Bomber Command (85 page)

First published 1979 by Michael Joseph Limited
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Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Foreword

Prologue: Norfolk and Heligoland Bight, 18 December 1939

1 » In the Beginning, Trenchard: British Bomber Policy, 1917–40

2 » 82 Squadron, Norfolk, 1940–41

3 » 10 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940–41

4 » Crisis of Confidence, 1941–42

5 » The Coming of Area Bombing, 1942

6 » 50 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942

1. Harris Conducts an Overture

2. Operations

7 » Protest and Policy, 1942–43

1. Dissent

2. Casablanca – The Airmen Victorious

3. The Tools of Darkness

8 » 76 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943

1. The Ruhr

2. Hamburg

3. Courage

9 » The Other Side of the Hill: Germany 1940–44

1. The Destruction

2. The Defences

10 » Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire, 1943–44

11 » Conflict and Compromise, 1943–44

1. The Battle of Berlin

2. The American Breakthrough

12 » Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944

13 » ‘A Quiet Trip All Round’: Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944

14 » Saturation

15 » The Balance Sheet

Appendix A: Bomber Command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939–45

Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939–45

Appendix C: Letter to Sir Norman Bottomley from Sir Arthur Harris

Appendix D: British and German production of selected armaments, 1940–44

Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by Bomber Command, 1942–45

Appendix F: Comparative Allied and German aircraft production, 1939–45

Bibliography and a note on sources

Notes and references

Glossary of ranks, abbreviations and codenames

Acknowledgements

Index

Table of Contents

List of illustrations

Foreword

Prologue: Norfolk and Heligoland Bight, 18 December 1939

1 » In the Beginning, Trenchard: British Bomber Policy, 1917–40

2 » 82 Squadron, Norfolk, 1940–41

3 » 10 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1940–41

4 » Crisis of Confidence, 1941–42

5 » The Coming of Area Bombing, 1942

6 » 50 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1942

1. Harris Conducts an Overture

2. Operations

7 » Protest and Policy, 1942–43

1. Dissent

2. Casablanca – The Airmen Victorious

3. The Tools of Darkness

8 » 76 Squadron, Yorkshire, 1943

1. The Ruhr

2. Hamburg

3. Courage

9 » The Other Side of the Hill: Germany 1940–44

1. The Destruction

2. The Defences

10 » Bomber Command Headquarters, Buckinghamshire, 1943–44

11 » Conflict and Compromise, 1943–44

1. The Battle of Berlin

2. The American Breakthrough

12 » Pathfinders: 97 Squadron, Lincolnshire, 1944

13 » ‘A Quiet Trip All Round’: Darmstadt, 11/12 September 1944

14 » Saturation

15 » The Balance Sheet

Appendix A: Bomber Command sorties dispatched and aircraft missing and written off, 1939–45

Appendix B: Specifications and performance of the principal aircraft of Bomber Command and Luftwaffe night-fighters, 1939–45

Appendix C: Letter to Sir Norman Bottomley from Sir Arthur Harris

Appendix D: British and German production of selected armaments, 1940–44

Appendix E: Schedule of German cities subjected to area attack by Bomber Command, 1942–45

Appendix F: Comparative Allied and German aircraft production, 1939–45

Bibliography and a note on sources

Notes and references

Glossary of ranks, abbreviations and codenames

Acknowledgements

Index