1 Tripp, The Eighth Passenger, for this and what follows.
2 Hay, ‘An Old Airman’s Tale’.
3 Tripp, The Eighth Passenger.
4 A BBC tribute to Harry Irons can be found at www.bbc.co.uk/news/ uk-england-london-46201076.
5 Fitzpatrick, Mischka’s War.
6 Klemperer, To the Bitter End, for this and what follows.
7 DCA, file 472.
8 DCA, file 104.
9 DCA, file 477.
10 Ibid.
11 DCA, file 107.
12 Ibid.
13 DCA, file 802, for this and what follows.
14 DCA, file 533, for this and what follows.
15 Fitzpatrick, Mischka’s War.
16 A chilling account, given by Otto Sailer-Jackson, is cited in several sources, including McKee, The Devil’s Tinderbox.
17 Friedrich, The Fire.
18 DCA, file 109.
19 Ibid.
20 A fascinating account both of Dorothea Speth’s experiences, and also about the lives of Mormons in Dresden, can be found at rsc.byu.edu/archived/harm-s-way-east-german-latter-day-saints-world-war-ii/dresden-district/dresden-altstadt.
21 DCA, file 475.
22 Klemperer, To the Bitter End.