Wings (45 page)

RAF

apprentices,
140
,
145

bomber strategy,
157
,
162
,
167
,
171

conditions,
159

demobilization,
136
,
326

expansion,
133
,
135

formation,
128

inter-war operations,
150

NCOs,
146
,
159

rearmament,
158

short-service commissions,
140
,
147
,
169

social composition,
136
,
143
,
159
,
226

social status,
31

strength after war,
325

see also
Bomber Command; Coastal Command; Fighter Command

RAF High Speed Flight,
331

RAF squadrons

3 Squadron,
182

12 Squadron,
180

20 Squadron,
151

31 Squadron,
152

32 Squadron,
189
,
198

45 Squadron,
153

66 Squadron,
196

73 Squadron,
193

74 Squadron,
197

83 Squadron,
321

89 Squadron,
175

106 Squadron,
286

111 Squadron,
198

144 Squadron,
213

238 Squadron,
202

249 Squadron,
268

609 Squadron,
201
,
310

616 Squadron,
330

617 Squadron,
276
,
288
,
311
,
320
,
361

RAF Staff College,
159

RAF stations

Bentley Priory,
194

Biggin Hill,
189
,
262

Bircham Newton,
254

Coltishall,
196
,
203

Coningsby,
342

Cranwell,
140
,
172
,
192
,
328

Elsham Wolds,
290

Halton,
140
,
145

Hornchurch,
173

Kenley,
182
,
262

Manston,
310

Manton,
197

Middle Wallop,
202

Ruislip,
160
,
166

St Eval,
202
,
236

Scampton,
175
,
276

Snaith,
297

Syerston,
286

Tangmere,
172

Uxbridge,
159

Waddington,
276

Warmwell,
201

Wickenby,
300

Wigsley,
284

Woodhall Spa,
311
,
313

Worthy Down,
198

RAF Volunteer Reserve (RAFVR),
169
,
172
,
189

Raleigh, Sir Walter,
28
,
36

Read, William,
60

reconnaissance,
17
,
25
,
38
,
44
,
49
,
52
,
57
,
61
,
64
,
77
,
177

Red Cross,
89
,
106

Rees, Fred,
110
n

Reeve, Leader John,
346

Regia Aeronautica,
see
Italian air force

Reims air show,
18
,
22

Republic P-47 Thunderbolt,
315
,
319

Rhodes-Moorhouse, Will,
67

Richtofen, Lothar von,
103

Richtofen, Manfred von,
90
,
95
,
100
,
130

Rickenbacker, Eddie,
15

rifles,
47
,
69

Robertson, General Sir William,
127

Robey, George,
59
n

rocket-propelled grenades (RPGs),
365

rockets,
319
,
322

Rockwell B-1 Lancer,
359

Rolls, Hon. C. S.,
20

Rolls-Royce aero engines,
38

Rolls-Royce Merlin engines,
164
,
166
,
220
,
319

Rome,
306

Romeike, Franz,
182

Rommel, General Erwin,
260
,
262
,
266
,
270
,
319

Roosevelt, Franklin D.,
283

Roskill, Captain Stephen,
245

Rostock,
230

Rothermere, Lord,
18
,
130
,
137

Rothschild, Lionel de,
141

Rotterdam,
181
,
220

Rover engines,
330

Royal Aero Club,
12
,
23
,
26
,
29

Royal Air Force College,
see
RAF Cranwell

Royal Aircraft Factory,
20
,
37

Royal Aircraft Factory BE2,
37
,
41
,
70
,
72

Royal Aircraft Factory BE2a,
43

Royal Aircraft Factory BE2c,
66
,
77
,
87
,
117

Royal Aircraft Factory BE8,
44

Royal Aircraft Factory FE2 ‘Fee’,
77

Royal Aircraft Factory SE5,
100
,
102

Royal Engineers Air Battalion,
20

Royal Flying Corps (RFC) amalgamation with RNAS,
128

conditions,
115

discipline,
35

esprit de corps
,
34

ethos,
68

expansion,
56
,
73
,
85
,
115
,
128

flying drills,
36

formation,
26

headquarters,
57

losses,
46
,
102
,
113
,
133

motto,
26

roundels,
58

routine,
58

social composition,
30
,
110

solo tactics,
97
,
100

tradesmen,
27
,
29
,
34

unconventionality,
30
,
98
,
109

uniforms,
27

Royal Hospital, Chelsea,
141

Royal Naval Air Service (RNAS),
38
,
51
,
80
,
85
,
118

amalgamation with RFC,
128

Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve,
240

rugby,
142

Ruhr, the,
181
,
210
,
283
,
286
,
294

Rusby, Ted,
256

Russian Revolution,
114

Rutland, F. J.,
118

St Omer,
57
,
105

St Quentin,
47

Salmond, Geoffrey,
33

Salmond, John,
33
,
65
,
153

Salter, Jo,
361

SAM missiles,
362

Samson, Charles,
25

San Carlos water,
8
,
356

Sanchez, Hector,
6
,
356

Sandhurst,
140

Saulnier, Raymond,
74

Saumur,
321

Saundby, Robert,
153

Savoia-Marchetti bombers,
259

Scapa Flow,
120

Scharnhorst
,
252

Scheer, Vizeadmiral Reinhard von,
118

Schey, Ingeborg,
181

Schillig Roads,
54
,
177

Schneider Trophy,
164

Schramm, Wilhelm,
90

Schroder, Hans,
104

Schutte-Lanz airships,
88

Schweinfurt,
280

Scunthorpe,
284

Sea King helicopters,
345

seaplane bases,
38
,
51

seaplane carriers,
53
,
118

seaplanes,
24
,
38
,
80
,
117

searchlights,
83
,
87
,
93
,
128
,
286

Second Air Board,
125

2 TAF,
309
,
314

Second World War

Allied invasion of France,
309

Allied invasion of Italy,
279
,
303

the Blitz,
204
,
210
,
217

Blitzkrieg,
180

in North Africa and Mediterranean,
257

US entry into war,
207

war at sea,
233

see also
Battle of Britain; strategic air campaign

Sefton-Brancker, William,
43

Seguin brothers,
18

Senger und Etterlin, General Fridolin von,
307

Serbian air force,
10
,
364

sexually transmitted diseases,
111
,
224

shadow factory system,
193

Shanghai,
156

Shannon, Dave,
321

Sheerness,
81

Shorncliffe camp,
91

Short brothers,
23
,
25
,
38
,
237

Short seaplanes,
25
,
53
,
118
,
120

Short Stirling,
168
,
212
,
229
,
237
,
295

Short Sunderland,
237
,
335

Short-Wright flying machine,
20

Sicily,
267
,
303
,
305

Sidewinder missiles,
4
,
7
,
350
,
354

Sikorsky, Igor,
91

Singapore,
257

Singleton, Mr Justice,
218

Skene, Bob,
42

Slade, R. J.,
76

Slessor, John,
112
,
137
,
151
,
179
,
254
,
306

Smart, Phyllis,
278

Smith, Dave,
1
,
6
,
8

Smith, Leonard B.,
247

Smith-Barry, Bob,
44

Smuts, General Jan Christian,
93
,
127
,
137

Snaith, Leonard,
175

Somaliland,
151
,
261

Somerville, Admiral James ‘Slim’,
247

Somme, river,
130

Sopwith, Tommy,
32

Sopwith 1 ½ Strutter,
77
,
124

Sopwith Camel,
102
,
114
,
116
,
122
,
131

Sopwith Pup,
120

Sopwith seaplanes,
118

Sopwith Tabloid,
52

Sorley, Ralph,
162
,
164

South Africans,
260

Soviet Union,
2
,
266
,
334
,
341
,
368

Spanish ’flu pandemic,
90

Spanish Civil War,
259

SS
Canberra
,
347
,
356

Stalin, Josef,
223
,
335

Stephens, Maurice,
182

Stevenson, Robert Louis,
103

Stewart-Moore, James,
248

Stock, Ewan,
114

Strange, Louis Arbon,
46
,
66
,
70

strategic air campaign,
181
,
209
,
279
,
323

Strategic Air Command (SAC),
340

Stringer, Pat,
250

submarine warfare,
101
,
234

see also
U-boats

Sudan,
257

Suez crisis,
343
,
348

Supermarine Spitfire,
33
,
173
,
185
,
211
,
267
,
270
,
305
,
309
,
315
,
317
,
319

and Battle of Britain,
192
,
196
,
201
,
206

development of,
164

superstitions,
109
,
291

Sutton’s Farm airfield,
86

Swansea,
198

Sykes, ,
27
,
33
,
35
,
43

Syria,
273

Takali,
269

Takoradi air bridge,
258

Taliban,
10
,
309
,
359

Taranto,
243

Target Indicators,
311

Taube monoplanes,
47

Tedder, Arthur,
112
,
169
,
258

Tempelhof aerodrome,
335

Tennyson, Alfred, Lord,
16

Terraine, John,
325

Thomas, Steve,
353

Tirpitz
,
253

Tizard, Sir Henry,
168
,
218
,
329

Tobruk,
261

Tokyo,
327
,
341

Tomahawk cruise missiles,
364

Tondern,
122

torpedoes,
39
,
120
,
235
,
243
,
249
,
251