1 ‘They started dropping …’: AI with Ken Neill
2 ‘Idiots! Last year …’: Giuseppe Santaniello, FADN
3 ‘The idea behind it …’: AI with Ken Neill
4 ‘For Christ’s sake …’: ibid
5 ‘Those are your troubles …’: cited in Harry Butcher Papers, ELP, p. 193
6 ‘The day’s lessons …’: Howe, Battle History of the 1st Armored Division, p. 97
7 ‘The passage of convoy …’: Macintyre, U-Boat Killer, p. 84
8 ‘Full speed!’: this account from ibid, pp. 85–90
9 ‘His removal from the scene …’: Clark, Calculated Risk, p. 130