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Army-Navy games
Arnhem, (The Netherlands)
Arnold, Hap
Arromanches
Aspenosium fighter-pilot skiers
astronauts
AT-6 (Texan)
AT-9
AT-10
Atlantic City, New Jersey
atomic bomb, dropped on Japan
Atomic Energy Commission
Auchincloss, Nina Gore (Robin’s stepmother)
Austin, Chuck
Aviation Speakers Bureau
Ayers, Ron
B-4 bags
B-17 bomber (Flying Fortress)
B-24 bomber
B-52s, losses from poor maintenance
Baader, Mother
Bac Giang railroad yards
Bader, Douglas
Bader (RAF enlisted man)
Bagby, Sally
Bailey bridge
bailing out
Balducci, Nino (fictitious USAFA cadet)
balloon companies
balloon pilots
Bangkok
Barnett, Morgan Sellers
barnstormers
bars, in British military
Barstow, California
Barton (RAF enlisted man)
batmen (RAF)
Battle of Britain
Bay of Pigs
BBC
Beaune region
Bench, Herbert
Benny, Jack
Bentwaters RAF base
Berlin
Berlin airlift
Bickle, George
“Big PX” (the States)
Biltmore Hotel, New York
Bison Squadron (Zemke’s)
blackouts
Black River
Blaik, Earl “Red”
blitz, the
bombed, experience of being
bomber escorts
bomber generals
control of Air Force by
conventional warfare not a priority with
way of thinking of
bomber pilots
courage of
initiative of, rarely allowed
transferred to be fighter pilots
bomber runs
attacked and massacred by enemy planes
high altitude
photographing of
bombers
development of
loss of
maintenance of
operating of, by manuals and checklists
sweeps in front of
training for
bombing targets (practice)
Bong, Dick
Bonham, Ham
Boxted RAF base (a.k.a. Langham)
Bradley, Jack
brandy
Brezhnev, Leonid
bridges
bombing of
flying under and around
briefings
of replacements
British army
British people, undefeated
Broadway, Doc
Broughton, Jack
Brown, Harold
Brussels
BT-13
Buddha’s birthday
“bumph” (paperwork)
Bundy, McGeorge
Burdon, Eric, and the Animals
bureaucrats, in the Air Force
Burma theater (World War II)
Burne, Tommy
Burns, J. J.
buzzing
C-47s (Dakotas)
C-54 transport plane
C-130 transport plane
Cabas, Vic
cabin pressurization
cadets, esprit de corps of
Caen, France
Cairns, Doug
Cajon Pass, California
Calais, France
California, R&R in
cameras on planes
Cameron, Rod
Camp Hahn (near Riverside, California)
Camp Pendleton (Marine base near San Diego, California)
Canadian army
Canal des Rapides bridge, Vietnam
Canella, Lieutenant
Capodichino Air Base (part of U.S. Navy base, Naples, Italy)
cartoons, Robin the subject of
Cartwright, Nigel
Cary, Larry
Cassiday, Ben
Castle Air Force Base (near Merced, California)
Cat Bi airfield (near Haiphong, Vietnam)
Catholic chaplain, accuses NCOs of cohabiting with native women
Catton, Ron
Chalon-sur-Saône, France
Chandler, Arizona
chaplains
Chartres, France
Château-Bernard Airdrome (near Cognac, France)
cheating scandals at USAFA
check rides
Chennault, Claire
Cherbourg, France
China
relations with Vietnam
China theater (World War II)
Churchill, Winston
civvies
Clark, Scotty
Clark Air Base (Philippines)
classified information
Claybaugh, Charlie
Cleveland Air Races
Clifton, Charlie
“Clobber College”
close support
Coburn, Charles
Coca-Cola
cohabiting with native women, by NCOs
Cold War
Colgate Control
Collegiate Football Hall of Fame
Colorado Springs School for Girls
combat
changes to the warrior brought about by
considered too dangerous
fatalism of
getting used to
inexperience with
persuade-not-destroy doctrine
reluctance to go into
Robin’s first
wish to get into
combat formation
Combat Support Group
combat time
Combat Tree system
Combies, Phil
command
vs. persuasion
rules for taking over a command
Communism, in Asia
compressibility phenomenon
comradeship
Congress
appropriations from
Robin’s visit to
contrails
conventional warfare
unpreparedness for
convoys
Cornwall on Hudson, New York
Cotentin Peninsula (a.k.a. Cherbourg Peninsula, France)
courage
Coursey, Buck
courts-martial
Cover (RAF enlisted man)
Covington, J. D.
Craig, Bill
Croker, Steve
Cross, James
cross-country flying
Crow, Fred
Cuban missile crisis
Custer, George Armstrong
Da Nang (Vietnam)
danger, fighter pilots’ reaction to
Daniels, Av
Dash One, F-86A-1
Davis, Benjamin O.
Davis, Scat
Davis-Monthan AFB, Tucson, Arizona
Dawn Patrol (movie)
D-day (June 6, 1944)
invasion fleet
dead-stick mode
“deadwood” category of military personnel
deaths of fellow aviators
premonitions of
Debden air base, RAF, (Wimbish, England)
debriefings, after a mission
“dedicated” category of military personnel
Del Mar Racetrack
depth charges
Desert, K. O.
desertion in the face of the enemy, Robin charged with
Dieppe, France
dinghys
disarmament, unilateral
discipline
Disosway, Gabe
Distinguished Flying Cross
dogfights
with German planes
with a Na
vy plane
simulated
in training
in Vietnam
domino theory
Don Muang airport, Bangkok, Thailand
Doolittle, Jimmy
drag
Drake, Sir Francis
drop tanks, letting go of
drug use in the military
drunks, punishment of
Dry Lake Gunnery Ranges
Dundas, Cocky
Dunnegan, Cliff
Dutton, Lee
Duval, Ossie
Eaker, Ira
Eastern Air Defense Force
Eastern Airlines
Easter offensive (Vietnam conflict)
Eberhart, Ralph “Ed”
Eferding airdrome (Austria)
Effectiveness Report
Eichelberger, Robert L.
Eindhoven (The Netherlands)
Eisenhower, Dwight David
ejection, unsuccessful
ELINT (electronic signals intelligence)
El Watia bombing range, Libya
emotions, suppression of
engines
going dead
jet
maintenance of
restarting midair
rhythm and sound of
England
assignments to
landscape and villages of
Robin’s return to (1948)
English people
attitude toward Americans
friendliness of
Ernie (avionics NCO)
escape and evasion (E&E)
Estes, Howell
ETO Fighter Command
Europe, Cold War defense of
European theater of operations (ETO)
explosions
eyes, sweeping and focusing of
F-4 Phantoms
combat capability of
D model
emulating F-105s, in Operation Bolo
learning to fly
F-84F Thunderstreak
F-86s
A-1 model (Dash Ones)
D model (Sabre)
flight characteristics of
F-89 Scorpions
F-94 interceptors (Starfire)
F-100 (Super Sabre)
F-101C Voodoos
aerobatic show with
F-104 (Starfighter)
F-105 Thunderchiefs (Thuds)
combat capability of
F model (Iron Hand)
Fantaski, Ski
fear, overcoming
Ferry Command
ferry pilots, female
fighter-bombers
fighter-bomber wings
fighter pilots
assigned to the Pentagon basement
bomber pilots retrained as
cocky attitude of
competition among
desire for combat
discipline of
job of, in a fighter plane
life expectancy of, in combat
love of flying
naval
operational responsibilities of
reactions in scary situations
reunions of
rewards for bodies of, from the enemy
training of
volunteers
fighter pilot’s complaint (hemorrhoids)
fighter planes
guns lacking on
poor maintenance of
Fighter Training Wing
fighter wings
“cannot fight their way out of a wet paper bag”
unreadiness of, toward end of Vietnam conflict
film packs, destruction of
Finton, Gerald
flak
suppression with cluster bombs
flight commanders
flight training
for new aircraft
flyboys (disparaging term)
flying, ecstasy of
flying time
Flynn, Colonel
Focke-Wulf models. See “Fw” entries
Fonda, Jane
football
foot-in-mouth disease
Ford, John
Form 21, prank involving
Form 505
formation flying
Fort Dix, New Jersey
Fort Hamilton, Brooklyn, New York
Fort McNair, Washington, D.C.
Fort Worth, Texas
Foster (RAF enlisted man)
France, bombing runs over
Frazier, Chief (RAF)
French, speaking
Frobisher, Admiral
fuel, running out of
Fulgram, Danny
Fw-190 Würger (Butcher Bird)
Fw-200 Condor
Gabreski, Gabby
Garland, Judy
Garrison, Vermont “Pappy”
Gavrys, Lieutenant
G-8 and His Battle Aces (novel)
generals
infantry and artillery, thickheaded
at the Pentagon
promotion list
See also bomber generals
George, Harold
George Air Force Base (near Victorville, California)
Germany
army, retreat from France
bombing runs over
new weapons developed by
start of World War II
surrender of
g-force
Gia Lam Air Base (VPAF), Hanoi, Vietnam
Gilmore, Ruby
Giraudo, John
girls
seeing and dating
vapid socialites of Washington, D.C.
Glasgow, Scotland
Gleason, Lieutenant
Glendale, California
gliders
Glover, Major
Glynn, Larry
going down with a plane
Gourock, Scotland
Graham, Gordie
Gray, Leon
Grdenich, Lieutenant
Greater Pittsburgh Airport
Greaves, George
Grenning, Bud
Griffiss Air Force Base, Rome, New York
ground school
groups, flying
Gruber, Warrant Officer
gunnery training
Gustafson, Andy
Hacker, Lieutenant (instructor)
Haiphong Harbor, Vietnam
Hamburg, Germany
Hampton High (in Virginia)
hangovers
Hanoi, bombing of
Hardin, Ernest
harp music on the radio
Harris, Hunter
Harris, John
Harrison, Joan
Hastings, “Ace”
Hawaii
Pacific Air Forces in
Hayes, Gabby
Hayes, Jack
Hayner, Fred
helmet camera
helmets
Hemingway, Ernest
hemorrhoidectomy, Robin’s
Hendrix, Lieutenant
Hensley, “Honk”
Herbst, John “Pappy”
death of, in an aerobatics show
Herbst, Jeannie (John’s bride)
Herren, Miller
Hickam AFB, Honolulu, Hawaii
Hickman, Herman
Hicks, Joe
high-altitude flying
high-cock-a-lorum (buck-buck) game
Hill, Tex
hippies
Hirsch, Tom
Hoa Lac Air Base (VPAF), Ha Tay, Vietnam
Hoboken, New Jersey
Ho Chi Minh
Holcum, Stu
Holland (The Netherlands)
Hollister, B. E.
Hollywood, California
Holmes, Lieutenant
Holzapple, Randy
Honolulu, Hawaii
honor code
Horton, Don
Houghton, Bob
House Armed Services Committee
Hughes, Howard
Hughes Aircraft
hunting
Hurley, Paul
“Pat”
IJMuiden (The Netherlands)
Ilsley, Lieutenant
Inchon, Korea
inspections
instructor pilots (IPs)
instrument flying
intelligence
not shared with combat units
shared with combat units
invasion stripes (to identify planes)
Ipswich, England
Italy
J-47 engine (General Electric turbojet)
James, Daniel “Chappie”
Janet Dean, Registered Nurse (TV program)
Japan
stationing in
surrender of
Jeannie (John Herbst’s bride)
Jeffrey, Captain later Major later Lieutenant Colonel
Jenkins, Lieutenant
Jennifer (Robin’s granddaughter)
jet planes
American
British
development of
German
noise of
usefulness of early ones, in doubt
Johnson, Lyndon
Robin’s visit and conversation with
Johnson, Scrappy
Johnson (fighter pilot)
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Jones, Dean
journalists
Journeys Through Bookland
Ju-88 German bomber
Jumper, Jimmy
Juno beach, Normandy, France
Kane, Colonel
Kathy (American girl at Udon)
Keflavik, Iceland
Keller, Frank
Kennedy, John F.
Kep airfield, Vietnam
kills
confirmation of
Kirchen airdrome, Betzdorf, Germany
Kirk, Bill
Kissinger, Henry
Kittinger, Joe “Red”
Kitty, Aunt (Robin’s)
Knapp, Herm
Korat wing (Thailand)
Korean War
Kostura, John
Kuentzel, Lieutenant
Lacey, Ginger
Lafferty, Dan
La Guardia, Fiorello
LaGuardia airfield, New York
Lakeside Squadron
Lancaster bombers
landings, difficult, awkward
Landstuhl Air Base, Germany
Langford Lodge, near Belfast, United Kingdom
Langley Field, Virginia
Laos
Las Vegas, Nevada
Lavenham airbase, near Sudbury, England
Lay, Beirne
leadership
Le Creusot, Burgundy, France
Lee, Peggy
Legion of Merit
Le Havre, France
LeMay, Curtis
Lemmon, James
LeVier, Tony
Lewis, “Skinny”
Libya
Little Wheels Club
Liverpool, England
load teams
Lockheed
Loire River, France
Lombardi, Vince
Lomita Flight Strip, California
London
bombing of
charm and privations of
club life
residences in
visits to
Lord Haw-Haw
Loring, Dean
Los Angeles, California
Los Angeles Fighter Wing
losses of flyers
analyzing reasons for
dealing with, and forgetting
recovery of pilots
replacements for
lost in the air, being
loyalty
Luftwaffe
absent during Normandy invasion
dogfights with