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Abraham, Chris 153

Adams, Mark 135, 176–177

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

Air Trans Africa 133, 162

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

history of 18–19, 21

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

Angola 59, 73

Annan, John 54, 153, 166–167, 170, 202–203, 211

anti-aircraft weapons 81, 132, 179–180, 196–197, 204, 212

Antonio farmhouse 67, 82, 247

Armageddon Gang 24–29

armoured cars 75, 132

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

Becks, Dave 26, 28

Belgian Congo 7–8 Bellringer, Finch 198

Belvedere airport 16, 18

Bene 39, 218, 239

Benecke, Cocky 124, 153

bird strikes 124

Bland, Robert 49

blue note 153, 233

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

Brand, Richard ‘Rich’

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

Calvert, Mike 109, 110

Canberras

attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 144–145, 159, 162–164, 171–173, 193–194, 211–212

attack on Tembue (Zulu 2) 227, 231, 239

history of 18, 33, 151

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

captives 83–85, 237–238

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

China 29–30, 36, 86

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

clouds, impact of 99, 158–159

see also weather, impact of

code words for Operation Dingo 141, 184, 187, 222

Cold Comfort Farm 64

Cold War 80

Cole, Barbara 196, 235

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

Cranborne 16–17, 89

Crocodile Gang 10–11

C Squadron, SAS 94, 109–111, 126–127

Cuba 73, 132

Culpan, Rick 151

Culpan, Vic 160, 175–176

Curzon Farm 11

Dakotas

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

Du Bois, Jacques 89, 116

DuPont, Clifford 12

Du Rand, Randy 74, 98–99, 112

Durban Wings Club 125

EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh 251

eagle crash with Alouette helicopter 124

Eastern Highlands, Rhodesia 64

Edden, Mike 47, 155, 205, 228

ejection from aircraft 167, 215–216

elections in Rhodesia 7, 11, 105, 248–249

Elite, The 196, 235

Ellan Vannin Farm 49

English Electric Canberra see Canberras

English Electric Lightning see Lightning aircraft

FAF 4 116, 222–225

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

Ford, Gerald 73, 95

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

Geldenhuys, Prop 78, 192

Geneva conference on Rhodesia 78–80, 96

Geraty, Spook 166, 173, 201, 203, 211, 227, 230–231

Ghana 6, 13

Gibbs, Sir Humphrey 11

Gibran, Khalil 112

glide attack of aircraft 152–153

Gnat trainer aircraft 33, 216

Golf bombs 133, 135, 152–153, 166, 217

Gondola refugee camp 81

Graça farm 67

Graham, James 12

Graham, Mike 90, 136, 188

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

Gwelo 10, 126

Gwenoro farm 169

Haarhoff, Simon 179, 181, 221, 242

Haigh, Dot 192

Haigh, Philip Wilfred ‘Phil’ 182, 190–192

Hales, Frank 50, 236

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

Hunters

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

history of 18, 122, 150–154

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

Karanga clan 30, 61–62, 81

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 Bomber 17, 23

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

Malawi 5, 11, 38, 58

Malaya 109–111, 127

Malloch, Jack 133, 162, 241

Manyerenyere, Godwin 27–28

Manyika clan 61–62, 81

Mao (nom de guerre) 55

Mao Zedong 30–31, 95

Mapai, Mozambique 99–100, 103–104

Mapungubwe 98

Martin, David 47, 80

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

meat-axe diplomacy 74, 79

medical equipment 206

Merber, Tony 241

Mgagao camp, Tanzania 62, 72

Mhanda, Wilfred 68, 81

Middle East 108

MiG jet fighters 90

military service in Rhodesia 101

Milligan, Kevin 99–101, 116, 130, 160–161, 175–176, 229, 232

Milne, Ken 155, 205, 228, 236

Mnangagwa, Emmerson 29

model aircraft 149, 151, 251

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 Utumece 143, 184

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

Mozambique 31–32, 38, 59

Mpofu, Steven 99

msasa trees 105

Muchinguri, Oppah 86, 174

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

Mussell, Frank 145, 220

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

Ndebele tribe 9, 22

NDP see National Democratic Party

Nehanda Sector 43, 50

Nel, Frans Jacobus 196

Nettleton, Gordon 26, 36

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

Nkrumah, Kwame 6, 13

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

Oberholzer, Petrus 1011, 36

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

Owen, David 106, 118, 246

owl run 101

Oxfam 206

Palmyra palm trees 66, 98

Parachute Training School (PTS) 50, 89, 100, 116, 160

Paradaks see Dakotas

paratroopers

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

Second Chimurenga 50–52, 111

Paris Peace Accords 73

Parliament, fly-past for opening of 153–154

Pasidina 2 171, 180, 197

Patriotic Front 79

Paxton, Dick 46, 49

Paxton, Vic 220

PB see Petter-Bowyer, Peter

Peinke, Kevin 115

Peirson, John 113

Penney, Charles 113–114, 192

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

Petter-Bowyer, Paul 11, 33–34

Petter-Bowyer, Peter (PB)

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

Norman Walsh and 87, 123

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

recruits’ camp 182–183, 211

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

reservists 26–28, 115–116

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 Front (RF) 8, 105

Rhodesian Light Infantry (RLI)

attack on Chimoio (Zulu 1) 142, 156, 160, 185

history of 109, 111

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

Second Chimurenga 50, 52, 85

Robinson, David ‘Robbie’ 125

rockets 173, 179, 182–183, 201, 203, 211, 231, 239

Rogers, Bob 76

Rogers, John 26, 36

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

Rozwi kingdom 9, 38, 43

RPD machine guns 187, 210, 212, 235

RRAF see Royal Rhodesian Air Force

Rudland, George 12

Russia (Soviet Union) 29, 132

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

background of 8, 30

farm of 169

Geneva negotiations 79–80, 96–97

John Vorster and 58–60, 69–71

Lancaster House Agreement 247

Nyadzonia raid 76–78

Operation Dingo 108, 199–200

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

Smuts, Jan 16, 101

Soames, Lord Christopher 248

socialism 66, 80

Soldier of Fortune 177–178

Sorrell, Ewett 22, 24–25

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

Soviet Union (Russia) 29, 132

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

Spitfires 8, 18, 37, 133

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

Strela missiles 81, 132

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

Sykes, Bill 143, 184–185

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

Tembue Tit 218, 230

Territorial Army 16, 103

Tete Province, Mozambique 32, 38

Thatcher, Margaret 248, 249

Thomas, Boris 248

Thornhill Airbase 35, 137, 146, 163, 165, 167, 201–202

thunderstorms see weather, impact of

Tiger Moth 16, 120–121

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

trenches at Chimoio 194, 235

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

Ushewokunze, Herbert 207, 212

Utton, Derek 113

Vampires

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

Waldheim, Kurt 104, 246

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

Warraker, Rob 75–76, 98–99

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

Whistlefield farm 46–47, 50

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

background of 148, 215–217

planning for Operation Dingo 137

Wightman, Shirley 216

Willis, Colin 197

Wilmot, Frank 52

Wilson, Archie 75

Wilson, Grahame 90, 211

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

Young, Andrew 106, 118, 246

Zambezi River 22, 38, 70

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

Zezuru clan 63, 72

Zimbabwe African National Liberation Army (ZANLA)

Chimoio 67–68, 80–82, 86, 132

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