by R. V. Jones
A.D.I. (Sc.) Assistant Director of Intelligence (Science), (later D. of I. (R)).
A.I. 1(c) Air Intelligence Liaison with M.I.6.
A.I. 1(e) Air Signals Intelligence (later A.I.4).
A.I. 1(g) Air Intelligence, Technical (later A.I. 2(g)).
A.I. 1(k) Air Intelligence, Prisoner Interrogation (later A.D.I.K.).
A.R.L. Admiralty Research Laboratory.
C.A.S. Chief of Air Staff.
C.I.U. Central Interpretation Unit.
C.S.S.A.D. Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence.
C.S.S.A.O. Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Offence.
C.S.S.A.W. Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Warfare.
D.C.A.S. Deputy Chief of Air Staff.
D.D.I.4 Deputy Director of Intelligence (Signals).
D.D.S.(Y) Deputy Director of Signals (Intelligence), later D.D.I.4.
D. of I. (R) Director of Intelligence (Research).
D. of S. Director of Signals (later Director General of Signals).
D.M.I. Director of Military Intelligence.
D.N.I. Director of Naval Intelligence.
D.S.R. Director of Scientific Research.
M.I.5. Security Intelligence.
M.I.6. The Secret Intelligence Service.
M.I.8. Military Intelligence (Signals).
M.I.9. Military Intelligence (the escaping organization).
N.I.D. Naval Intelligence Division.
O.R.C. Operational Research Centre.
O.R.S. Operational Research Section.
P.I.U. Photographic Interpretation Unit (the forerunner of C.I.U.).
P.R.U. Photographic Reconnaissance Unit.
R.A.E. Royal Aircraft Establishment.
R.C.M. Radio Counter Measures.
S.A.A.M. Scientific Adviser to the Air Ministry.
S.A.T. Scientific Adviser on Telecommunications.
S.I.S. Secret Intelligence Service.
S.O.E. Special Operations Executive.
S. of S. Secretary of State.
S.R.3. The forerunner of A.D.I. (Sc.).
T.A. Tube Alloys, the British Atomic Energy project.
T.R.E. Telecommunications Research Establishment.
V.C.A.S. Vice Chief of Air Staff.
Y-Service The organization for listening to hostile radio communications.
British Equipment
A.I. Air Interception Radar.
Aspirin Jammer for Knickebein.
A.S.V. Anti-Surface-Vessel Radar. (Marks I and II wavelength 1.5 metres; Mark III 10 centimetres, identical with H2S).
Benjamin Jammer for Y-Beams (which were nicknamed ‘Benito’ in Britain).
Bromide Jammer for X-Beams.
C.H. Chain Home Radar.
C.H.L. Chain Home Low-level Radar.
Domino Countermeasure to the ranging system of the Y-Gerät.
G or GEE Pulse radio navigational aid. (German code-name: ‘Hyperbal Gerät’).
G.C.I. Ground Control Interception Radar.
G-H. Pulse radio navigational aid.
G.L. Gun-laying Radar.
Headaches General term for the German beams, alleviated by ‘Aspirins’ and ‘Bromides’.
H2S. Airborne radar for detecting towns, etc. (German code-name: ‘Rotterdam Gerät’)
I.F.F. Identification Friend or Foe Radar.
J or JAY. Bogus radio beams intended for deception.
Mandrel Jammer for Freya radars.
Meacon A ‘masking’ radio beacon.
Monica. Radar device fitted to bombers to warn of approaching fighters.
Moonshine Device used to amplify radio echoes to make one aircraft appear as a swarm.
Oboe Precise radio bombing system using range measurements from two ground stations.
Perfectos Nightfighter device for challenging and homing on I.F.F. (FuGe 25A) carried by German nightfighters.
P.O.I. Plan Position Indicator.
Radar ‘Radio Direction and Range’. Term first used by the U.S. Navy and since adopted generally.
R.D.F. The original British term for radar (Radio Direction Finding).
R/T Radio Telephony.
S.L.C. Searchlight Control Radar.
Serrate Device for homing on German nightfighter radar.
Tinsel Jammer for German nightfighter R/T.
T.R. 1335 Airborne Receiver for GEE.
T.F. Town-finding Radar, the original abbreviation replaced by ‘H2S’.
Window (American ‘Chaff’) Aluminium foil strips dropped in packets to give radar echoes simulating a bomber.
W/T Wireless Telegraphy.
German
A4 The long-range rocket. (Aggregat 4) later called ‘V2’.
D.T. Radar.
Düppel. ‘Window’ or ‘Chaff’.
E. Bl. Blind landing receiver (Empfänger Blind).
Elektra Radionavigational system transmitting a ‘fan’ of beams for long-range navigation. In its later form ‘Electra Sonne’ it was used and adopted by the Allies under the code-name ‘Consol’.
Fi103 The flying bomb, so designated because it was made by Fieseler.
Flak Anti-aircraft Artillery (Fliegerabwehrkanonen).
Flammen British I.F.F. responses to German challenging (Flames).
F.M.G. Gun-laying radar (Flakmessgerät).
Funkortung Radar (Radio Location).
Freya The original German defence radar, wavelength about 2.5 metres.
Fu. Ge. Radio apparatus (Funk Gerät).
FZG76 Cover-name for the flying bomb (FlakZiel Gerät).
H.A.P. Army Institute Peenemünde (Heeres Anstalt).
H.D.P. The long-range smooth-bore gun (HochDruckPumpe).
Himmelbett Close-controlled nightfighting.
HS293 The radio-controlled rocket-propelled glider bomb used against shipping.
Jagdschloss Scanning radar with P.P.I.
J.D. Fighter Division (Jagd Division).
J.G. Fighter unit of 3 Gruppen (Jagd Geschwader).
K.G. Bomber unit of 3 Gruppen (Kampf Geschwader).
K.Gr. Unit of 27 aircraft in 3 Staffeln plus staff flight of 3 (Kampf Gruppe).
Kiel Gerät Airborne infra-red detector.
Kleine-Schraube Radio beacon for nightfighting (‘Little Screw’).
Knickebein The original beam-bombing system.
Lichtenstein Airborne radar. Version BC worked on 61 centimetres and SN2 on about 3.7 metres. These were used for nightfighting, the latter having been developed from the S version which had been used for A.S.V.
L.N.V.R. Air Signals Experimental Regiment (Luft Nachrichtung Versuchs Regiment).
Mammut Long-range early warning radar on about 2.5 metres (Mammoth, British code-name ‘Hoarding’).
Metox Receiver for U-Boats to give warning of British aircraft carrying A.S.V. on 1.5 metres.
Naxos Receiver for U-Boats to give warning of British aircraft carrying A.S.V. on 10 centimetres, also used on land to detect British bombers carrying H2S.
N.J.G. Nightfighter Geschwader (Nacht Jagd Geschwader).
Seeburg Plotting table used for fighter control.
T-Stoff Highly concentrated hydrogen peroxide (Trieb Stoff=Propellant) used for the V-1 catapult and the HS293 bomb).
V-1 The flying bomb (Vergeltungs=Retaliation).
V-2 The long-range rocket.
Wassermann Long-range early warning radar, with height-finding facility (British code-name: ‘Chimney’).
Wilde Sau Freelance nightfighting.
Wotan General term for the precise X- and Y-beam bombing systems.
W.P.G. Thermal infra-red detector for coast watching (WärmePeilGerät).
Würzburg Standard paraboloid radar working on wavelengths of about 53 centimetres (British code-name ‘Bowl Fire’).
Würzburg Riese Giant Würzburg, with 7.5 metre paraboloid (British code-name ‘Basket’).
X-Gerät Receiver for the X-Beam system of precise bombing, also known as Wotan I.
/> Y-Gerät Receiver for Y-System of precise bombing, also known as Wotan II (Code-named ‘Benito’ in Britain).
Zahme Sau Nightfighter system introduced in 1943 in which formations of nightfighters were directed into the bomber stream.
Z-Stoff Permanganate solution used for decomposing hydrogen peroxide into steam and oxygen in the V-1 catapult.
Index
A-A gun crew (Territorial, Farningham), remarkable feat, 129
Abbeville, 352, 415
Abwehr, German Secret Service, 254, 257, 258
Accelerometer, 36, 507
Ackermann, E. G., 136, 265, 441, 487; ‘Black Market expedition’ to Germany, 488–91; organizer ‘Skynet’ Satellite Communications Network, 519
Addison, Wing Commander E. B., 127, 149, 151, 153, 204, 468n
Admiralty Research Laboratory, Teddington, 3, 43, 45, 46, 53, 58, 69, 92
Aerial mines, 35, 102
A4 projectile rocket (later known as V-2), 350, 367, 370; fallen on Sweden, 431; remains examined by British Air Technical Intelligence officers, 431–2; see also V–2
Agent Extraordinary (Martelli), 361
Agents, secret, 337; Belgian, 266–71, 274, 393–4; briefing, 339; British, 215; Danish, 293; French, 261–2, 312–13, 350; ‘George’, 216–17, 220, 420–2; German, 216, 220; Radio Gonio, 315; see also Resistance Movement
A.I. (Airborne Interception), 280; see also Interception
A.I.1(c) (Air Intelligence liaison with M.I.6), 58
Air bombardment of Germany major military policy, 183–5
Air Defence Experimental Establishment, 58
Air Intelligence, 46, 53, 58, 74, 79, 148, 180, 224, 326, 425–6, 431, 441, 450, 485, 510, 527
Air Ministry, 3, 15, 16, 37, 41, 43, 45, 58, 79, 115, 142, 162, 515
Air Ministry Pigeon Service, 507–8; see also Pigeons, use of
Air Ministry Research Establishment, Bawdsey, 34, 99
Air Scientific Equipment Recovery Unit, 486–7
Air Signals Experimental Regiment (Luft Nachrichtung Versuchs Regiment, L.N.V.R.), 221, 250, 251, 336, 342, 359, 388, 411, 412
Airborne infra-red detection, see Infra-red
Aircraft; Anson, 479; Beaufighter, 281; Blenheim, 130, 243; Dakota, 407, 444, 479, 487; Defiant, 290–1, 295; Flying Fortress, 291, 385; Gladiator, 256; Heinkel III, 94, 99, P1.7, P1.8(b), 350, 428; Heyford, 17, 97; Hornet Moth, 200–1; Junkers 88, 68, P1.18, 326, 390, 393, 466; Lancaster, 251, 405, 469; Lightning, 376; ME262 jet fighter, 464; Messerschmidt, 280, 391, 393, 423, 470; Mosquito, 274, 277, 281–5, 328, 450, 467, 474; Mustang, 390, 391; pilotless, 65, 344, 349, 350, 356–8, 368, 413, see also V–1; Proctor, 406; ‘Queen Bee’ pilotless, 35, 356; Spitfire, 130, 327, 376, 407; Stirling, 406; Tempest, 378; Thunderbolt, 409; Typhoon, 403, 408, 410; Wapiti, 37, 59; Wellington, 285; Whitley, 239
Air-raid shelters, 353
Akers, Wallace, 309, 474
Alamein, el, 256, 332
‘Alan, A. J.’ (Lambert), 60, 122
Alexander, Field-Marshal Lord, 537
Alexandra Palace, 175–6
Algeciras, 255
Allen, G. O. (‘Gubbie’), 184, 492
Allen, Sir Oswald, 439
Alliance, French secret agent network, 350, 354, 365
Allied Bomber Offensive, see Bomber Command
Allied Expeditionary Air Force (A.E.A.F.), 402, 406, 410, 415, 428, 439
ALSOS, American mission to investigate captured equipment on German nuclear energy, 478–80; mission to Hechingen, 479–80
Alsos (Goudsmit), 482
American commitment, 376–80
American co-operation, 527
Amery, Rt. Hon. L. S., 90
Amiens, 352
Amniarix, code name for Jeannie Rousseau (now Vicomtesse de Clarens), 354, 355, 360, 373–5, P1.32
Anderson, Sir John, 476, 480, 517
Anderson, Dr. J. S., 19, 20
Anglo-American Intelligence Committee, 480
Anglo-American Combined T.A. Intelligence Organization, 517
A9 rocket, 463
‘Anna’, aircraft receiver dial, 136–7, 149, 164
Anti-Aircraft Section; battalion, 31; Command, 79, 123, 153, 427, 493; First Anti-Aircraft Division, 31; German (Flak), 79
Anti Surface Vessel radar (A.S.V.), 319–20
Appleton, Sir Edward, 34, 486, 488, 489, 514
Archibald brothers, 313
Argustube (V-I engine), 370–1
Armoured Corps Depot, Bovington, 172
Army Signals Interception Unit, Queen Anne’s Mansions, 195, 196
Aschenbrenner, Hauptmann, 165
Aspidistra, transmitter, 387
Aspirins, code name for anti-Knickebein jammers, 127, 130, 138
Aro rocket, 463
Atomic bomb, 29, 205–6, 325, 472
Atomic Intelligence, 496, 517, 526, 527
Atomic pile, 306, 308
Attlee, C. R. (later Earl), 344, 397
Auderville radar station (Freya), 190–1, P1.9(a) (b) (c), 192
Autolycus, smell homing device, 509
Baby Blitz, 396–9, Fig. 25
Baedekker beams, 166, 250–3
B.A.F.O. (British Air Force of Occupation), 490, 491
Bainbridge-Bell, L. H., 93, 136
Baldwin, Chief Petty Officer, 80
Baldwin, Rt. Hon. Stanley (later Earl Baldwin of Bewdley), 13, 14, 15
Baltic V-1 trials, 415, Figs. 22, 27, 28a, b, 430
Barraclough, Geoffrey, 122
Barrage, German at Gibraltar, 255, 257; balloon, 80
Battle of the Beams, 3, 85–6, 92–100, 103–4, 161, 177, 179, 181, 264, 323
Battle of Berlin, 388
Battle of Britain, 110, 179, 180, 196, 290, 326, 328, 419
Bawdsey Manor, 34, 37, 39, 41, 42–4, 50, 97, 289
Bay of Biscay, 259, 321
Beam, see Radio Beam System
Beart, Eric, 249
Beaverbrook, Lord, 100, 167–8, 182, 183, 498
Beger, Oberstleutnant, 432, 433, 446
Benito, Y beam system at Stavangar, 178, P1.8 (a)
Benson, see Photographic Reconnaissance Unit
Berlin, raids on, 389, 392
Biggin Hill, 58
Bigoray, Flight Sergeant, 285–6
Bir Hacheim, 256
Birmingham, 123; bombing of, 142, Fig. 4, 146; German code name, Bild, 173–4
Birtwistle, Squadron Leader, J. A., 326, 406, 409, 410, 519
Bitoux, Yves le, French secret agent, 354
Blackett, Professor P. M. S., 16, 36, 123, 493, 514, 524
Blackford, Group Captain D. L., 94, 96, 114–15
Blandy, Group Captain L. F., 92, 93, 94, 102
Bletchley Park (‘Station X’), 59, 60, 68, 93 122–3, 125, 130n, 135, 154, 181, 310
Blind Approach Development Unit, 97
Blizna, 430–2, 434–6, 440, 445, 448, 451, 452; British Mission to inspect rocket site, 441–2
Blount, Dr. B. K., 526–7
Blucke, Squadron Leader R. S. (later Air Vice-Marshal), 17, 97, 99, 118
Blyth, Harold, xix, 144, 169–70, 207, 216, 254
Blyth, Margaret, 207–8, 379
Bochum, raid on, 381–2, 468
Bodden, code name for German ship-watching activities in the Mediterranean, 255
Bodle, A. H., 22
Bodyguard of Lies (Brown), 393
Bohr, Niels, 308, 472, 474–7, 483n, 520
Bois Carré launching site, 360, 362, P1.21(a), Fig. 20, Fig, 21
Bomber Command, 45, 69, 169, 209–12, 217, 218, 230, 231, 266, 274, 281, 292, 294, 296, 303–5, 309, 319, 320, 383–5, 387–95, 413, 424, 425, 466, 469, 470; raid tracks, 172, Fig. 13
Bomber losses, 387–94
Bombing: of beam stations, 169, see also individual names of beam stations; blind, 97, 139; of Coventry, 140–1, Fig. 3, 146–53, 161, 521; of German launching sites, 373, 378, 415, 424–5, see also V-1; V-2; of Liverpool, 127, 147; of London docks, 128; long-range, 229; U.S.
daylight, 383–5, 390–1; see also bombing raids under individual German site names; London
Bombing surveys, 123
Bombs; atomic, 29, 205–6, 306, 315, 472; ballistic (television homing head), 205; against battleships, 81–2; BV246 gliding, 463; delayed action, 410; flying, see V-1; Fritz X, 464; gliding, 65, 463; HS293 glider, 205, 350, 371, 464; rocket, see Rocket; stratospheric, 351; ‘Tallboy’, 426, 462, 469
Boot, H. A. H., 145, 318
‘Boozer’ warning device, 290
Bormann, Martin, 463
Bornholm, 347, 349, 431
Bosch, Carl, Jnr, 22–3, P1.3 (d), 26, 28–9, 37, 336, 502–3, 531
Bosch, Carl, Snr, 22
Boscombe Down, 97, 105
Bottomley, Air-Marshal Sir Norman, 479
Bowen, E. G., 41
Boyes, Rear-Admiral Hector, 70
Boyle, Air Commodore A., 162, 183
Bracken, Brendan, 445–6, 498
Braham, Wing Commander J. R., 383
Braun, Werner von, 347
Breaking Wave, The (Taylor), 110
Bredstedt, 104
Bremen, raid on, 468; reconnaissance, 87
Brest, 122, 136, 179, 196, 220, 235, 259; escape of German cruisers, 235, 417
Brighter Than a Thousand Suns (Jungk), 482
Britain and Atomic Energy 1939–45 (Gowing), 476
British Forces Network, 491
British Intelligence Objectives Sub-Committee, 486
British Ultimatum to Germany, 57
Broadway, No. 54, Headquarters M.I.6, 59, 67, 13 on, 313–17
Brocken, mountain, 46, 51, 52, 87, 122; television tower on, 50, 122, 500
Bromides, code name for anti-X-System jammers, 138, 161
Brooke, General Sir Alan, 345
Brown, Robert Hanbury, 41
Bruder, German code name for Bristol, 173–4
Brun, Jomar, 307
Bruneval raid, 225, 226, 235–49, P1.12, Fig. 10, 290, 328, 402–3, 459, 532; see also Photographic Reconnaissance, Würzburg
Bruneval Raid, The (Millar), 239
Brunswick, raid on, 468
Brunt, Professor David, 525
Brüster Ort, 430
Buckingham, John, 69–70, 75, 77, 109
Budge, Wing Commander R. K., 300
Bufton, Lieutenant H. E., 104
Bulgaria, 192–3
Burckhardt, German Paratroop Commander, 247
Burder, Squadron Leader, 432, 434
Burminster, Admiral, 48
Butchart, Colonel H. J., 515
Butement, W.A.S., 16
Butt, D.M.B., 210; Butt Report, 217
Butterworth, Stephen, 48
