During the research and writing of this book I have been privileged to meet and correspond with a number of men who flew at Dieppe. Each one in his own way has made a useful contribution and to each and everyone of them I am more than grateful. My sincere thanks, therefore, go to:
Air Chief Marshal Sir Harry Broadhurst, GGB, KBE, DSO, DFG, AFG(11 Group, Fighter Command)
Air Vice Marshal David Scott-Maiden, DSO, DFC (North Weald Wing Leader)
Group Captain Myles Duke-Woolley, DSO, DFG (Debden Wing Leader)
Group Captain Denys Gillam, DSO, DFC, AFC (Duxford Wing Leader)
Mr Eric Beverley, DFC (13 Squadron)
Lieutenant Colonel Harold Strickland (71 Eagle Squadron)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Denis Smallwood, GBE, KCB, DSO, DFC (87Squadron)
Mr Frank Mitchell (87 Squadron)
Mr Stuart Hordern (87 Squadron)
Group Captain James Pelly-Fry, DSO (88 Squadron)
Group Captain Desmond Griffiths, DFC (88 Squadron)
Flight Lieutenant T. H. J. Cairns, DFC, DFM (88 Squadron)
Wing Commander Minden Blake, DSO, DFC (130 Squadron)
Group Captain Peter Simpson, DSO, DFC (130 Squadron)
Group Captain Michael Pedley, DSO, OBE, DFC (131 Squadron)
Captain Richard L. Alexander (133 Eagle Squadron)
Mr John Brooks, DFC, DFM (174 Squadron)
Air Vice Marshal Graham Magill, CB, GBE, DFG (226 Squadron)
Air Commodore Peter Donkin, GBE, DSO (239 Squadron)
Air Commodore John Ellacombe, CB, DFC, MBIM (253 Squadron)
Major General Helge Mehre, DSO, DFC(331 Norwegian Squadron)
Major General Svein Heglund, DSO, DFC(331 Norwegian Squadron)
Lieutenant General Wilhelm Mohr, DFC(332 Norwegian Squadron)
Captain Per Bergsland (332 Norwegian Squadron)
Captain Marius Erikson, DFM(332 Norwegian Squadron)
Senator John Godfrey (412 Canadian Squadron)
Air Commodore Peter Brothers, CBE, DSO, DFC(602 Squadron)
Wing Commander Roland Beamont, CBE, DSO, DFC, DL, FRACS(609 Squadron)
Air Chief Marshal Sir Dennis Crowley-Milling, KCB, CBE, DSO,DFC, AE(610 Squadron)
Air Vice Marshal Johnnie Johnson, CB, CBE, DSO, DFC(610 Squadron)
I also thank the Ministry of Defence (Air), Staff of the Public Records Office, Imperial War Museum, Norwegian Forsvaramuseet, Oslo. Also to my friend Chaz Bowyer, for his continued confidence, Herr Hans Ring for his kind information, to Martyn Ford-Jones for his maps, to Amy Howlett of William Kim-bers for her enthusiasm, and as always to my wife Kate for far more than her ability to spell. Finally to my two sons, Rob and Mike, for providing cups of coffee.
'So intense has been the battle that I have had to make far greater calls on all squadrons than I ever anticipated, or I would have imagined you could have undertaken. I thank you for your cheerfulness and keenness with which all sorties were carried out and congratulate you all most heartily upon the brilliant result of the day's fighting.'
Trafford Leigh-Mallory