Abraham, Chris 153
admin base
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 142–143, 184–186, 209
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 220–223, 228, 234
Adriano Antonio farmstead 67, 82, 247
Aero Commander aircraft 125
Aeromodelling Championship 149
African National Congress (ANC) 5, 58
Afrikaans press in South Africa 58
agriculture in Rhodesia 23
Aitcheson, Mark 153
Alamein Farm 249
Alexander, George 162, 185, 234
Alouette helicopters (G-cars and K-cars)
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 141–142, 144–145, 155–159, 171, 178–181, 185, 187–190, 193, 195–199, 205, 209–211
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 219–220, 222–225, 226, 228–229, 232, 234, 236–237, 240–243
planning for Operation Dingo 90–92, 108, 114, 123–124, 134–135
Second Chimurenga 22, 24–25, 37, 53–55
Alpha bombs 98–99, 172–173, 193–194, 206, 207–208, 231
Altena Farm 46–48
altimeters 153
America see United States
ammunition trains 106–107
ANC see African National Congress
Andrew Fleming Hospital 135
ANFO 152
Annan, John 54, 153, 166–167, 170, 202–203, 211
anti-aircraft weapons 81, 132, 179–180, 196–197, 204, 212
Armageddon Gang 24–29
Armstrong, Pat 248–249
Aust, Charlie 248–249
aviation in Rhodesia, history of 15–19
Baldwin, Baldy 197
Banda, Hastings 58
Banket 23
Barfoot, Frank ‘Slash’ 27
barrage trains 106–107
Barratt, Garth 51, 52, 248–249
Battle of Britain 16
Battle of Chimoio (Operation Dingo, Zulu 1) 1–2, 155–225, 245–247
Battle of Sinoia 20–28
Belgian Congo 7–8 Bellringer, Finch 198
bird strikes 124
Bland, Robert 49
Blue Section 133, 137, 167–168, 173, 179, 194, 201, 227, 239
Blythe-Wood, John 137, 166–167, 173, 203, 227, 231, 239
Boer Union 147
bombs
Alpha bombs 98–99, 172–173, 193–194, 206, 207–208, 232
CB-470 cluster bombs 251
flechettes (darts) 217, 227, 230, 231, 239
frantan (napalm) 35, 55, 125, 133, 166, 171, 211, 217
fuel-air bombs 152
Golf bombs 133, 135, 152–153, 166, 217
Bond, James (nom de guerre) 55
Borneo 50, 127–128 Bourhill, Dave 153, 166–167, 170, 202–203
Brand, Basil 146–147
Brand, Christoffel 147
Brand, Johannes Hendrikus ‘Jan’ 147
Brand, Quintin 15–16, 146–148, 252
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 159, 165–171, 201–203, 211, 247
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 224, 227, 230
background of 16, 145–154, 216
life after Operation Dingo 251–252
planning for Operation Dingo 135, 137
Brand, Susan 251
briefcase found see suitcases found
briefing for Operation Dingo 116–117, 130–138
Britain 5, 6, 11, 77–78, 80, 104, 106
British Airways 95
British South Africa Police (BSAP) 26–27, 45
Bronze Cross of Rhodesia 115, 125
Browning machine guns 144, 205
BSAP see British South Africa Police
Buckle, Bill 85–86
Burford, Mr 34
Bush War, beginning of 46–47
Caetano, Marcelo 59
Cahora Bassa 38–39, 219, 228–229, 241
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144–145, 159, 162–164, 171–173, 193–194, 211–212
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227, 231, 239
Nyadzonia camp 98–99
planning for Operation Dingo 86, 91, 133
Pungwe camp 74
Cannon, John 23–27
cannons
20-mm cannons 39, 53–54, 75, 198–199, 229
30-mm cannons 135, 151–152, 173
37-mm Chinese twin-barrelled cannons 197
Carmichael, George 27–28
Carnation Revolution 59
Carter, Jimmy 95
casualty rates 93, 114, 134–135
Catane 218
CB-470 cluster bombs 251
Cecil Square 154
Central Intelligence Organisation 39, 43, 48, 61–63, 75, 102
Cessna aircraft 117
Chaminuka 43
chants of ZANLA 42–43
Chapel of Our Lady of the Rampart 38
Chauke, Justin 41
Chibabawa refugee camp 81
chicken run 101
Chifombo camp 62
Chikerema, James 41
Chikondo, Martin 240
chimbwido 56–57
Chimene, Mandi 180
Chimoio Town 66–67
see also Battle of Chimoio
Chinese astrology 95
Chiswiti army base 219, 223, 226, 228, 243
Chitepo College 85, 173, 204, 207
Chitepo, Herbert 10, 20–21, 29–32, 41, 61–63
Chiweshe, Chief 44
Chiweshe Tribal Trust Land 44, 55
CIO see Central Intelligence Organisation
Circus Circus Group 251
Clark, Les 235
see also weather, impact of
code words for Operation Dingo 141, 184, 187, 222
Cold Comfort Farm 64
Cold War 80
College of the Little Flower 147
Collocott, Bruce 100
Combined Operations (ComOps) 94, 102–103, 209
commanders of Operation Dingo 120–129, 136
ComOps see Combined Operations
confidentiality 112–116
Congo 7–8
Conn, Billy 27–28
Constitution of 1961 6–7
convalescents on New Farm 171, 180, 197
Coster, Keith 102
coup d’état, planned, in Rhodesia 248–249
Coventry, Dudley 126
Crocodile Gang 10–11
C Squadron, SAS 94, 109–111, 126–127
Culpan, Rick 151
Curzon Farm 11
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144–145, 157–158, 160–161, 173, 175–178
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 222–223, 226–227, 229–230, 232
history of 18
planning for Operation Dingo 90, 108, 133, 135
Rich Brand on 149
Second Chimurenga 51, 55, 98, 100–101
Dalgleish, Archie 46
Dare reChimurenga (ZANU war council) 20, 30–31, 41, 61, 107, 131, 207, 247
Dartnall, Geoff 136
DC-7 aircraft 133, 143–144, 162, 184–185, 228, 234, 241
DC-8 cargo jet 133, 159, 162, 164, 173
De Borchgrave family 46
Defense Will Not Win the War 103
de Havilland Aircraft Company 16
de Havilland Tiger Moth see Tiger Moth
de Havilland Vampire see Vampires
De Kock, Derek 89–90, 136, 160, 176–178, 233
Delport Farm 162
Department of Internal Affairs, Rhodesia 48
De Sousa farm 67
détente 58–59, 61–62, 64, 69, 71, 96
D’Hotman, Bob 161–162, 175–176, 227, 229
D’Hotman, Trish 162
dialogue with anti-communist African leaders see détente
Dias, Bartholomew 38
Dirty Dozen 105
Distinguished Flying Cross 17
Dixon, Chris 162–164, 171–173, 206, 231
Donaldson, Ian ‘Don’ 98–99
Douglas DC-7 see DC-7 aircraft
Douglas DC-8 see DC-8 cargo jet
DuPont, Clifford 12
Durban Wings Club 125
EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh 251
eagle crash with Alouette helicopter 124
Eastern Highlands, Rhodesia 64
ejection from aircraft 167, 215–216
elections in Rhodesia 7, 11, 105, 248–249
Ellan Vannin Farm 49
English Electric Canberra see Canberras
English Electric Lightning see Lightning aircraft
farming in Rhodesia 23
Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland 5, 7, 111
Field, Winston 8
Fireforce 28, 53–56, 58, 76, 117, 134
First Chimurenga 11, 21, 36, 43, 47, 154
flechettes 217, 227, 230–231, 239
Flower, Ken 39, 43, 48, 63, 69, 103, 104
fly-past for opening of Rhodesian Parliament 153–154
FN infantry rifle 221
Folland Gnat jet trainer 33, 216
Fothergill, Rupert 229
Fox & Carney 115–116
frantan (frangible tanks) 35, 133, 166, 171, 211
free-fall parachuting 50–52
see also paratroopers
FRELIMO 38–45, 59, 63–68, 81, 86, 98–99, 132, 199, 207, 218–219
Friends of Rhodesia 118
fuel-air bombs 152
fuel levels of aircraft see refuelling
Furstenburg, Paul 195
Gaylard, Jack 104
Geneva conference on Rhodesia 78–80, 96
Geraty, Spook 166, 173, 201, 203, 211, 227, 230–231
Gibbs, Sir Humphrey 11
Gibran, Khalil 112
glide attack of aircraft 152–153
Golf bombs 133, 135, 152–153, 166, 217
Gondola refugee camp 81
Graça farm 67
Graham, James 12
Grand Reef Airbase 113, 137, 209–210
Graves, Colin 120–121
Great Dyke 23
Green Section 133, 162, 171–173, 193–194, 211, 231, 239
Grey High School 120
Griffiths, Harold ‘Griff’ 136, 145, 156–159, 188, 224, 226, 232
Grobler, Mr 195
ground crew (technicians) 190, 202–203, 211, 234
Gumboreshumba 36
Gumbo, Rugare 80
Gwenoro farm 169
Haarhoff, Simon 179, 181, 221, 242
Haigh, Dot 192
Haigh, Philip Wilfred ‘Phil’ 182, 190–192
HALO (high altitude low opening) techniques 50–52
see also paratroopers
Harper, William 12
Harts see Hawker Hart fighter planes
Hart, Winston 44–45
Harvard aircraft 17–18, 122, 146
Harvey, Ian 36, 148, 198–199, 206, 216, 224
Hawker Hart fighter planes 16–17
Hawker Hunter see Hunters
Hawkes, Dave 98–99
Hawkesworth, Gerald 49, 50, 52
Henson, Nigel 226
Herman’s Hermits 119
Heyfron, Sally (later Mugabe) 6
Hickman, John 75
high altitude low opening (HALO) techniques 50–52
see also paratroopers
Hofmeyer, Murray 26–28
Hooley, Mr 195
Howman, Jack 12
Huggins, Godfrey 16
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 159, 165–171, 173, 179–180, 197, 201–203, 205, 211, 217
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 217, 222, 224–225, 227, 230–231, 233, 239, 243
Nyadzonia raid 76
planning for Operation Dingo 91, 133, 137
Hunting Percival Provost see Provosts
Hutton, Jock 236
Imperial Japanese Army 110
Independence Bell 118–119
independence of former colonies 13–14
Indonesia 127
intelligence (int), importance of 83
interrogation of captures 83–85
Iraqi Air Force 251
Itumbi training base 29
Jackson, Mark 198–199
Jackson, Neill 132, 192, 209–210, 226, 233, 235–238, 241–243
Jackson, Peter 247
Jairos (nom de guerre) 46
Janeke, Tol 148, 163, 182, 216
Jarvie, Henry 144–145
Jehovah 66–67
Jenkins, Dave 115, 134, 136, 138, 144–145, 155, 178, 185, 188, 197
Joint Operations Command 49
Joint Services Photographic Interpretation Staff 86
Kaguvi 36
Kalimantan, Borneo 127
kamina-kawena (mine-yours) handpump 36–37
Kangai, Kumbirai 62
Karoi 120
Kaunda, Kenneth 13, 59, 62–64, 69–71, 73, 76, 79–80, 107
Kennedy, John F. 95
Kentucky Farm Airfield 17–18
Kenya Police Air Wing 220
Kernan, W.F. 103
Kershaw, Trevor 196
Kesby, Steve 162–163, 182–183, 190–192, 208, 227–228
Khamis Mushayt Airbase 215
Kidson, John 128–129
‘Kind of Hush, A’ (song) 119
Kissinger, Henry 73–74, 76–80, 95–97, 246
Kleynhans, Ida 49
Knottenbelt, R. 105
Konfrontasi 127
Korean War 109
Labour Party (Britain) 14
Lago de Cahora Bassa see Lake Cahora Bassa
Lake Alexander 112–113, 137, 141–142, 155–158, 209
Lake Cahora Bassa 38–39, 219, 228–229, 241
Lake Kariba 229
Lamb, Nigel 115
Lancaster House Agreement 30, 246–248
land inspectors, attack on 49–50
Lardner-Burke, Desmond 12
Law, Ken 182
leeches 111
Leeuwen, Aubrey 120
Lewis-Walker, Jack 114
Lifetime of Struggle, A 65
Lightning aircraft 33, 215–216
lightning in Rhodesia 138
see also weather, impact of
Lilford, ‘Boss’ 8
Lonrho mining company 107
Loots, Koos 177
losses expected see casualty rates
Lowrie, Martin 153, 167, 179, 231
Lynch, Jerry 100
Lynx aircraft 55, 128–129, 171, 188–189, 222, 250
Lysander aircraft 33
Machel, Samora 59, 65, 66, 68, 71, 79, 81
Machingura, Dzinashe (nom de guerre)
see Mhanda, Wilfred
MacKenzie, Bob 177–178, 189, 194–195, 197, 204–205, 207, 210–212, 236, 240, 243
Mac, Kutanga 151
Madulo Pan camp 98–100
Malan, Magnus 107
Manyerenyere, Godwin 27–28
Mao (nom de guerre) 55
Mapai, Mozambique 99–100, 103–104
Mapungubwe 98
Mashfords run 55
Mashona Uprising see First Chimurenga
Masire, Quett 71
Matimbe camp 45
Mavudzi refugee camp 81
McCormack, Scotty 85–86, 89, 131–132
McGahan, Gerry 235
McGregor, Jock 153
McGuiness, ‘Mac’ 74
McKenna, Bob 235
McKenzie, John see Mac, Kutanga
McLaren, Mick 34, 102–103, 148–149
McLean, Mark 54–55, 115–116, 131–132, 156, 179–181, 185–186, 193, 196, 198, 236, 240
medical equipment 206
Merber, Tony 241
Middle East 108
MiG jet fighters 90
military service in Rhodesia 101
Milligan, Kevin 99–101, 116, 130, 160–161, 175–176, 229, 232
Mnangagwa, Emmerson 29
models of Chimoio and Tembue 89, 116, 130–131, 135
Mondale, Walter 96
Monkey William Mine 55
Monomotapa kingdom 38, 43, 66, 224
Monte Hombe 168
Monteiro farm 67
Monte Nhamapaco area 67
Monte Zembe 66
Montezuma Farm 120
Mooney aircraft 125
moon phase, importance of 108
Moore, Sergeant 27
Moore, Norman 47
Mosi-oa-Tunya 70 see also Victoria Falls conference
Mount Darwin air force base (FAF 4) 116, 222–225
Mount Hampden 23
mounting for helicopter machine-guns 36–37
movie camera footage 155–156, 206, 228, 230
Movimento Popular de Libertação de Angola 73
Moyo, Jason 41
Mpofu, Steven 99
msasa trees 105
Mugabe, Robert
President of Zimbabwe 13, 42, 66, 246–249
youth of 6–7
ZANU leadership 10, 30, 60–61, 63–66, 68, 71–72, 79–82, 86, 105, 107, 131–132, 207, 245–246
Mugabe, Sally (née Heyfron) 6
mujibha 56–57
Mujuru, Joice 68
Mujuru, Solomon see Nhongo, Rex
Mulligan, Mike 115
Murdoch, Graeme 181
Mussett, Jack 12
mutengesi (sell-out) 56–57
Muzorewa, Bishop Abel 70–71
Mzilikazi, king of the Ndebele 9
Nanking Eleven 29–30
Nanking Military Academy, China 29–30, 36
National Democratic Party (NDP) 5–7
National Party (NP) 5, 126, 147–148
Ndangana, William 10–11
NDP see National Democratic Party
Nel, Frans Jacobus 196
Nevada Farm 36
New Farm, development of 67
see also Battle of Chimoio
Newman, Gaps 197
New Sarum Airbase 17–18, 91, 114, 116, 136–137, 144, 155, 160–164, 224–225, 226
news blackout 224
Nhari, Thomas 61–63
Nhongo, Rex (nom de guerre) 44, 46, 62–63, 67, 79, 86, 131, 169, 206–207, 249, 251
Nhongo, Teurai Ropa (nom de guerre) 68
Nixon, Richard 73
Nkala, Enos 10
Nkomo, Joshua 5–10, 20, 59–60, 70–71, 79, 96, 107
Nomis, Syd 126
Norman, John 160, 180, 195–196
Northern Rhodesia (later Zambia) 5, 7, 11
see also Zambia
Norton (town) 154
Norton family 47
NP see National Party
Nyadzonia camp 67–68, 74–77, 92, 94, 98, 207
Nyandoro, Edmond 36
Nyasaland see Malawi
Nyathi, Morrison 74
Nyerere, Julius 59, 71, 77, 80
OAU see Organisation of African Unity
Oborne, Geoff 224
OCC see Operations Coordinating Committee
Old Sarum aerodrome 17
O’Mulligan, Dale 232–233
Operation Hurricane 46, 50, 52–56, 58, 224
Operation Natal 40
Operation Noah 229
Operations Coordinating Committee (OCC) 87, 92–94, 102
Operation Tempest 46
Organisation of African Unity (OAU) 29, 68, 72, 73, 104
owl run 101
Oxfam 206
Parachute Training School (PTS) 50, 89, 100, 116, 160
Paradaks see Dakotas
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 160–161, 175–178, 180, 187
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 226, 229, 232–233
planning for Operation Dingo 89–90, 92, 136–137
Paris Peace Accords 73
Parliament, fly-past for opening of 153–154
Patriotic Front 79
Paxton, Vic 220
PB see Petter-Bowyer, Peter
Peinke, Kevin 115
Peirson, John 113
People’s Caretaker Council 10
Percival Provost see Provosts
personal computers, launch of 95
Pery de Lind, João 66
Petter-Bowyer, Beryl 33, 35, 251
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 158–159, 184–185, 189–190, 207–208
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 228, 234, 239, 243
background of 11, 21, 33–37, 39, 152, 217
life after Operation Dingo 251
planning for Operation Dingo 112, 130–131, 143
Rich Brand and 149
Second Chimurenga 21–27, 31, 47–48
Petter-Bowyer, Shirley 33–34
Petter, William 33
Pink Section 134, 179, 195–196, 211, 226, 228, 230, 236, 241
planning of Operation Dingo 87–94, 107–108, 112–117
Police Reserve Air Wing 117
Police Special Branch see Special Branch
political prisoners, release of 60
Polo helicopters 137, 142, 157, 185, 209, 228
Popular Movement for the Liberation of Angola 73
Portugal, Carnation Revolution 59
Portuguese army in Mozambique 40
Portuguese words in Shona language 42
Presler, Titus 42
Presley, Elvis 95
press in South Africa 58
prisoners, release of 60
protest marches, Rhodesia 5–6
Provosts 18, 34–35, 53, 55, 149, 251
PTS see Parachute Training School
pungwe 41–42
Pungwe camp 74–76
Quail, Harvey 166
Queen’s College 120
Quelimane 68
Quo Vadis farm 148
radio communication 28, 128, 143, 189
RAF see Royal Air Force Rawlins, Andy 102
Rawson, Gavin 113
reconnaissance (recce) 47–48
Red Section 133, 137, 166–167, 169–171, 201–203, 211, 227, 230, 232
refuelling 92, 142, 201–203, 219, 228, 241 system for 36–37
refugee camps 81
Reid-Daly, Ron 40, 74–76, 97–99, 111, 146, 148, 240
remains of dead guerrillas 55
Rennies Group 102
Repulse operational area 85, 97–98, 106
RF see Rhodesian Front
RhAF see Rhodesian Air Force
Rhodes Centenary Air Rally 18
Rhodesia Herald 12, 32, 103–104, 245
Rhodesian Action Party 105
Rhodesian African Rifles 55
Rhodesian Air Force Operations 78, 192
Rhodesian Air Force (RhAF) 17, 21, 39, 47, 92, 128, 151, 162, 182
Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 142, 156, 160, 185
planning for Operation Dingo 130, 136–137
Second Chimurenga 27, 31, 47, 55, 92, 103
Rhodesian Special Air Service (SAS) 45, 50–53, 76, 85, 90, 92, 109–111, 126–128, 130–132, 204
Rhodesian Special Branch see Special Branch
Rhodes University 8
Richard, Ivor 96
Rio Nhazonia (Nyadzonia River) see Nyadzonia camp
RLI see Rhodesian Light Infantry
Robinson, Brian
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144–145, 157, 159, 170–171, 178, 187–190, 193–194, 199–200, 204, 209–210
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227, 235, 239–240, 243–244
background of 125–129
life after Operation Dingo 250
planning for Operation Dingo 87, 89–90, 92–94, 109, 112, 114, 134–136
Robinson, David ‘Robbie’ 125
rockets 173, 179, 182–183, 201, 203, 211, 231, 239
Rogers, Bob 76
Rowe, Dave 241
Rowland, Tiny 107
Royal Air Force (RAF) 8, 16, 17, 18, 34, 91, 150, 154, 216
Royal Rhodesian Air Force (RRAF) 7–8, 18, 120, 148, 216, 220
RPD machine guns 187, 210, 212, 235
RRAF see Royal Rhodesian Air Force
Rudland, George 12
Rutenga–Beitbridge railway line 103
SAAF see South African Air Force
Sachse, Bert 45
Sadat, Anwar 108
SADF see South African Defence Force
Salisbury Conference 6–7
SALOPS Flight 117
Samler, Keith 45, 76, 83–85, 130, 155–156, 205–207, 228, 230, 236
Samsonite suitcase 210–212
Sanderson, Edward 49
Sandys, Duncan 6
SAP see South African Police
SAS see Rhodesian Special Air Service
Saunders, Mike 150
SB see Special Branch
Schulenburg, Chris ‘Schulie’ 51–52, 99, 240
Second Chimurenga, start of 21–28
Second World War 17
sell-out (mutengesi) 56–57
Selous Scouts 52–55, 68, 74–75, 83–85, 92, 94, 99–100, 103, 240
Serra Techecunda (Tembue Tit) 218, 230
Shaka, king of the Zulus 9
Shaw, John 102
Shell BP 251
Sherren, Peter 103
Shona people 8–9, 30, 42, 57, 61
side-firing machine guns 35–37, 53, 117
Sikombela Declaration 20
Silveira, Gonçalo da 224
Silver City Casino 251
Silver Queen II 15–16
Silver Section 133, 160–161, 227
Sinoia 21–23
see also Battle of Sinoia
Sithole, Ndabaningi 10, 20, 59, 61, 68, 70–72, 79
SKS rifles 212
Slatter, Hugh 87–88, 121–123, 163, 182, 250
slogans of ZANLA 42–43
Smithdorff, Tinker 124–125
Smith, Ian
farm of 169
Geneva negotiations 79–80, 96–97
Lancaster House Agreement 247
Nyadzonia raid 76–78
Second Chimurenga 47–48, 102–103, 105–107
Unilateral Declaration of Independence 11–12, 118–119
United States and 73–74
Smith, John 30
Smith, Philip 12
Smith, Rod 195
Soames, Lord Christopher 248
Soldier of Fortune 177–178
sound barrier 122
South Africa 5, 13–14, 58–59, 73, 95–96, 98, 104, 106–107, 114, 246, 250
South African Air Force (SAAF) 18, 120, 125–126, 142, 146–147, 251
South African Defence Force (SADF) 107
South African Police (SAP) 69–70
Special Air Service see Rhodesian Special Air Service
Special Branch (SB) 25, 44–45, 55, 74–75, 83–84, 89, 155–156, 205–207, 236
Sport Aviation 251–252
Stanley, Sir Herbert 17
Stanton, Peter 45–46, 83, 85–86
Stapleford Forest 141
Stephens, Barry 220
Stevenson, Ted 157
Stirling, David 109
Strong, Jeremy ‘Jerry’ 31–32, 136, 206
suitcases found 206–207, 210–212
Sukarno, President 127
Super 8 movie camera footage 155–156, 206, 228, 230
Super Eagle aircraft 251
TAFIO 149
Takawira complex 197
Takawira, Leopold 5, 10, 43, 61
Takoradi Teacher Training College 6
Tanganyika 16
see also Tanzania
Tango camp see recruits’ camp
Tangwena, Chief Rekayi 64
Tanzania 29, 59, 62, 71–72, 79, 132
see also Tanganyika
Taylor, Rex 157–158, 220–222, 225, 226, 228
tea tin 220
technicians (ground crew) 190, 202–203, 211, 234
Tekere, Edgar 64–68, 76, 86, 207, 246
Tekere, Ruvimbo 246
television 126
Tembue camp (Operation Dingo, Zulu 2) 89, 135, 217, 218–223, 226–244, 245–247
Tete Province, Mozambique 32, 38
Thomas, Boris 248
Thornhill Airbase 35, 137, 146, 163, 165, 167, 201–202
thunderstorms see weather, impact of
Tongogara, Josiah 30–32, 41–42, 44, 61–63, 79, 81, 97–98, 103, 131–132, 246
Town of the Little Witch 120
traitors, reporting of 56–57
Transfigured Night 42
Tribal Trust Land (TTL) 44, 48, 55
trimmed aircraft 149
Trojan airplane 164
Troutbeck Inn 64
TTL see Tribal Trust Land
Twelve O’Clock High 179
UDI see Unilateral Declaration of Independence
Umtali High School 33–34
UN see United Nations
Unilateral Declaration of Independence (UDI) 11–14, 20, 118–119, 127–128
Unimog trucks 75
United African National Congress 70
United Nations (UN) 104, 206, 217, 246
United States (US) 73, 77–78, 80, 104, 106, 246
Unlawful Organisation Act 5
US see United States
Usata 239–240
Utton, Derek 113
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144, 162–164, 171, 182–183, 191–193, 202
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227–228, 231–232, 235, 243
history of 18
planning for Operation Dingo 91, 114, 133
Vance, Cyrus 95
Van der Byl, P.K. 124
Van Heerden, Philip 12
Van Ryneveld, Pierre 15–16
Varkevisser, Justin ‘Varky’ 182, 227, 231–232
vashandi 79–81
Venom jets 34
Vernon, Mark 153
vertical envelopment tactic 92
very high frequency (VHF) radios 128, 143, 189
Vickers Vimy World War I bomber aircraft see Silver Queen II
Victoria Falls conference 69–73, 96
Vietnam 73–74
Vila Pery, Mozambique 65–66
Viljoen, Barbara 36
Viljoen, Hendrik 36
Virginia Airport 125
Visagie, Vic 110–111
visual reconnaissance see reconnaissance
Von Moltke, Helmuth 89
Vorster, John 58–60, 69–71, 73–74, 76–77, 80, 94–97, 103, 106–108, 114
Walls, Eunice 249
Walls, Peter
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 159, 169–170, 194, 199, 205, 209, 211–212
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 226, 235, 239–240, 244
background of 40, 78, 94, 102–103, 109–111
life after Operation Dingo 247–249
on Norman Walsh 125
planning for Operation Dingo 107–108, 136
Second Chimurenga 48, 74–75, 103–104, 106–107
Walls, Reginald 103
Walsh, Merilyn 144
Walsh, Norman
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 143–145, 155, 157–159, 166, 170–172, 178–179, 186–190, 193–194, 197, 207, 210–211, 217
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 217, 224–225, 227, 235–236, 239–241, 243
background of 39, 87–88, 120–125, 149
life after Operation Dingo 249–250
planning for Operation Dingo 87, 90–94, 112, 114, 116, 131–136, 138, 219–220
Wantenaar, Russell 100
war memorial 246–247
War of the Running Dogs see Malaya
Watson-Smith, Guy 249
Watt, Darrell 196
weather, impact of 99, 133, 138, 144, 158–159, 166, 200, 229, 240–241, 243
Welensky, Sir Roy 35
Whitehead, Sir Edgar 6–8
White Section 133, 137, 167–168, 197, 201, 230
white shirt, man with 236–237
Whittal, Gary 54
Wightman, Charles ‘Vic’
attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 166–168, 173, 194, 197, 201, 203, 211
attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 217, 227, 230–231
planning for Operation Dingo 137
Wightman, Shirley 216
Willis, Colin 197
Wilmot, Frank 52
Wilson, Archie 75
Wilson, Harold 14
workers’ group of ZANU see vashandi
World’s View 64
World War II 17
Wrathall, John 12
Yellow Section 134, 137, 225, 228
Zambia (formerly Northern Rhodesia) 13, 20, 29, 32, 38, 60, 63–64, 79, 107
see also Northern Rhodesia
ZANLA see Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army
ZANU see Zimbabwe African National Union
ZAPU see Zimbabwe African People’s Union
ZBC see Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation
Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA)
Operation Dingo 92–93, 174, 207
Second Chimurenga 20–21, 24, 31–32, 36, 41–50, 52–56, 58–61, 69, 71–72, 97–98, 104–106
Zimbabwe African National Union (ZANU) 10–11, 20, 29–30, 39, 41–42, 44, 47, 56–57, 59, 61–68, 79, 81, 245–246
Zimbabwe African People’s Union (ZAPU) 7–8, 11, 29, 39, 41, 58–59, 68, 246
Zimbabwe Broadcasting Corporation (ZBC) 86, 174, 180
Zimbabwe National Army 249
Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA) 20, 31, 71, 124–125
Zindoga, Amon 41
ZIPRA see Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army
Zvimba Group 36