Index

Abadi, Col

Achilles, HMS

Adams, Flt Lt

AEI Research Laboratory, Harlow

Air Ministry

Airspeed Ambassador

Airspeed Oxford

Aitken, Max

Ajax, HMS

Amery, Sir Julian

Andrews, Flt Lt

Apollo, HMS

Argonaut, HMS

Ark Royal, HMS

Armstrong Whitworth Argosy

Arnhem

Atcherley, ‘Batchie’

Atcherley, Air Cdre David

Athenia

Auster

Avro 504K

Avro Lancaster

Avro Vulcan

Bader, Douglas

Barton Hall

Battle of Britain

Beagle aircraft

Beamont, ‘B’

Beaverbrook, Lord

Bedford, Bill

Beer, Wg Cdr

Bell

Birkbeck, Plt Off

Birkenfels, MV

Bismarck

Black Swan, HMS

Blackburn Beverley

Blewitt, Flg Off

Boeing B-17

Boeing B-29

Borkum seaplane base raid

Boscombe Down

Boulton Paul Defiant

Bowman, Pete

Boyce, AVM

Bradley, Gen

Braybury, HMS

Brewster Buffalo

Brindle, Flt Lt

Bristol Aircraft

Beaufighter

Beaufighter II

Beaufighter VI

Beaufighter X

Beaufort

Blenheim

Blenheim IV

Brigand TFI

Britannia

Bulldog

Sycamore

Bristol Flying School, Filton

British Aircraft Corporation TSR2

Broadhurst, Sir Harry

Bruce (US colonel at staff college)

Bryce, Jock

Bunting, Nigel

Burgess, John

Cairns, Jock

Camm, Sidney

Cessna

Chadwick, Freddie

Chandler, Sqn Ldr

Churchill, Winston

Clarke, David

Cobham, Alan

‘Cold War’

Comberton radar station

Corkery, Gp Capt

Corps, Suzette

Cotswold Aero Club

Courageous, HMS

Cunningham, John

Cyprus

‘D’ Day

de Havilland, Peter

de Havilland Aircraft

Comet

Devon

DH

DH

Gipsy Moth

Hatfield factory

Hornet

Mosquito

Mosquito III

Mosquito XIII

Mosquito XXX

Tiger Moth

Vampire

Venom

Venom FB20

de Havilland Canada Chipmunk

Dean, Sir William

Deare, Air Cdre Al

Dell, Jimmy

Dermot-Boyle, CAS

Derry, John

Dixon, Sir William

Doenitz, Admiral

DouglasDakota

Dunera

Dunkirk

Earl, Air Marshal ‘Tubby’

Earnshaw, Sqn Ldr ‘Earnie’

Edwards, Gp Capt Hugh

Edwards Air Force Base

Elizabeth, Princess (later Queen)

Ellis, Peter

Empire Test Pilots’ School (ETPS)

Empress of Australia

Empress of Britain

English Electric Lightning

Evans, George

Exeter, HMS

Faisal, King

Farnborough SBAC Air Show

‘FIDO’ fog dispersal equipment

Filton

Fitzgerald (RAF Tweed air traffic controller)

Fleet Air Arm

RNAS Twatt

Fokker Friendship (50)

General Dynamics F-111

George, King

Ghent

Gick, Cdr (later Adm Sir) Percy, RN

Gloster Aircraft

Gladiator

Javelin

Meteor

Meteor III

Meteor IV

Meteor

Gloucester

Gloucester, Duke of

Gneisenau

Graf Spee

Grivas (Cypriot leader)

Habbaniyah, Lake

Hague, The, British Legation

Haine, Andrea (daughter-in-law) 173

Haine, Charles (son)

Haine, Emma (daughter)

Haine, Eve (second wife)

posting in Iraq and voyage home

final posting and retirement

Haine, Leslie (brother)

Haine, Maisie (first wife)

Haine, Mike (brother)

Haine, Noni (sister)

Hall, John

Halley, Jock

Hamilton, Air Cdre the Duke of

Hamilton, Flg Off

Handley Page Hastings

Handley Page Victor

Harcourt, Rear Admiral Sir Cecil

Harper, Sqn Ldr

Hartman, Flt Lt

Hawker

Audax

Demon

Fury

Fury Mk2 (Super Fury)

Hart

Hind

Hunter

Hurricane

P.1127 (later Harrier)

Sea Fury

Typhoon

Hawker Siddeley

Andover

Hawker Siddeley Dominie

Hawker Siddeley Trident

Hayes, Brig

Hendon Air Pageant

Henshaw, Alex

Hereward, HMS

Highland Monarch, SS

Hillary, Edmund

Hiroshima

Hoare, Sir Samuel

Hobson, Barbara

Hobson, Mike

Holland, invasion of

Hong Kong

Government House

Peninsula Hotel

Honolulu

Hood, HMS

hovercraft, SRN-3

Howard, Sqn Ldr

Humphrey, Andrew and Agnes

ILS (instrument landing system)

Inchquim, Captain Lord

Indomitable, HMS

Iraqsee also Royal Air Force airfields/stations: Habbaniyah, Iraq

Iraqi Air Force

Ismail, Brig

Istanbul

Italian Flight Test Centre

Jackson, Flt Lt

Jerash

Joe (US colonel at staff college)

Keith-Jopp, Stewart

Kerbala, Lake

King George, HMS

King’s Cup Air Race

Kirk, Flt Lt

Knabcatcher, HMS

Kramer (gunner)

Laidler, Wg Cdr

Lambe, Cdr

Lang, Flt Lt

Leech, Flt Lt Clive

Link trainer

Lister, Eddie

Lithgow, Mike

Little, Charles

Lloyd, Lord

Lockheed F-104

Longhope, Glos.

Los Angeles

Luftwaffe

Lynch, Paddy

MacArthur, Gen

MacDonald, Gp Capt ‘Black’

MacDonald, Sir William

McDonnell Douglas F4H Phantom

Manus Island

Margaret, Princess

Marlow, Capt

Mather, Eric

Miles Magister

Miley (No.Sqn pilot)

Ministry of Aviation

Monk, Sgt

Montclare, HMS

Montgomery, Gen

Morgan, Tom

Mountbatten, Lord and Lady

Munich Crisis

Murray, Gen

Nagasaki

Newfoundland, HMS

night-fighter pilot, experience as

Norman (No.Sqn pilot)

North Africa

North American

B-25 Mitchell

Harvard

Mustang

X-15

Northrop T-38

Numansdorp, Holland

Operation Swiftsure

Orlebar, Gp Capt

Oud-Beijerland, Holland

Overflakee, Holland

Panama Canal

Patuxent River, US Naval Air Station

Peggy (secretary)

Pelly, Sir Claude

Pemberton, Flt Lt

Percival Pembroke

Percival Proctor

Percival Vega Gull

piracy in South China Seas

Pirie, Sir George

Potter-Smith, Plt Off

Prinz Eugen

Pulford, AVM

Queen Aliya

Queen Elizabeth

radar, airborne, early trials

Rawnsley, Jimmy

record-breaking flights

Redhill, Air Experience Squadron

Richard (boss at Changi)

Richards, Tony

Richards, Flt Lt

Rigg, Eddy

Roberts, Sqn Ldr

Robinson, Air Cdre

Rolls-Royce, Derby

Roosevelt, President Franklin

Rosier, Freddy

Rotterdam, Waalhaven airfield

Royal Air Force

Bomber Command

Central Fighter Establishment

College, Cranwell

Enemy Aircraft Evaluation Unit

Fighter Command HQ, Bentley Priory

Night Operational Training Unit

No.Flying Training School

No.Group

No.Advanced Flying Training School

No.Group

No.Operational Training Unit

No.Group

No.Wing

No.Operational Conversion Unit

No.Wing

Strike Command HQ, Bentley Priory

Training Command HQ, Brampton

Royal Air Force airfields/stations

Acklington

Akrotiri, Cyprus

Andover

Bradwell Bay

Catfoss, Armament Training Camp

Catterick

Changi, Singapore

Charter Hall

Colerne

Drem

Eshott

Great Massingham

Royal Air Force airfields/stations (continued)

Habbaniyah, Iraq

Desert Rescue Team

Hawkinge

Henleaze

High Ercall

Honiley

Hornchurch

Hunsdon

Ibsley

Kai Tak, Hong Kong

Kenley

Leuchars

Lindholme

Mafraq

Manston

Martlesham Heath

North Weald

Northolt

Odiham

Pembrey

Redhillsee also Redhill, Air Experience Squadron

St Mawgan

Tangmere

Thorney Island

Turnhouse

Uxbridge

West Malling

West Raynham

Weston Zoyland

Winfield

Wittering

Wrexham

Zeals

Royal Air Force squadrons

Air Fighter Development

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.

No.(Bombay) Fighter

No.

No.

No.

No.Flying-Boat

No.

No.New Zealand

No.City of London

No.City of Glasgow

No.Auxiliary

No.

Royal Oak, HMS

Rupert (Charter Hall station commander)

Ryall, Arthur

Sandys, Duncan

Scharnhorst

Schneider Trophy

Sersing, Iraq

Shield, Sqn Ldr

Shield Force

Short Sunderland

Simms, Wg Cdr

Singapore

Slim (No.Sqn flight commander)

Slingsby Sedbergh Mk

Smiter, HMS

Smith, Sqn Ldr

Spaatz, General

Spurdens, Sqn Ldr ‘Spud’

Staffordshire

Stapleton, AVM

Stephenson, AVM

Stevens, Sqn Ldr

Stinson.5 Sentinel

Stirling Castle

Sud Alouette

Sud Alouette

Suez Canal Zone

Supermarine

S.6B

Seafire

Spitfire

Spitfire XIV

Spitfire XXII

Stranraer

Swiftsure, HMS

Switz, Capt

Ted (Lindholme chaplain)

Tedder, Lord

Theseus, HMS

Thetis

Tiger Force

Townsend, Peter

Trimley Heath radar station

Trubshaw, Bryan

Uwins, Capt Cyril

Vengeance, HMS

Vickers

Valiant

Varsity

VC.10

Viking

Viscount

Wellesley

Wellington

Vought Corsair

Waco Hadrian

Ward, Sir Dudley

Watson-Watt, Dr

Watts, Ray

Wells, Jimmy

Westland Aircraft Company

Dragonfly

Lysander

Whirlwind

Wright, Sir David

Yeager, Chuck