ACSEA, see Asia, South-East
Aden, 245
Africa, 247; North-West, 173; North, 174, 181, 191; West, 177; South, 37, 38, 187, 237; Parks in, 195; plans to settle in, 248; East, 187, 192
Afrika Korps, 164
A.I. (Airborne Interception, by radar), 97, 115
Air Attaches: importance of, 57; Park as A.A. in S. America, 57-64
Air Council, 240
Air Defence of Great Britain, see Uxbridge
Air Fighting Development Establishment (later Unit), 71, 97
Air Forces (other than RFC/RAF): Allied A.F., SEAC, 204, 205, 207, 208, 213;
Allied Expeditionary A.F., 199;
Argentine A.F., 247; British Commonwealth A.F. of Occupation in Japan, 214, 215; Combat Cargo Task Force, 200; Desert A.F., 163, 168, 179, 193; Eastern Air Command, 205, 207, 208, 227; Eastern A.F., 177; French A.F., 216; N.W. African A.F., 179; Polish A.F., 147; RAAF, 194, 215, 239, 253; RCAF, 157; R. Egyptian A.F., 192-3, 196, 197; RNZAF, 237, 239, 252, 256, 257; SAAF, 37, 195; USAAF, 196, 197, 206, 208, 217; USAAF Servicing Command, 206; US 8th A.F., 209; US 10th A.F., 203, 208
Air Formation Signals, 208
Air Ministry: general, 52, 53, 200-2, 241; appointments and postings, 53, 57-8, 61, 68, 83, 135, 157, 161, 241; awards and decorations, 55, 117; committees and meetings, 70, 99, 104-7, 128-30, 148; policies, 115, 176, 190, 192, 239, 246-7, 249; publications, reports and pamphlets, 46, 71, 73, 107, 115, 140-1, 142, 226-33; and Churchill, 129, 135; and Dowding, 53, 69-70, 72; and Mountbatten, 206; reports on Park, 38, 42-3, 47-8, 143; reports by Park, from Argentina, 58-64; from Fighter Command HQ, 74, 76, 77, 81-3; from 11 Group HQ, 90, 99-100, 103, 133; from Egypt, 193, 194, 195-6, 196-7; from SEAC, 209-10, 210-11, 214-15, 216, 218-19; Park critical of, 103, 135, 145, 175, 204-5, 222-3; Park criticised by, 127-8, 151; orders to Park from, 108, 168
Air Raid Warning System, 73, 130, 149
Aircraft (American): Boeing Stratocruiser, 253; Consolidated Vultee Liberator, 181, 203; Douglas DC3/C47 Dakota, 200, 206, 207, 210, 216; Lockheed Electra, 257; Martin Marauder, 193; North American Mustang, 193, 256; Waco, 61
Aircraft (British): Airspeed Oxford, 156, 159; Armstrong Whitworth Atlas, 55; Siskin III/IIIA, 51-2; Avro Anson, 113, 197-8, 248; 504K, 16; Lincoln, 245, 249; Lynx, 55; Shackleton, 256; Tutor, 55; York, 200; Boulton Paul Defiant, 69-70; Bristol Beaufighter, 97, 115, 178, 180, 193; Beaufort, 168; Blenheim, 90, 113-14, 115; Britannia, 256; Fighter, 17-37, 45, 51, 69; De Havilland Comet, 257; Hornet Moth, 156; Leopard Moth, 58-9; Mosquito, 176, 252; 9A, 45; Tiger Moth, 61, 256; Vampire, 256; English Electric Canberra, 256; Fairey Battle, 156, 160; Swordfish, 165; Gloster Gladiator, 82, 184; Meteor, 246, 249; Handley Page 0/400, 41-2; V/1500, 43-4; Hawker Fury, 68; Hart, 155, 156, 160; Hunter, 256; Hurricane, 50, 69, 84, 89, 90, 100, 114, 118, 122, 137, 146, 148, 151, 184, 193, 227; Park and Hurricane, 87, 107, 119, 156, 158, 173, 255; P. 1081, 255; Sea Fury, 245; Typhoon, 150; Maurice Farman, 16; Miles Master, 156, 158, 159, 160; Percival Gull, 59; Short Sunderland, 164; Sopwith Camel, 22; Supermarine Spitfire, 69, 84, 86, 89, 100, 109, 114, 115, 118, 119, 137, 146, 164, 168, 172, 173, 215, 256-7; Vickers Armstrong Viscount, 256; Warwick, 207; Wellington, 72, 170, 173, 176; Westland Lysander, 98
Aircraft (German): Albatros, 20-4, 26; DFW, 24, 26; Focke-Wulf Fw, 191, 137; Fokker Triplane, 29; Gotha, 21, 31-3; Heinkel He, 113, 102; Messerschmitt Bf, 109, 84, 101, 102, 137, 168; Pfalz, 29; Rumpler, 30
Aitken, Gp. Capt. Sir Max, 116, 190, 245
Aleppo, 191
ALFSEA, see Asia, South-East
Allied Air Force, SEAC, see Air Forces
Allied Expeditionary Air Force, see Air Forces
America, Americans: in WW1, 31, 32; in S. America (1935-6), 59, 60-1, 63; in WW2, 71, 134, 142, 179, 196-7, 265; and Mediterranean, 183, 185, 189, 192, 193; and SEAC, 199, 200, 202, 206-10, 216-17, 232, 264; in Argentina (1947), 245-10
America, South, Park in (1934-6), 7-57-64, 173; (1947), 244-50, 251
Andover: No. 2 School of Navigation and Bomb Dropping at, 41-2; RAF Staff College at, 44-5, 72, 265
Annamite, 216
Anti-Aircraft Command, see Commands, RAF
Anti-Aircraft Guns: in Britain, 50, 51, 52, 75, 81, 95, 116, 130; in Egypt, 162; in Malta, 177
Anzac Cove, 6; first Anzac Day, 8
Aquilina, Fit. Sgt. Emanuel, 183
Arabia, 187
Arakan, 205
Argentina, 58-60, 64, 244-10, 251; Parks in (1934-6), 57-64; (1947), 228, 231, 244-50
Argentine Air Force, see Air Forces
Armstrong, Lt. John, 242
Army (British): 29th Division (and No. 10 Battery, 147th Brigade, RFA) at Gallipoli, 9-11; Suez 11; Somme, 11-15; and German offensive (March 1918), 27; and Fighting Area (1929), 52; British Expeditionary Force (1940), 85-9; in Battle of Britain, 103, 108, 112, 134; Eighth Army (1942-3), 163, 168, 169, 174, 180; in Malta (1942-3), 170, 171, 173, 177, 178, 180; in Egypt (1944), 188; Fourteenth Army (1945), 200-5, 207-9, 210, 226; in Netherlands East Indies (1945), 215; in SEAC (1945-6), 216-18, 226-33; 15 Corps (1945), 232; Black Watch, 242; 11th Hussars, 242; Rhine Army (War Crimes Investigation Branch), 242
Army (New Zealand): ‘B’ Battery, 5; 4th (Howitzer) Battery, 6-9
Ashmore, Maj. Gen. E. B., 50
Asia, South-East, 178, 179, 198, 264; South-East Asia Command (SEAC) and Air Command, South-East Asia (ACSEA), February-August 1945, 200-12; September 1945 to May 1946, 213-25; despatches on campaigns in, 226-33, 242, 243; Base Air Forces, South-East Asia (BAFSEA), 206; Allied Land Forces, South-East Asia (ALFSEA), 205
Asuncion, 62
Attlee, Clement (later Earl), 67, 245
Auchinleck, Field Marshal Sir Claude, 219
Auckland, 3, 23, 149, 238, 251, 252, 253, 254, 258; Aero Club, 262; Bishop of, 259; Chamber of Commerce, 253-4; City Council, 254, 258, 259; Dean of, 262; Holy Trinity Cathedral, 262; International Airport Committee, 254; Museum of Transport and Technology, 255; Park Lodge, 259; St Matthew-in-the-City, 259; War Memorial Museum, 256-7
Austin, A. B., Fighter Command, 160
Australia, 4, 34, 53, 194, 223, 237, 252, 253, 257; Park visits, 224, 225, 239, 241, 254-6; Australians, 6, 31, 194, 203, 214, 215; 255
Avro Aircraft Company, 245, 256
Bader, Gp. Capt. Sir Douglas, 80, 121-3, 128-9, 132-3, 146, 148, 257, 263
BAFSEA, see Asia, South-East
Balbo, Gen. Italo, 51, 127; ‘Balbo’ (a large fighter formation), 127, 133, 148
Balfour, Sir John, 67
Balfour, Harold (later Baron Balfour of Inchrye), 87, 121, 132-3, 148, 156, 190
Balloon Barrages, 50, 70, 75, 81, 116, 149
Bandon, Air Chief Marshal the Earl of, 202, 231, 232
Barnes, Christopher, 42
Barnes, Sir James, 257
Barratt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur, 89, 90, 220
Battle of Britain, 53, 69, 75, 80, 81, 90, 163, 164, 222, 243; Park’s tactics in, 37, 70, 72, 89, 91-119, 263-4; comparison with Battle of Malta, 143, 165, 173, 178-9; ‘Big Wings’ in, 120-39, 144; on Park’s role in: Broke, 146; Dowding, 142; Joubert, 144; Lee, 145-6; Lyons, 146; Portal, 184; Slessor, 146-7; Stansgate, 241; Tedder, 143, 185
‘Battle of Britain’ Class Locomotives, 252
Battle of Britain Fighter Association, 262-3
Bawdsey Research Station, 74, 76, 77
Beamish, Wg. Cdr. Victor, 137
Beaverbrook, Baron, 116, 148, 252; correspondence with Park, 140-1, 144, 165, 172, 174, 190, 196, 204-5, 257
Becke, Brig. Gen. J. H. W., 22, 24
Bednall, Colin, 172
Beisiegel, Air Cdre. W. K., 244, 247, 249
Benghazi, 193
Bentley Priory, 91, 94, 107, 117, 120, 126, 129, 148-9, 161, 181, 182, 265; Park S.A.S.O. at, 68-83
Bettington, Lt. Col, A. V., 22, 27, 38-40
Biggin Hill, 76, 103, 117, 122, 127, 138, 151 ‘Big Wings’ Controversy, 52, 80, 95, 102, 120-39, 142, 144
Birdwood of Anzac and Totnes, Field Marshal Baron, 10
Bishop, Air Marshal William A., RCAF, 115
Bolivia, 62
Bomber Command, see Commands, RAF
Bonham-Carter, Admiral Sir Stuart, 179, 180
Borg, Sir George, 184
Borneo, 220
Bostock, Air Vice-Marshal W. D., 194
Bottomley, Air Chief Marshal Sir Norman, 74, 98-9, 167
Bouchier, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Cecil, 40, 137, 141, 209, 215
Bradley, Air Marshal Sir John, 50
Brand, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Quintin, 91, 111, 122, 124, 128-30, 141, 195, 252
Brandon, Alfred de Bathe, 40
Brickhill, Paul, Reach for the Sky, 146
Brighton, 100
Bristol, 78, 156; Aircraft Company, 256, Channel, 149
British Broadcasting Corporation, 204-5
British Commonwealth Air Forces of Occupation in Japan, see Air Forces
British Overseas Airways Corporation, 253
British War Council, 6
Brockman, Gp. Capt. F. G., 232
Broke, Air Cdre. Baron Willoughby de, 107, 122, 146, 148
Bromet, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Geoffrey, 68
Bromley, 132
Brook, Air Vice-Marshal W. A. D., 214-15, 216
Brooke-Popham, Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert, 44-5, 50, 90
Browning, Robert, The Patriot, 174
Bruce, Stanley (later Viscount Bruce of Melbourne), 194
Buckingham Palace, 67, 136, 156, 200, 242, 252
Buenos Aires, Park in (1934-6), 57-64; (1947), 244-50, 251
Bulgaria, 192
Burma: Allied conquest of, 203-5, 208-9, 211, 224, 226, 227-32, 242; conditions in, 204, 213; Burma Victory film, 218
Burroughes, Hugh, 257
Cadogan, Sir Alexander, 67
Cairo, 168, 170, 171, 176, 177, 178, 179; Park in (1923-6), 47-8, 49; (1942), 162-4; (1944-5), 185, 186, 187-98, 199, 200
Calcutta, 203, 205, 214, 218, 228, 231, 242; conference (February 1945), 200, 207
Canada, 237, 256; Canadian airmen, 26; RCAF HQ, London, 157
Cannon, Maj. Gen. J. K. USAAF, 186
Canterbury (Kent), 101, 124, 125
Canterbury Aviation Company (New Zealand), 39
Capell, Richard, 177
Caracas, 62
Carr, Air Marshal Sir Roderick, 217, 218, 219
Ceylon, 202, 203, 204, 211, 219, 220, 223
Chaco War (Bolivia-Paraguay), 62
Champion de Crespigny, Air Vice-Marshal H. V., 159, 161
Channel, the English, 88, 113, 123
Charlton, Brig. Gen. L. E. O., 39
Chelius, Lt. Max von, 24
Cheshire, Air Chief Marshal Sir Walter, 216
Chifley, J. B., 255
Chilton, Air Marshal Sir Edward, 220
Chittagong, 203
Christ Church, Lancaster Gate, London, 38
Christchurch (New Zealand), 39, 238
Church Fenton, 80
Churchill, Sir Winston: and French Campaign (1940), 89-90; and Middle-East Crisis (July 1942), 163-4; and Mediterranean Air Command, 185; and SEAC appointment, 199; and Park, 94, 108, 109-12, 141, 173, 175, 242; Power’s opinion of, 176; Lady Churchill, 109
Clouston, Air Cdre. Arthur, 53-4, 156
Coastal Command, see Commands, RAF
Cochrane, Air Chief Marshal the Hon. Sir Ralph, 159
Cocos Islands, 202
Colchester, 132
Colforce, see Turpitude, Operation
Collard, Wg. Cdr. K. H. R., 226
Collier, Basil, 134
Collier, Richard, Eagle Day, 91
Combat Cargo Task Force, see Air Forces
Comilla, 203
Commands, RAF, Anti-Aircraft, 74; Bomber, 72-5, 77, 83, 88, 98, 112, 113-14, 118, 139;
Coastal, 81, 82, 88, 98, 112, 113-14, 139, 185; Fighter, 50, 68-74, 82-4, 140, 143, 155, 161, 265; and Battle of Britain, 91-119; and ‘Big Wings’, 120-39; and Dunkirk, 84-90; in 1941; 137-9; Flying Training, 142, 155-61; Transport, 214, 217, 220
Conference Shipping Lines, 257
Coningham, Air Marshal Sir Arthur, 163, 174, 179, 184-5
Constantinople, 6
Conteville, 27
Coryton, Air Chief Marshal Sir Alec, 209
Courtney, Air Chief Marshal Sir
Christopher, 200
Courtrai, 35
Cowan, Lt., 34
Cracroft, Air Cdre. P. D., 217
Crossley, Fit. Lt. M. N., 151
Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount, 182
Curtin, John, 194
Curtiss Wright Aircraft Company, 60
Cymbalist, Aircraftman, 220
Cyprus, 187
Cyrenaica, 191
David, Stuart, 262
Davidson, Maj. Gen. Howard C, USAAF, 208
Deere, Air Cdre. A. C, 134, 138, 146, 147, 149, 263
De Havilland Aircraft Company, 256
Delhi, 201, 206, 214, 217, 266
Dempster, Derek (and Wood, Derek), The Narrow Margin, 147
Denmark, 101
Derna, 191
Desert Air Force, see Air Forces
Dickson, Capt. Euan, 39
Dickson, Marshal of the RAF Sir William, 205, 206
Digby, 80
Digri, 203
Dobson, Sir Roy, 245, 246, 247
Dodds, Gp. Capt. L. V., 243
Donaldson, Air Cdre. E. M., 119
Douglas of Kirtleside, Marshal of the RAF Baron: early years, 33, 43-5; Assistant Chief of Air Staff, 69-70, 85, 90, 98-9, 104-7, 113-14, 145; and ‘Big Wings’, 121, 123-4, 127-30, 132-5; Fighter Command, 115, 116, 117-18, 135, 137-8, 141; Middle East, 178, 179, 185, 187, 188, 189; post-war, 134-5, 149, 150, 253, 264
Douglas-Jones, Gp. Capt. E. A., 141
Dowding of Bentley Priory, Air Chief Marshal Baron (Hugh): early years, 50, 53, 67; Fighter Command, 68-90; Battle of Britain, 91-119, 135-6, 142, 164, 263; and ‘Big Wings’, 120-39, 149; and Battle of Britain film, 147-9; Air Ministry, 69-70, 72, 82, 104-7, 113-14, 132-3, 140, 142; post-war, 146-7, 148, 262
Dowding of Bentley Priory, Wg. Cdr. Baron (Derek), 150
Drummond, Air Marshal Sir Peter, 182
Duke-Woolley, Gp. Capt. R. M. B., 97, 125-6
Duncan Smith, Gp. Capt. W. G. G., 181
Dunkirk, in World War I, 19, 21, 24, 35; evacuation (1940), 84-90, 97, 108, 110, 120, 134, 243
Duxford, 50-1, 80, 121, 122, 125, 132; ‘Duxford Wing’, 129-35
Dynamo, Operation, 85
Eaker, Lt. Gen. Ira C, USAAF, 185, 187, 193, 195
Eastern Air Command, see Air Forces
Eastern Air Force, see Air Forces
Eastchurch, 55
Eden, Anthony (later Lord Avon), 197, 210;
Eden, Sgt. Simon (his son), 210
Edwards, Ernest, 260
Egypt, Park in (1915-16), 6, 10, 44; (1923-6), 45-8, 54, 56, 262; (1942), 81, 89, 142, 161-4; (1944), 150, 161, 179, 187-98, 204, 222, 237
Eisenhower, Gen. Dwight D., U.S. Army, 167, 173-4, 176, 177, 179, 183
Elizabeth II, H.M. Queen, 262
Elphinstone, Mary, 3
Elphinstone, Mountstuart, 3
Epilepsy Association, 258
Evans, Thornton (Buenos Aires), 58-9, 245-6
Evill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Douglas, 98, 104-7, 113, 118, 123, 138, 162, 200, 208; correspondence with Park, 90, 99, 115, 121-2, 136, 237, on ‘Big Wings’, 125, 132-3
Ewing, Fit. Lt. Peter, 204
Fairlop, 40
Falla, Maj. N. S., 6
Fellows, Brig. Gen. B. C, 38
‘Field, Major’, see Shield, Maj. H. S.
Fighter Command, see Commands, RAF
Fighting Area, see Uxbridge
Fiji, 256
Firth of Forth, 98
Fisz, Ben, 147
Fleet Air Arm, 53
Fleet Street, 242
Fluorescine, 98
Flying Training Command, see Commands, RAF
Foreign Office, 57, 60, 62, 63, 193, 194, 197, 244-50
Fraser of North Cape, Admiral of the Fleet Baron, 219, 251
Freeman, Air Chief Marshal Sir Wilfrid, 45, 172, 184
France, French, 73, 81-2, 89-90, 115, 121, 137;
French Troops (1915), 6, 11; Park in (1916-18), 11-15, 17-37, 38, 40;
French Campaign (1940), 100, 168;
French in Indo-China (1945-6), 216; German invasion of, 83-4, 88-91
French Air Force, see Air Forces
Frost, David 261
Gallipoli Campaign (1915-16), 6-12, 44, 265
Game, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Philip, 48
Gamelin, Gen. Maurice, 110
Garrod, Air Chief Marshal Sir Guy, 55, 159, 160, 161, 199-200, 207, 222, 226
Gazala, 163
George VI, H.M. King, 67, 136, 156, 181, 197, 200, 240, 241, 242, 252
German Air Force, World War I, see Jasta; World War II, see Luftwaffe
Germany, 6, 67, 71, 81, 82, 196, 220, 265
Gibbs, Air Marshal Sir Gerald, 171, 177
Giffard, Gen. Sir George, 224, 226, 227, 233
Giles, Maj. Gen. Ben F., USAAF, 197
Gleave, Gp. Capt. T. P., 56, 150
Gloster Aircraft Company, 249
Goddard, Air Marshal Sir Victor, 221
Goddard, Baron, 251
Gordon-Dean, Air Cdre. H., 159
Goring, Reichsmarschall Hermann, 101, 137
Gort, Field Marshal Viscount, 168, 170-3, 175, 178, 180-1
Gosport, 26
Gossage, Air Marshal Sir Leslie, 72, 76, 78, 80, 81, 83, 117, 136
Gozo, 182; Michael, Bishop of, 172
Gracey, Gen. Sir Douglas, 216
Grandy, Marshal of the RAF Sir John, 190, 210
Gravesend, 115
Greenlaw, Margarita, 58
Greig, Gp. Capt. Sir Louis, 116, 117
Griffith, Capt. Edward, 32, 34
Groups, RAF, No. 2, 74, 114; No. 10, 91, 102, 106, 118, 122, 135, 138, 146; No. 11, Park and, 37, 69, 74-5, 80, 91, 96, 105-6, 110, 113, 118, 123, 125-7, 129-32, 135, 137, 141-2, 144, 146, 177; Bader and, 121, 133; Duke of Kent and, 141;
Gibbs and, 171;
Gossage and, 72, 117, 136; Harris and, 68; Leigh-Mallory and, 115, 137-8, 148; No. 12, Leigh-Mallory and, 75, 78, 83, 102-3, 106, 110, 118, 120, 122, 124, 125, 127, 128, 131-2, 135, 141, 146, 148; Bader and, 121; Saul and, 137; No. 13, 76, 78, 80, 91, 103, 106, 135; No. 21, 159; No. 23, 135, 136, 155, 159; No. 25, 159; No. 221, 200, 203, 204, 209, 215, 232; No. 224, 203, 232
Hamilton, Gen., Sir Ian, 6
Handley Page Aircraft Company, 256
Harcourt, Admiral Sir Cecil, 214
Harcourt, Gen., 73
Harcourt-Smith, Air Vice-Marshal G., 141, 255
Harris, Marshal of the RAF Sir Arthur, 68, 129, 266
Harrison, Rex, 147
Hart, Air Marshal Sir Raymund, 76, 77, 78
Hartmann, Hptm. Otto, 23
Harvey, Maj. W. F. J., 20
Harwood, Admiral Sir Henry, 168, 169
Hastings Air Base (near Calcutta), 207, 209
Hauraki Gulf, 260
Hawker Siddeley Group, 251, 255-7, 243-9
Hawthorn Redoubt, 12
Heaton-Armstrong, Sir John, 252
Hebuterne, 12
Heliopolis, 189
Helwan, 47
Henderson, Sir Nevile, 63
Hercules, Operation, 164
Hill, Air Chief Marshal Sir Roderic, 55
Hillingdon, House, see Uxbridge
Holland, 83
Holland, S. G., 254
Hollinghurst, Air Chief Marshal Sir Leslie, 145, 206
Holt, Air Vice-Marshal F. V., 39, 49-51
Hong Kong, 202, 214-15, 218-19, 232
Hooton Park, Liverpool, 26
Hope, Wg. Cdr. Sir Archibald, 55
Hope-Gill, C. G., 67
Hornchurch, 50, 51, 53, 102, 122, 124, 129, 131, 138
Hughes, Air Marshal Sir Rochford, 254-5, 262
Hullavington, 158
Hungary, 192
Hunt, Leslie, 144
Hunter-Weston, Gen. Sir Aylmer, 10
Husky, Operation, 179, 182-3, 185
Hutchinsons (Publishers), 145
Hyland, Maj. Gen. F. G., 137
Imperial Defence College, 54, 67, 142, 171, 265
India, 203, 204, 209, 211, 232; Americans and, 209; Park and, 186, 200, 219, 228; unrest in, 218
Indo-China, French, 214, 216, 219
Iraq, 161, 187, 266; Regent of, 197
Iserlohn, 242
Isitt, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Leonard, RNZAF, 237
Italy, 67, 164, 168, 182, 184, 207;
Jabbeke, 23
Jacobs, Lt. Josef Peter, 23
Japan, Japanese, 67, 266; in Burma, 200, 203, 205, 209, 211, 226-7, 229, 232; post-war, 213-15, 229-30, 240
Jasta (German fighter units, World War I): No. 7, 23; No. 28, 23; Boelcke, 23-4
Jellicoe of Scapa, Admiral of the Fleet Viscount, 134
Jessore, 203
Johnson, Air Vice-Marshal J. E., 100, 138, 144, 146, 147
Johnstone, Air Vice-Marshal A. V. R., 151, 167
Jones, Air Marshal Sir George, RAAF, 194, 214
Jones, H. A., 11
Jones, Marjorie, 261
Joubert, Air Chief Marshal Sir Philip, 144, 145, 181
Kandy: and Park, 188, 201, 203, 206, 219; and Leese, 205, 207, 227, 231
Kay, J. A. R., 256
Keeling, Edward, 62
Kenley, 53, 101, 125, 127, 138
Kent, 89, 100, 111, 125, 131; Radar station in, 101
Kent, George Duke of, 117, 141, 142, 156
Kent, Gp. Capt. J. A., 134, 262
Kenya, 195
Kesselring, Field-Marshal Albert, 168-9
Khartoum, 47
Killearn, Baron, 192-3, 194, 197
Kitchener of Khartoum, Earl, 4
Kunming, 218
Lacey, Sqn. Ldr. J. H., 134
Lang, Gp. Capt. T. F. U., 138, 141, 148
Larnder, H., 77
Lawson, Air Cdre. G. M., 72, 118, 125, 131, 137
Leatham, Admiral Sir Ralph, 174, 178, 179
Leclerc, Lt. Gen. P. E., 216
Ledo Road, 227
Lee, Air Vice-Marshal A. S. G., 40-1, 43, 145-6
Leese, Lt. Gen. Sir Oliver, 205, 207-8, 227-8, 230-1, 233,
Leffrinckhoucke, 24
Leigh-Mallory, Air Chief Marshal Sir Trafford: and No. 12 Group, 75-6, 78, 80-1, 83, 91, 103, 111; and ‘Big Wings’, 80, 120-39, 141-2, 144, 145; and No. 11 Group, 115, 135-8, 141; death of, 199-200, 266; postwar comment on, 147-50
Leslie, Wg. Cdr. Sir Norman, 43
Le Touquet, 115
Le Transloy, 14
Light, Lt. Alan, 19-20, 23, 262
Lindfield, Air Mechanic (2nd Class), 23
Linnell, Air Marshal Sir Francis, 188
Little Rissington, 159
Lloyd, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 164, 168, 171, 181
London: defence of in World War I, 50; in World War II, 75, 78, 83, 91, 100, 103, 104, 107, 111, 123, 127, 128, 147
Londonderry, Marquess of, 55
Lucas, Gp. Capt. P. B., 165
Ludlow-Hewitt, Air Chief Marshal Sir Edgar, 69, 73-5, 82
Luftwaffe, 70, 86, 88, 89, 95, 129; and Battle of Britain, 91-119, 134; and ‘Big Wings’, 120-39; in North Africa, 163
Luqa, 183
Lyall, Gavin, 136
Lympne, 103
Lyons, W. O. Leonard, 146
Lys, Dr. F. J., 55
MacArthur, Gen. Douglas, U.S. Army, 194, 215
McConnell, Brig. Gen. John P., USAAF, 209
Macdonald, Flt. Lt. Sir Peter, M. P., 121
MacDonell, Air Cdre. A. R. D., 262, 263
McEvoy, Air Chief Marshal Sir Theodore, 226, 228-31
MacFarlane, 44
McKean, Air Vice-Marshal L. D. D., 115
McNamara, Lt. J. F., 35
McNeill, Wg. Cdr. T. Menzies, 137
Madras, 218
Maidstone, 131
Malacca Strait, 204
Malaya, 204, 209, 210, 213, 219, 224, 254
Malta: Park and, 81, 89, 143, 145, 237, 241, 243, 252, 262; in 1942, 164-76, 200; in 1943, 177-86; Governorship of, 223; National War Museum of, 183; Times of Malta, 143, 186
Maracay, 62
Maricourt Wood, 12
Marseilles, 11
Mason, John 162
Mauripur, 220
Maycock, Gp. Capt. R. B., 57, 58, 60, 63
Maynard, 2nd Lt. G. J., 29
Medhurst, Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles, 188
Mediterranean: Park and, 11, 46, 163, 180, 194, 230; Operations Pedestal, 169, and Zeppelin, 191; German air power in, 172;
Mediterranean Air Command, 174, 179, 185;
Mediterranean Allied Air Forces, 185, 187, 173, 195-6
Mellersh, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Francis, 55
Menin Gate, 14
Mersa Matruh, 192
Mesnil Valley, 14
Middelkerke, 20
Middle East, 162, 163, 247; Air Command in, 179; Defence Committee in, 169; Park and, 174, 188, 191; RAF Middle East, 167, 187, 188, 193, 195-6, 202; Special Liaison Unit in, 168; unrest in 220; USAAF in, 196
Middle Wallop, 82
Missenden, Sir Eustace, 252
Monroe Doctrine, 246
Montauban, 14
Montgomery of Alamein, Field-Marshal Viscount, 150, 167, 173, 174, 179, 181
Monywa, 203
Morton, Maj. Sir Desmond, 141
Moscow, 249
Mountbatten of Burma, Admiral of the Fleet Earl, Supreme Allied Commander, SEAC, 199-200, 205-11, 213; post-war, 215-16, 219, 221, 223-4, 226-33, 241, 242; correspondence with Park, 204, 208, 213, 216, 217, 222-3, 224, 240-2
Muir, sqn. Ldr . T.L., 218
Murphy, Frank, 257
Myitkyina, 203
Myingyan, 210
Naples, 168
National Airways Corporation (NZ), 253
Negombo, 220
Neill, Betty, 148, 238, 254, 257, 260-2
Nerney, J. C, 232
Netherlands, 84
Netherlands East Indies, 215-16, 219, 232
Nevill, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Arthur, RNZAF, 256
Newall, Marshal of the RAF Baron, 68, 74, 85, 86, 99, 127-8, 264
Newspapers, Periodicals, etc: Aeroplane, 43; Auckland Star, 258, 260, 262; The Listener, 145; Daily Herald, 140; Daily Mail, 171, 242; The Daily Telegraph, 177; Evening Standard, 163; Financial Times, 265; Flight, 42, 51; I care (Journal of the French Airline Pilots’ Association), 147; Life, 192; New Zealand Herald, 147, 148; News Chronicle, 144; News Review (London), 172; Paramount News, 192; Picture Post, 172; Sunday Chronicle, 142; Sunday Express, 144, 245; The Times, 148, 197, 241; The Times of Malta, 143, 186
New Zealand: Park and, 3-5, 38-40, 43, 146, 178; Dol and, 195; Park visits (1946), 222, 224-5, 237-41, and returns to (1948-75), 252-66; troops, 6, 8-10; press, 120, 144;
New Zealand Foundation for the Blind, 258;
New Zealand Society, London, 143
Nibrunesi Point, 8
Nicholl, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Hazleton, 82, 104, 106
Nield, Sir Basil, Q.C., 242
Normandy Invasion, 191
North Weald, 122, 123, 124, 125
North-West African Air Forces, see Air Forces
Norway, 101
Noss, 2nd Lt. Arthur, 21-2, 24
Nye, Lt. Gen. Sir Archibald, 171, 175
Oaksey, Baron, 251
Observer Corps, formation, 49; prewar, 52, 76; (1939-40) 81, 94, 103, 109, 124-5, 127, 130, 132, 137, 149; in Egypt (1942), 162
Ohakea, 237
Olivier, Laurence Baron, 147
Operational System Research Section (Bentley Priory), 77
Operations, see Dynamo, Hercules, Pedestal, Husky, Zeppelin, Turpitude (inc. Colforce), Zipper
Ostend, 20
Otago, Boys’ High School, 4, 238; University, 3, 238
O’Toole, 2nd Lt. W., 22
Owen, Frank, 242
Oxford, 156, University Air Squadron, 55-6, Park awarded honorary degrees by, 56, 251
Pakuranga Children’s Health Camp, 259
Palmer, 2nd Lt. Frank, 32
Pan-American Airways, 253
Paraguay, 62
Parana, 59
Paraparaumu, 253
Paris, 91
Parish, Dorothy, see Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith, his family
Parish, Francis, 58
Parish, Sir Woodbine, 58
Parish, Lt. Col. Woodbine, 58
Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith: his promotions: Purser (Passenger Vessels), 4; Cpl., 6; 2nd Lt. (Tempy.), 8-9; 2nd Lt. (Subst.), 12; Capt. (Tempy.), 24; Lt., (Subst.), 25; Maj. (Tempy.) 26; Capt. (Subst.), 42-3; Fit. Lt., 43; Sqn. Ldr., 44; Wg. Cdr., 52; Gp. Capt., 56; Air Cdre., 68; A.V.M., 83; A.M., 185; A.C.M., 208; his honours: MC, 22; Bar to MC, 24; Croix de Guerre, 25; DFC, 42-3; Honorary MA (Oxon.), 56; Air Aide-de-Camp to the King, 67; CB, 136; KBE, 174, 181; KCB, 196, 200; Commander, Legion of Merit (USA), 198-9; GCB, 224, 242; Hon. DCL (Oxon.), 251; his family (see also Elphinstone, Neill, Parish, Stevens): James (grandfather), 3; James L. (father), 3-5, 39, 45-6, 56, 195, 238; Frances Rogers (mother), 3-4; Janey (stepmother), 5, 45-6; Dorothy (sister), 1; Lily (sister), 4, 238; Maud (sister), 4; Dorothy (‘Dol’) née Parish (wife), early days: 24-5, 38-9, 44, 46; Egypt 1923-26, 46, 48, 49-50; Argentina 1934-6, 57-8, 64; England 1937-44, 109, 160, 162, 164, 190; overseas 1944-6, 194-5, 200, 201-3; New Zealand, 1946, 237-8, 240; Argentina 1946-7, 245; New Zealand, 1948-71, 144, 148, 252, 254, 257, 258-61, 266; Ian (eldest son), 39, 46, 48, 50, 57, 160, 195, 210, 252, 259, 260, 261, 262; Marie (Ian’s first wife), 252; Keithia (their daughter), 252; Colin (second son), 48, 50, 57, 160, 195, 241-2, 254, 266
Parrish, Arthur, 261
Paterson, Private Kenneth, 32
Pattinson, Air Marshal Sir Lawrence, 157-9
Peck, Air Marshal Sir Richard, 211
Peirse, Air Chief Marshal Sir Richard, 57, 87, 199, 222-4, 226, 233, 240
Perak, Aboriginal Areas Constabulary, 254
Pernet, Franz, 23
Peron, Juan (President), 64, 244-5, 248-9; Evita (wife of), 249
Persia, 187
Pevensey, 101
Pile, Gen. Sir Frederick, 252
Pinewood, 147
Piper, Clifford, 178
Pirie, Air Chief Marshal Sir George, 220, 222, 224, 232
Plugge’s Plateau, 8
Pobjoy aircraft engines, 60
Polish Air Force, see Air Forces
Pont Remy, 11
Poperinghe, 35
Portal of Hungerford, Marshal of the RAF Viscount: early years, 45; Bomber Command, 114; C.A.S., 127, 133, 137, 161, 177, 184-5, 188, 194, 199, 200, 224, 264, 265; correspondence with Park, 141-2, 170, 172, 174, 182, 200, 206, 208, 209, 218, 219
Porter, Air Marshal Sir Kenneth, 149-50
Poulainville, 28
Power, Admiral of the Fleet Sir Arthur, 174, 175-6, 177, 179-80, 213, 242
Prendergast, Col., 191
Price, Alfred, 100
Pugh, 2nd Lt. John, 29, 30-1, 32, 35
Qrendi, 173
Quetta, 202
Radar, equipment and training, 70, 73-6, 77, 94, 97, 101, 115; information, 77-8, 81, 91-4, 95, 100, 102, 109, 110, 111, 129, 132, 137, 149; operational value of, 143-4; in Egypt, 162; in Malta, 167-8, 226
Radio, equipment, 73, 109, 114, 118, 131; use, 90, 94-5, 114, 125-6, 127, 131, 134, 141; in Malta, 168
Radlett, 247
Ramsay, Admiral Sir Bertram, 85-6, 88-9, 98, 137
Rangoon: Allied capture of, 200, 204, 207, 208, 229, 231, 232; Allied occupation of, 209, 214, 226, 228, 230
Ransley, Capt. Frank, 28, 29-30
RDF, see Radar
Reckem, 35
Reith, Baron, 67
Renfrew, 54
Rhodesia, 195
Rich, E. M. (Betty), 144
Richards, Denis, 137
Richthofen, Rittmeister Manfred Freiherr von, 28
Ridler, Sgt. George, 32
Robb, Air Chief Marshal Sir James, 138-9
Robertson, Lt. J. H., 26
Robinson, Sir Dove-Myer, 258
Rochester, 111
Rochford, 115
Rogers, Frances, see Park, Air Chief Marshal Sir Keith, his family
Rogers, Capt. William, 3
Rolls-Royce aircraft engines, Falcon, 20; Eagle, 44; Nene, 255
Rome 52
Rothenstein, Sir William, 158
Rommel, Field-Marshal Erwin, 163-4, 168-70, 174, 175
Royal Aircraft Establishment, 54, 76
Royal Air Force Regiment, 229
Royal Australian Air Force, see Air Forces
Royal Canadian Air Force, see Air Forces
Royal Egyptian Air Force, see Air Forces
Royal Empire Society, 239
Royal Naval Air Service, 39
Royal Navy, 5, 81, 145, 180, 188, 202, 217; at Dunkirk, 85-9
Royal New Zealand Air Forces, see Air Forces
Royal New Zealand Navy, 230
Royal Overseas League, 242
Royal School of Mines, 3
Rumania, 192
Russell, Admiral the Hon. Sir Guy, 171
Russell, Rev. Maurice, 259
Russia, see Soviet Union
Rycroft, Lt. Stanley, 31-2, 34
Rye, 101
Ryley, Gp. Capt. Charles, 214, 221
Rymer, the Very Rev. J. O., 262
Ryneveld, Lt. Col. H. A. van, 38-9
St Athan, 155
St Marie Cappel, 35
St Omer, 17
Salisbury, 156
Salisbury Plain, 45
Salmond, Air Chief Marshal Sir Geoffrey, 55
Salmond, Marshal of the RAF Sir John, 49-50, 51, 145
Sannat, 172
Santiago, 57
Santo Domingo, 244
Sao Paulo, 60
Sardinia, 169
Sargent, Sir Orme, 244
Sari Bair Ridge, 8
Sassoon, Sir Philip, 51
Sassoon Cup Race, 51
Saul, Air Vice-Marshal Richard, 76, 91, 103, 135, 137, 141
Saundby, Air Marshal Sir Robert, 123-4
Saunders, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh, 212, 215, 216
Scapa Flow, 91
Scobie, Lt. Gen. Sir Ronald, 171, 174, 175, 178
Scott, Gp. Capt. Desmond, 150
SEAC, see Asia,
South-East 29
Searchlights, in Britain, 50, 51, 52, 70, 75, 78, 81, 97, 116; in Egypt, 162; in Malta, 178
Seeds, Sir William, 60
Shanghai, 214
Shedden, Sir Frederick, 194
Ships, Akaroa (1948), 252; Aurora (1943), 181; Elele (1916), 11; Exeter (1934), 60; Maunganui (1914-5), 6; Ohio (1942), 169-70; Ranger (1934), 60; Viceroy of India (1941), 162
Siam, 230
Sicily, 171, 172; Axis aerodromes in, 163, 168, 169; invasion of, 179, 180, 243, 265
Siddeley, Sir John, 60
Sinclair, Sir Archibald (later Viscount Thurso), 87, 140, 177, 185, 194, 199, 241; and ‘Big Wings’, 132, 133, 142; correspondence with Park, 170, 172, 181-2, 190
Singapore: Allied capture of, 204, 208-9; surrender ceremony in, 212-13; Allied occupation of, 214, 217, 219; Park and, 223, 228, 232, 239, 240-1, 247; unrest in, 220, 221
Slessor, Marshal of the RAF Sir John: early years, 31, 182; and Mediterranean commands, 185, 187-96; Air Member for Personnel, 199, 208, 220, 223, 240, 245, 264; correspondence with Park, 195-6, 206-7, 215, 218-19, 222; post-war comment by, 129, 144-5, 149
Slim, Field-Marshal Viscount, 209, 213, 218, 229, 242, 251; and Leese, 207; and Mountbatten, 211, 224; and Park, 200, 205, 208, 230
Slype, 22
Smith-Barry, Lt. Col. R. R., 26
Smuts, Field-Marshal Jan Christian, 189-90, 195
Somaliland, 187
Somerville, Admiral of the Fleet Sir James, 224
Somme Offensive (1916), 11-14, 265
South African Air Force, see Air Forces
South Cerney, 144, 155, 156, 158
Soviet Union, 6, 67, 139, 142, 191, 249
Spaatz, Lt. Gen. Carl A., USAAF, 179
Special Liaison Units, 168
Spriggs, Sir Frank, 255
Squadrons (Australian Flying Corps), No. 3, 28
Squadrons (RFC/RAF), No. 8, 12; No. 20, 36; No. 25, 43; No. 47, 47; No. 48, 17-37, 42, 137, 145, 188, 262; No. 54, 103; No. 84, 32; No. 111, 50-2; No. 173, 191; No. 601 (County of London), 55
Squadrons (RN), 15 Cruiser Squadron (Malta), 180
Stack, Maj. Gen. Sir Lee, 47
Stannard, Sqn. Ldr. R. W., 82
Stanmore, see Bentley Priory
Stansgate, Viscount, 241
Steele, Air Marshal Sir Charles, 33
Stevens, Air Vice-Marshal C. A., 215
Stevens, Grace, 261
Stevenson, Air Vice-Marshal D. F., 69-70, 113-14, 121, 127-30, 135
Stilwell, Gen. Joseph W., U.S. Army, 227
Strachey, John, 218
Stratemeyer, Maj. Gen. George E., USAAF, 207, 209, 227
Suez, 11; Canal, 46, 164, 189, 192
Sullivan, Dan, 240
Sungei Plus, 254
Sutton Bridge, 52
Swanage, 98
Swann, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Oliver, 47-8
Swinton, Earl of, 67
Sydney, 239, 260, 261; Kingsford Smith Airport, 255
Tangiteroria, 239
Tanglin Barracks, 224
Ta’Qali, 175
Taranto, 168
Tedder, Marshal of the RAF Baron: and Mediterranean commands, 163, 169, 174-5, 179, 180, 184-6, 190; Chief of the Air Staff, 143, 188, 195, 224, 228, 240, 241, 247-8, 264, 265; correspondence with Park, 221, 222-3, 224, 237, 242-3
Terry, Gen., U.S. Army, 217
‘Thornton, Master’, 240
Tito, Marshal (later President) Josip Broz, 190-1
Tobruk, 191
Toomer, Air Vice-Marshal Sydney, 188
Townsend, Gp. Capt. Peter, 148
Transport Command, see Commands, RAF
Trenchard, Marshal of the RAF Viscount, 17, 24, 44, 174, 181, 240
Turpitude, Operation (inc. Colforce), 191
Tyneside, 91
Union Steam Ship Company, 4, 6, 43
United States Army Air Force, see Air Forces
Upavon, 155
Upper Heyford, 55
Urinowski, 2nd Lt. A., 32
Uxbridge, HQ ADGB, 49-50, 53, 54, 145; HQ Fighting Area, 50, 52-3, 54; HQ 11 Group, 84, 86, 90, 91, 104, 107, 109, 146, 149, 151, 182, 200, 242
VASP (S. Paulo airline), 60
Vasse, Air Cdre. G. H., 97
Vauchelles, 11
Venezuela, 62
Ventnor, 101
Vincent, Air Vice-Marshal S. F., 203, 209, 231, 232
Vuillemin, Gen. Joseph, 89
Wafd, The, 192
Waitemata Harbour, 4, 258, 262
Wallace, Air Cdre. James, 147
Walston, Fit. Sgt. Tet, 183-4, 189
War Cabinet, 170;
War Office, 85, 190, 196, 205, 208, 227-30
Wash, The, 149
Watson-Watt, Sir Robert, 143-4
Wavell, Field-Marshal Earl, 251
Webb-Bowen, Brig. Gen. (later Air Vice-Marshal) Sir Tom, 39
Weichold, Vice-Admiral Eberhard, 170
Wellington, 3, 39, 173, 237, 238, 253, 256, 260, 261
Welsh, Air Marshal Sir William, 83, 159-60
West Mailing, 109
Westhampnett, 151
Whangarei, 239
Wheeler, Lt. Gen. R. A., U.S. Army, 213
Whitley Lt. Cdr. E. W., RN, 165
Whitmarsh, 2nd Lt. J. W., 29
Whittuck, G. S., 228, 230, 231
Wick, 82
Winster, Baron, 225
Wiseman, Professor Donald, 150-1
Wittering, 80
Women’s Auxiliary Air Force, 76-7, 159
Wood, C. E. O., 175
Wood, Derek (and Dempster, Derek), The Narrow Margin, 147
Wood, Lt. Henry, 34
Woodley, Warrant Officer R. W., 75-6
Woolwich, Artillery Depot, 15, 16
Worthing, 101
Wykeham, Air Marshal Sir Peter, 49, 146, 147, 177-8
Wymark, Patrick, 147
Yugoslavia, Yugoslavs, 190, 192
Zeppelin, Operation, 191