copyright < Len Deighton 1977, 1978 Introduction copyright C A.J.P. Taylor 1977
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