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EACH TENACIOUS: THE HISTORY OF NO 99 (MADRAS PRESIDENCY) SQUADRON

Written by A.G. Edgerley
Published by Square One Publications in 1993
ISBN: 1872017673

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Front cover

Cover of EACH TENACIOUS: THE HISTORY OF NO 99 (MADRAS PRESIDENCY) SQUADRON by A.G. Edgerley

Contents

  • Acknowledgements
  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1 Formation
  • Chapter 2 The Move to France
  • Chapter 3 Into Battle
  • Chapter 4 The Enemy Strikes
  • Chapter 5 Railways Attacked
  • Chapter 6 Ninety Nine's Losses Mount
  • Chapter 7 Back in Business
  • Chapter 8 Attacks Switched to Airfields and Longer Range Targets
  • Chapter 9 Support to the Ground Forces
  • Chapter 10 Disaster Hits the Squadron
  • Chapter 11 The Final Fling
  • Between the Wars
  • Chapter 12 1918-1920
  • Chapter 13 Rebirth of Ninety Nine - The 1920's
  • Chapter 14 The 1930s
  • Chapter 15 Nostalgia
  • Chapter 16 Extensive Training and Move to Newmarket Racecourse
  • World War Two
  • Chapter 17 First Real Action of the War - A Fatal Day
  • Chapter 18 'Nickelling' and Search and Destroy
  • Chapter 19 Germans Invade Low Countries and France
  • Chapter 20 The Night Offensive
  • Chapter 21 Reminiscences of Newmarket
  • Chapter 22 A Wife's Tale
  • Chapter 23 Waterbeach - Losses Mount
  • Chapter 24 One of our Aircraft is Missing
  • Chapter 25 Night Offensive
  • Chapter 26 Squadron Life at Waterbeach
  • Chapter 27 Bomber Offensive
  • Chapter 28 Passage to India
  • Chapter 29 Resumption of Bomber Operations
  • Chapter 30 Flying Conditions over Burma
  • Chapter 31 Attacks on Enemy Airfields, Ports and Communications
  • Chapter 32 Reconnaissance, Intruder and Night Operations
  • Chapter 33 Feat of Airmanship
  • Chapter 34 Japanese Prepare to Attack India
  • Chapter 35 Siege of Imphal
  • Chapter 36 Conversion to Heavy Bomber Role
  • Chapter 37 Strategic Bombing Campaign
  • Chapter 38 Air Support to the 14th Army
  • Chapter 39 Final Assault on Rangoon
  • Chapter 40 Cocos Islands
  • After the War
  • Chapter 41 Ninety Nine Reformed in a New Role
  • Chapter 42 The Berlin Crisis - 1948
  • Chapter 43 The Berlin Airlift
  • Chapter 44 Introduction to Hastings
  • Chapter 45 Scheduled Route Flying
  • Chapter 46 Supply Dropping and Air Support Role
  • Chapter 47 Birth of the Britannia
  • Chapter 48 Delivery
  • Chapter 49 Settling In
  • Chapter 50 The Flight is On
  • Chapter 51 Operation 'Vantage'
  • Chapter 52 A Busy Year Continues
  • Chapter 53 The Rest of the Sixties
  • Chapter 54 Moving Time
  • Chapter 55 The End is Sight?
  • Chapter 56 A Time of Gloom
  • Afterword
  • Locations of No. 99 Squadrons
  • List of Commanding Officers
  • In Memorium
  • Index of Peronsal Names