Stella & Rose's Books

Front cover

Contents

• Glossary
• Introduction
• Preludes
• PART ONE: THE BOMBERS
• Summary of Operation Flashlamp
• The Reaction
• The Avro Lancaster
• The de Havilland Mosquito Bomber
• The Handley Page Halifax
• The Short Stirling
• The supporting Mosquitoes
• The supporting 'heavies'
• PART TWO: THE LIFTERS
• The Operations
• Operation Mallard
• The Armstrong Whitworth Albemarle
• The Douglas Dakota III
• The Handley Page Halifax GT MkV
• The Short Stirling GT Mk IV
• Gliders: the Horsa and the Hamilcar
• Airspeed Horsa
• General Aircraft Hamilcar
• The Hawker Hurricanes: Transport Command's postmen
• Ansons and 'sparrows': the flying ambulances
• PART THREE: THE FIGHTERS
• Fighter operations: protecting the gathering
• Fighter activity
• Phase One
• Phase Two
• Phases Three to Give
• De Havilland Mosquito fighters
• The Hawker Hurricane
• The Hawker Tempest
• The North American Mustang III
• The Vickers Supermarine Spitfire
• The Bristol Beaufighter VIf
• Taylorcraft Austers: the gunners' eyes
• Fighter reconnaissance Mustangs
• The spotting Spitfires
• The Vickers-Armstrong Wellington GR XIII
• The Strikers of the 2nd TAF
• Hawker Typhoon
• The de Havilland Mosquito FB MK VI
• The Douglas Boston IIIA
• The North American Mitchell II
• The Air Sea Rescue force
• Vickers-Armstrong Warwick
• Supermarine Walrus
• PART FOUR: THE SEEKERS
• Coastal Command
• The Bristol Beaufighter - Torpedo Fighter
• The Consolidated Catalina IV
• The Consolidated Liberator
• The de Havilland Mosquito Fighters
• Photographic Reconnaissance Mosquitoes
• The General Reconnaissance Handley Page Halifax
• The Weather Reconnaissance team
• Handley Page Halifax
• Lockheed Ventura
• Gloster Gladiator
• The Short Sunderland GR III
• The Vickers Armstrong Wellington
• Coastal Command's photographic reconnaissance Spitfires
• To Sink the E-Boats: 415 (RCAF) Squadron adn the Fairey Albacore
• The Air Sea Rescue Force
• Vickers Armstrong Warwick ASR MK I
• Lockheed Hudson III/VI
• The Naval Contribution
• APPENDICES