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TABLE OF CONTENTS
PREFACE
CHAPTER I — Japan Strikes
CHAPTER II — The Fall of Singapore
CHAPTER III — Sumatra and Java
CHAPTER IV — Burma Falls
CHAPTER V — Coastal Command and the Struggle at Sea:
The North Russian Convoys, Photographic Reconnaissance, and Air-Sea Rescue
CHAPTER VI — Coastal Command and the Struggle at Sea:
The Offensive against German Shipping and U-Boats in 1942
CHAPTER VII — Bomber Command and the Assault on Germany
CHAPTER VIII — The Pressure Grows
CHAPTER IX — Middle East: Crusader
CHAPTER X — Middle East: The Crisis of 1942
CHAPTER XI — Middle East: The Alamein Line and Decisive Victory
CHAPTER XII — TORCH and Tunisia
CHAPTER XIII — Casablanca and the Ruhr
CHAPTER XIV — Now These Things Befell In Sicily
CHAPTER XV — The Fight at Salerno
CHAPTER XVI — The Path to Rome
REQUEST FROM THE PUBLISHER
APPENDIX I — Members of the Air Council, 1942-43
Secretary of State for Air
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Air
Chief of the Air Staff
Air Member for Personnel
Air Member for Supply and Organisation
Air Member for Training
Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Air
Additional Members
APPENDIX II — Principal Air Commanders, 1942-43
HOME
Bomber Command
Fighter Command
Coastal Command
Army Co-operation Command
Flying Training Command
Maintenance Command
Technical Training Command
Transport Command
Allied Expeditionary Air Force — Air Commander-in-Chief
OVERSEAS
Mediterranean Air Command
Middle East Command
Air Forces in India
Eastern Air Command, Africa
Air Command, South-East Asia
R.A.F. Ferry Command
APPENDIX III — Royal Air Force Command Organization March, 1943
APPENDIX IV — First-line Aircraft—British, German and Italian Air Forces
APPENDIX V — Principal Operational Aircraft of the Royal Air Force, 1942-43
BOMBER
FIGHTER AND FIGHTER-BOMBER
COASTAL
NOTES
APPENDIX VI — Principal Operational Aircraft of the German Air Force, 1942-43
BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE
FIGHTER
APPENDIX VII — Principal Operational Aircraft of the Japanese Air Force, 1942-1943
BOMBER AND RECONNAISSANCE
FIGHTER
APPENDIX VIII — Order of Battle, Coastal Command, 15th February, 1943
HEADQUARTERS COASTAL COMMAND
No. 15 Group
No. 1. Group
No. 15. GROUP
No. 16. Group
Headquarters R.A.F. Iceland
Headquarters R.A.F. Gibraltar
Abbreviations
APPENDIX IX — Order of Battle, Bomber Command, 4th March, 1943
HEADQUARTERS BOMBER COMMAND
No. 1 Group
No. 2 Group
No. 3 Group
No. 4. Group
No. 5. Group
No. 6 Group (R.C.A.F.)
No. 8 (P.F.F.) Group
Abbreviations
APPENDIX X — Order of Battle, Middle East Command, 11th November, 1941
HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, MIDDLE EAST
AIR HEADQUARTERS, ADEN
AIR HEADQUARTERS, EAST AFRICA
AIR HEADQUARTERS, IRAQ
HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, PALESTINE AND TRANS-JORDAN
HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, MALTA
No. 20. Group
No. 202 Group
No. 203 Group
No. 204. Group
AIR HEADQUARTERS, WESTERN DESERT
Abbreviations
APPENDIX XI — Order of Battle, Middle East Command, 27th October, 1942
HEADQUARTERS, ROYAL AIR FORCE, MIDDLE EAST
HEADQUARTERS, BRITISH FORCES, ADEN
AIR HEADQUARTERS, IRAQ
AIR HEADQUARTERS, LEVANT
AIR HEADQUARTERS, EGYPT
AIR HEADQUARTERS, MALTA
No. 201 Group
No. 205 Group
No. 207 Group
AIR HEADQUARTERS, WESTERN DESERT
No. 211 Group
No. 212 Group
Abbreviations
APPENDIX XII — Order of Battle, Mediterranean Air Command, 10th July, 1943
MEDITERRANEAN AIR COMMAND
Mediterranean Air Transport Service
A.H.Q., GIBRALTAR
A.H.Q., MALTA
NORTHWEST AFRICAN AIR FORCES
N.A. TACTICAL AIR FORCE
No. 211 Group
U.S. XII Air Support Command
Tactical Bomber Force
N.A. STRATEGIC AIR FORCE
No. 205 Group
U.S. 5th Wing
U.S. 47th Wing
U.S. 2686th Wing
N.A. COASTAL AIR FORCE
No. 242 Group
N.A. TROOP CARRIER COMMAND
U.S. 51st Wing
U.S. 52nd Wing
HEADQUARTERS, R.A.F., MIDDLE EAST
No. 201 Group
HEADQUARTERS, AIR DEFENCES, EASTERN MEDITERRANEAN
No. 209 Group
No. 21. Group
No. 212 Group
No. 219 Group
UNITED STATES NINTH AIR FORCE
316th Troop Carrier Group (see N.A. Troop Carrier Command)
12th, 340th Bombardment Groups (See N.A. Tactical Air Force)
IX Fighter Command
H.Q., BRITISH FORCES, ADEN
A.H.Q., EAST AFRICA
A.H.Q., IRAQ AND PERSIA
A.H.Q., LEVANT
No. 213 Group
Abbreviations
APPENDIX XIII — Glossary of Code Names & Abbreviations
ILLUSTRATIONS
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