“Abbeville Boys,” 78, 79, 97, 161, 163, 179, 182
Acheson, Dean, 142
Air Ministry, 17, 18, 39, 41, 45, 50, 52, 57, 63, 64, 66, 73, 76, 114, 125, 128, 132, 164, 210
Alexander, James, 69–70, 72, 90, 123
Alexander, Richard (Dixie), 213–14
Anderson, Newton (Andy, Weak Eyes), 110, 119, 164
Armstrong, Frank, 173
Arnold, Henry H. (Hap), 65
Assheton-Smith, Michael (Michael Duff), 94
Atlantic Charter, 89, 129, 130
Bateman, Charles, 92
Battle of Britain, 17, 32, 37, 38, 41, 46, 50, 63, 82, 103, 113, 180, 189, 190, 233
Beaty, Richard N., 210
Biggin Hill, 37, 165, 176, 195, 198
Bishop, William (Billy), 91
Bitmead, E. R., 103
Blakeslee, Donald, 166–67, 181, 182, 188, 214–15, 220
Bolt Head, 208
Chennault, Claire Lee, 47–48, 72
Church Fenton, 38, 49–50, 52, 224
Churchill, Walter, 50, 51, 52–55, 64–65, 224
Churchill, Winston, 10, 38, 45, 46, 57, 129, 140
Coen, Oscar, 118, 166, 185, 187
Crèvecoeur, Jean de, 75–76, 77, 117
D-Day, 10, 59, 153, 177, 191, 217, 228
Darley, Horace “George,” 29
Davies, Jimmy, 20, 21, 141, 218, 226
Daymond, Gregory A. (Gus), 53, 60, 64, 68–69, 71, 76, 79–81, 92, 96, 100, 109, 118, 120, 145, 166, 226
Debden, 67, 166–67, 176, 188, 208, 220–21, 224
Dieppe, 176–77, 178–79, 181, 190, 191, 193, 198, 218
Donahue, Arthur, 25, 52, 85, 113
Douglas, Sholto, 63–64, 72, 73, 90, 91, 95, 108, 109, 114, 120, 128, 144, 151, 156, 223, 224–26
Dreiser, Theodore, 122
Duke-Woolley, Miles, 107, 126, 186, 188, 191, 216–17
Dunkirk, 13, 16, 50, 66, 139, 214
Dunn, William R., 66–68, 71, 72, 78, 79, 81, 96–101, 109, 116, 132, 134, 203, 218
Eagle Squadron (film), 134, 135
Ellermann, John, 175
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), 19, 92, 234
Fenlaw, Hilliard S., 112
Fessler, Jack, 117
First World War. See World War One
Fiske, William Mead Lindsley (Billy), 16, 22, 24, 51
Flynn, John, 69–70, 72, 90, 163
France, Victor J., 133
Galland, Adolf, 77, 107, 115, 147, 149, 153–54
Gentile, Dominick (Don), 211, 217, 218
Gneisenau (German warship), 153, 155
Goodson, James, 15, 19, 199, 200, 211, 212–15
Göring, Hermann, 29, 107, 162, 217, 218
Gravesend, Kent, 176, 186, 188
Harris, Arthur, 172
Hess, Rudolf, 89
Hitler, Adolf, 14, 87, 140, 153–54
Hunter, Frank O’Driscoll, 199, 223
Jankin, Sam, 183
Jenkins, Alger, 206
Johnson, Hugh, 157
Keough, Vernon (Shorty), 11, 25–32, 33, 37, 38, 44, 53, 60, 62–63, 81, 113, 224, 234
Kirton-in-Lindsey, 55, 61, 62, 69, 72, 77, 90, 95, 117, 133, 143, 144, 157
Knight, Clayton, 65, 72, 91–92, 104
Kolendorski, Stanley Michael (Mike), 13, 14, 53, 54, 60, 69, 70, 71, 77, 160, 215
Leckrone, Philip (Zeke), 54, 62–63, 113
Leigh-Mallory, Trafford, 43, 90, 102, 103, 104, 114, 120, 144
Magee, John G., 231–33, 234, 239
Mahon, Jackson Barrett (Barry), 160
Mamedoff, Andrew (Andy), 11, 25–32, 33, 34–35, 37, 38, 44, 53, 80, 81–82, 105, 110, 112–13, 131, 224, 234
Marshall, George C., 213
Martlesham Heath, 72, 144, 146, 154
McColpin, Carroll (Red), 119, 157, 194, 201, 202, 226, 236
McPharlin, Michael, 185, 187–88
Meares, Stanley T., 103–4, 119–20, 125–26
Nelson, James C., 205
Neutrality Acts, 10, 18, 19, 27, 45, 47, 129, 141
Nicolson, Harold, 139
Nomis, Leo, 65, 109–10, 121, 142, 143, 146, 161
North Weald, 73, 77, 112, 116, 118, 144, 154, 176
Orbison, Edwin (Bud), 62
Orwell, George, 96
Pearl Harbor, 139, 140–42, 173, 196
Peterson, Chesley (Pete), 53, 60, 63, 72, 92, 100, 109, 112, 118, 120, 125–27, 131, 144, 145, 166, 178, 183, 186–87, 212–13
Prinz Eugen (German warship), 153, 155
Raymond, Robert S., 32–34, 82–83, 121–22, 132, 170–71, 194, 202–3
Robinson, J. Roland (Robbie), 78, 100
Roosevelt, Franklin D., 46, 48, 129, 141, 142, 228
Roscoe, Arthur, 119
Royal Air Force Bomber Squadrons
44 Squadron, 33
226 Squadron, 170
Royal Air Force Fighter Squadrons
65 Squadron, 166
66 Squadron, 209
71 (Eagle) Squadron, 48, 49, 51–56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 64, 65, 66–68, 69, 77, 79, 80, 83, 90, 91, 93–95, 96, 101, 103, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 116, 118, 120, 125–26, 130, 134, 135, 142, 143, 144, 153–55, 156, 157, 163–64, 166–67, 176, 179–83, 185, 186, 188–90, 191, 193–94, 198–99, 202, 208, 212, 215, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228
121 (Eagle) Squadron, 90–91, 93–96, 114, 118, 127, 133, 134, 135, 142, 143, 144, 153–55, 156, 157, 160, 171, 176, 179–83, 188–90, 198–99, 202, 208, 212, 226, 228
133 (Eagle) Squadron, 104–8, 117, 118, 127, 134, 142, 143, 144, 157, 166–67, 176, 179–83, 188–90, 194–95, 198–99, 205, 208–12, 226, 228
145 Squadron, 205
232 Squadron, 186
306 Squadron, 90
401 Squadron, 209
418 Squadron, 205
601 (County of London) Squadron, 16, 169
609 (West Riding) Squadron, 25, 26, 29, 31, 32, 34, 36, 38, 43, 44, 53, 54, 56, 80, 113
Saffron Walden, Essex, 208
Scarborough, Ross, 119, 125–26
Scharnhorst (German warship), 153, 155
Stanford-Tuck, Robert, 84
Staveley-Dick, J. G., 105
Strickland, Harold, 178–79, 236
Sweeny, Charles, 19, 46, 52, 72, 91–92
Taylor, William E. G., 51–52, 55–56, 64–65, 101–2
Tobin, Eugene (Red), 11, 25–32, 33, 35, 38, 43–44, 53, 67, 80, 81–82, 87, 109, 110, 112, 113, 118, 141, 224, 234
Tolliver, Raymond E., 100
US Eighth Air Force Bomber Units
97th Bomb Group, 171–73, 176, 183, 208
US Eighth Air Force Fighter Units
4th Fighter Group, 198, 212, 213, 215–16, 218–21, 225
335th Squadron, 226
31st Fighter Group, 168–69, 183, 190, 218
56th Fighter Group, 213
Wade, Lance C., 205
Wilkinson, Royce (Wilkie), 90
Winant, John G., 142
Woodhouse, Henry de Clifford Anthony (Paddy), 78, 80, 103