"Eagle Attack' (Adlerangrijf), xix, 7,28,30, 123, 124, 132, 157-84; Map 159, 171
Easlchurch airfield, 214, 215, 218;
Eden, Anthony; Plate I Edcr, Gcorg-Peter, 199 engines, 73, 78–80, 82, 83 and n..
79; see also Daimler-Benz;
Jumo; Rolls-Royce Enigma. 33, 35, 272, 286 n.
Falck, Col. Wolfgang, 170 n.
Fcary, Sgt. Allan, 195. 197
Fink Oberst Johannes, 157-8, 159, 207, 211-13, 214,217, 242, 249, 273; Map xxi, 204
Focke-Wulf FW 44. 23, 27
Focke-Wulf FW 190. 93, 311
Focke-Wulf FW 200. xx, 202
Ford, Henry, 185
France: engine design, 76, 77,
83 /.; Fig. 79 German invasion and occupation, xi, xiv, xv, xvi, xvii, 3, 5, 7, 8, 32, 36-7, 61, 62,63,64, 112, 148, 289-90, Map xxi, 6; Luftwaffe, 61, 138, 148, 161, 169-70, 175, 258; RAF, xiii, xiv, 58–64 passim, 103, 104, 151, 153, 164, 169, 187, 195, 258, 259; see also Dunkirk (Fr.)
Frantisek, Sgt. Josef, 198 and n. 296, 300
French air force, xii, 60; First World War, 26, 76. 79, 159; pilots in RAF, 298 and n.
French navy, xviii, 32
Galland, Maj. Adolf (‘Dolfo’), 30, 31, 105, 169, 170-2, 214, 299, 303, 307, 309; Plate 23; Battle of Britain, 170-1, 173, 180, 233.234, 251, 299,301; Map 172; caricature of, by Udel,i//i.173;Spanish Civil War, 30-1, 170, 180, 301
George VI, King, 59, 160, 308 Gravesend airfield, 255; Map 192
German army, 5, 306; Fig. 140; Grey, C. G." 139
Belgium and Netherlands, 42, Guderian, Generaloberst Heinz, 7,
146, 148, 290; Denmark and 9, 37, 61
Norway, xvi, 9, 148; Guynemer, Charles, 26, 159
Luftwaffe support, 42, 128,
144, 169, 300; Poland 9,42, a. — .,-.
aa_,a… _,_ Harm, Uberlt." 264
?; fT;? XV1"I', \ "lder. Franz, 36
158; Map 34. xv,^ Plate 2; Ha,jf Lofd 3Og see also France, German Handrick, Maj. Gotthardt, 214 nvas.on and occupat.on Hafth Frie<)rich 86
German Army Air Service, see Hawker Aircraft Ltd." 83
World War, First Hawker Fury, 31, 75, 84. 88, 94;
German navy, xii, xvii, 31-2, 34, yr/ g5
60, 111, 309; Fig. 140; Battle Hawker Hart, 57
of Britain, 177, 188, 189; "Sea Hawker Hurricane, see Hurricane lion', xvi, 7–8, 32. 35-6, 37, Hawkinge airfield, 169, 205, 218,
158; Map 34 225; Map 204, 241, 271
Gillam, Denys; Plate 60 Heinkel, Ernst, 25, 27, 28, 87. 133
Gleavc. Wing Comm. Tom, Heinker He 45. 170
256-8, 261, 267 Heinkel He 51. 29, 30, 170, 301
Gloster Gladiator. 31, 95 Heinkel He 59. 160 a.; Plates 45,
Gnome engine, 76, 77; Fig. 79 4^
Göring, Reichsmarschall Heinkel He 70. 27. 93, 98
Hermann, xvi, 10–16, 112, Heinkel He///. 134, 135, 140,
149, 150, 231, 232, 233; Plate 261; ill us 134, Plate 50; in
17 combat, 29, 30, 195, 217,
Battle of Britain, 144, 148, 237, 218, 221, 248, 250, 254, 255,
251, 265, 269, 270. 285, 287, 261; Map 219, Plate 28
292, 309-12; "Eagle Attack', Heinkel He 112. 25, 27-8, 87
xvi, 7, 16. 33, 37, 42, 209-10, Heinkel 115, 168, 218
211. 217, 218, 223-4, 231-4, Henschel Hs 123. 170
235; London bombing, 270-2; Henson, William Samuel: engine;
MapTl\ Fig. 79
and Hitler, 10, 11, 15, 311 Hertz. Heinrich Rudolf, 109, 110
Luftwaffe (and Air Ministry), Hess, Rudolf, 87
11, 28, 128, 138, 140, 145, HF/DF (high-frequency direction 310; Fig. 140; destroyer finding), 110, 122-3; Map wings, 137. 231; Douhet's 124
theories. 41, 42, 43, 61 Hillary, Pilot Off. Richard. 267
and Milch, 11,19, 22, 23, 26. Hitler, Adolf, 8–9, 9-10, 12, 28,
28, 145, 146, 148-9, 311 150, 170, 290, 312;
train ("Asia'), xx, 16, 213 Plate 58
and Udet, 23, 25, 26, 28, 146, and Great Britain, xv, xvii, 3–4,
310. 311, 312; Plate 58 8, 33, 53, 270, 307; "Eagle
Goshawk II engine. 95 Attack', xvi, 158, 290 and n.;
"Sea-lion', xv, xvi, xvii, 7, 33, 35, 36, 37, 158, 290, 292 and Luftwaffe, 15, 23, 128, 146, 269, 290 and.; and Göring, 10, 13, 15, ISO, 311 territory occupied, 5, 148,
289-90; Map 6 titles and command, 5, 11, 22,
37, 289; Fig. 140 and USSR." 3, 5; invasion of, xv, xvii, 281, 290 and n.; 307 Hoare, Sir Samuel, 3 Home Guard, xvi, 274 Hornchurch airfield, 31, 160, 248, 261-2, 266, 268, 272; Map 192, 241 Hurricane, 57, 62, 69, 78.; 84;
advantages and disadvantages, 54,84,91, 103-4, 138, 225-6, 297 armament, 84, 98, 100, 101,
102. 212; Fig. 85 in combat, 59, 61, 62, 63, 153, 162, 164, 169, 173, 176, 181. 189, 193.206,213,222,224, 225-6, 254, 255, 259, 260, 273, 278. 279; Map 192, Plates 35. 44 development of, 31, 50, 83,
84-5, 88. 103-5 production of, 132, 184, 235 Huth, Obersth. Joachim, 200, 212
IFF. 60, 118, 120, 151 Inskip, Sir Thomas, xii, xiii intelligence (Ger.), 216, 262. 280;
Admiralty code broken, 31-2;
Luftwaffe. 191,210, 211,
235,251,268,276,292;
Signals Service monitoring,
202, 209; see also reconnaissance intelligence (G.B.), 95, 274, 280;
Committees, 274; Enigma code broken, 35, 272, 286.,
RAF, 173. 202-3, 244, 245, 255; Plate 41; Y service monitoring, 202, 277 invasion of England, see "Sea-lion' Ireland/ Irish 7, 215, 298 and n. Italy, xi, xii, xviii, 32, 215; Map 6
Japan, xii, 7, 83 n.. 110; and U.S..
xi, 243, 308 Jeschonnek, Generaloberst Hans,
252 jet planes, 73 n.. 75, 77, 86, 199,
307,311
Jodl, Gen. Alfred, xv, 7, 9 Johnson, Air Vice-Marshal
"Johnnie', 57, 288. 298.;
Jumo: engines. Plates 50. 89. 91 Junkers, Hugo, IT'-22 passim. 82;
Plate 15 Junkers aircraft company, 17, 21;
ill us 136 Junkers F-13. 17 Junkers Ju 52/3m. 20, 22, 28, 30,
144, 300 Junkers Ju 87. 25, 95, 205-14,
215; in combat, 29, 30, 189,
193, 205, 214,215,217,218,
223, 224, 231; Fig. 152, Map
188 Junkers Ju 88. 135, 252; in combat, 176, 182,206, 208,
Kain. Fit. Off. E. J. ("Cobber'),
151 Keitcl, Feldmarschall Wilhelm, 9,
37, 307 n. Kelley, David, 3 Kenley airfield, 176, 254, 259,
263, 268, 309; Map 192, 241 Kennedy, Joseph, 177-8, 307-8 Kent, Sq. Ldr. J. A. ("Johnny'),
141, 277-9
Keough, V. C. ("Shorty'), 200-1; Plate 43
Kesselring, Feldmarschall Albert, 11, 129, 145, 150, 231; Plate 61; Air Fleet 2. 11, 144, 146, 150, 110; Fig. 147, Map xxi; Battle of Britain, 171, 175-6, 209, 213, 218, 237, 243, 259, 263, 265, 266, 268, 269, 270, 271, 272, 279; Map 241; caricature of, by Udet, ill us 150
Knickebein, 245, 247, 292: Fig. 246
Koller, Oberst Karl, 285
Kuhnold, Rudolf, 111, 116
Lacey, Sgt. "Ginger', 57, 197, 255, 256
Langley, Samuel Pierpont, 73, 77
Leathart, Sq. Ldr. J. A." 242
Lee, Flying Off. K. N. T; Plate 35
Leigh-Mallory, Air Vice-Marshal Trafford, 49, 221, 276; Plate 4 and Dowding, 49, 53, 238, 239,
274, 277, 287-8 and Park, 53, 219,221, 238, 239, 240, 254, 272-3, 287, 288
RAF Fighter Command: Commander in Chief, 309; 11 Group, 289, 309; 12 Group, 52, 188, 221, 238, 239, 240, 254, 266, 272, 274, 276, 277, 280; Map xxi, 219, 241
Liddell-Hart, Capt. Basil, 55
Lilienthal, Otto, 72, 86
Lindemann, Frederick, 305 and n.
Lloyd George, David, 3, 183
Loerzer, Gen Bruno, 12, 217, 218, 270; Fig. 147
London: air raids, 157, 243,
270-81 passim. 285-6; Map 271, Plate 33; expectation of and defence, 43, 52, 58, 212, 243, 269-70, 278, 291 Looker, Pilot Off. D. J." 226 Lorenz blind-landing system, 245,
Ludendorff, Gen. Erich, 9 Lufthansa, 19–20, 148; Fig. 140 Luftwaffe: aircraft, major kinds of, 22-3,
aircraft design and production, xix, 23; armour plate, 104, 133, 134, 136, 163, 303; fuel tanks, 163, 220, 300, 301-2, 303 aircrews, 128-30, 137, 138-41;
Plates 51. 52. 53 army support for, 42, 129, 144,
300 Battle of Britain, plans for, xv,
xvi, xvii, 129, 290-2 bombers, xvii, 42, 119, 128, 130, 139 41. 163, 219, 224-5,