by R. V. Jones
C Company Second Parachute Battalion, 238
Cadet Corps, 5, 31
Caen, 411, 432, 446
Cain, Vera, see Jones, Mrs R. V.
Calvert, Major, 480
Cameras (R.A.F.), 130–1, 225–6, 329–30; see also Photographic Reconnaissance
Cap d’Antifer, Freya station, 225
Casablanca Conference, 384
Cassel Y-system (Wotan) station, 174, 175; attack on, 396, 413
Cecil, Rupert (later Vice-Principal Linacre College, Oxford), 406–9, 411, 426, 459, 479, P1.30(a) (b), 519
Central Intelligence Agency, 527
Central Interpretation Unit, 400
Chadwick, Professor James, 308, 472
‘Chaff’, American term for ‘smoke-screen’ on radar, 40, 148
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Sir Austen, 17
Chamberlain, Rt. Hon. Neville, 51, 53, 57, 58, 78, 153
Channel coast, German launching constructions, 352, 360
Charteris, Lieutenant E. C. B., 238, 239, 241, 242, 247
Château du Molay, 432–3, Fig. 29, 436
Chauvenau, Charles (‘Charlemagne’), 237
Chemical Defence Establishment, 58, 144
Chemical warfare, 126, 304
Cheminant, Air Chief Marshal Sir Peter le, 504
Cherbourg, Knickebein beam station, 122, 123, 132, 134–6, 142, 190, 291
Cherbourg Wotan installations, 172–8
Cherwell, Lord, see Lindemann
Chimney, (Wassermann 3), German radar equipment, 403
Chiswick, hit by one of first two V-2 rockets on England, 459
Chmielewski, Jerzy, Polish Resistance worker, 444–5, P1.22(d)
Christiansen, Lieutenant Commander Hasager, 349–50, 372
Churchill, Rt. Hon. Sir Winston, 4, Pl.4(a), 14 passim, 35, 38–40, 43, 49, 67, 90, 95, 97, 161, 180, 216, 217, 248, 254, 271, 458, 483n, 516, 521, 527–8, 531–2; Cabinet meeting on ‘threat of the beams’, 100–2; a profile of, 106–8; sceptical of invasion of Britain, 124; and Coventry raid, 147, 150; policy of attack, 183, 236; and Russian invasion, 205; orders attack on Friedrichshafen, 230; gives permission to use ‘Window’ countermeasures, 297–9; Cabinet meetings over rocket threat, 343–5, 358–9; Cabinet meeting after Baby Blitz, 397; failure to give public advance warning of V-1 attacks, 418; forms Crossbow Committee of the War Cabinet, 425; at adds with Doctor Jones over rocket progress, 437–40; makes Quebec Agreement with Roosevelt, signing away British rights to nuclear development, 474; meeting with nuclear scientist Niels Bohr, 475–7; post-war misguided Election speeches, 498; loses Election, 498; receives honorary degree at Aberdeen University, 516; recalls Professor Jones to Ministry of Defence, 526
Churchill’s Memoirs, 458, 600–1
City of Oxford Rifle Club, 31
Clarendon Laboratory, 9, Pl.2(a), 21–33, 38, 41
Clarens, Vicomtesse de, 354, 355, 360, 373–5, Pl. 32
Cleves, Knickebein radio beam transmitter, 93, 99, 100, 102, 104, 123, 124, 204
Closquet, Jean, Belgian secret agent, 383–4 Coastal Command, 259, 303, 319, 419, 493, 509
Cochrane, Air Marshal Hon. Sir Ralph, 427
Cockburn, Dr. Robert, 127, 138, 176, 291, 405, 411
Code and Cypher School, 62, 331
Code names for German Divisional Controllers, 383
Code names (Animal) for nightfighter stations, 279
Code-breaking, 195, 204, 263, 335, see also Enigma
Cohen, Kenneth, 351, 354
Cole, Harold (Paul), 311–12
Cologne, raids on, 468
Colville, Sir John, 150
Colvin, Ian (later Deputy Editor Daily Telegraph), 216–17
Combined Operations Headquarters, 236, 247, 307
Committee of Imperial Defence, 14, 15; Sub-Committee for Air Defence, 15, 16, 17, 35, 39, 40, 42
Committee for the Scientific Survey of Air Defence (Tizard’s Committee), 3, 14, 17–20, 33, 35–8, 92, 210, 493; difference with Lindemann, 35–6
Comps, André, French secret agent, 361–2, 372
Comrie, Dr. L. J., 142
Concentration camps, 78, 375, 454, 481
‘Consol’, code name for beam fans, 259
Control Commission, Germany, 526
Cooper, Sir Alfred Duff, 1st Viscount Norwich, 217
Cotton, Sidney, 130–2, 223
Countermeasures, 162–6, 175–9, 211, 287–90; Countermeasures—continued American, 376; ‘Aspidistra’, 387; bombing launching sites, 373, 378, 415, 424–5, 429, 485; ‘Domino’, 176; I.F.F., see Identification; jamming, see jamming; against German radar stations for Normandy Landing, 402–12; ‘Moonshine’, 243–4, 291, 406; ‘Perfectos’, 399; spoof convoys, 406; spurious reflectors, 291–2; Window, see Window
Courageous, HMS, 60–1
Coventry, bombing of, 140–1, Fig. 3, 146–53, 161, 521; prior warning, 147
Cox, Flight Sergeant C. W. H., 237–9, 247, 248, 403
Crabbe, Colonel Archie, 87
Craft of Intelligence, The (Dulles), 532
Crakenthorp, G. R., 231, 260
Creil, 373
Crete, invasion of, 204–5
Crick, Francis, 509–10, 524, 525
Cripps, Sir Richard Stafford, 344, 345, 359
Crooked Leg, see Knickebein
Crossbow Committee of the War Cabinet, 425, 434, 437, 439, 448, 449, 451
Crossbow and Overcast (McGovern), 481n
Crow’s Law, 76–7
Cruewell, German General, 332–3
Cryptography, 61–3, 93, 135, 181, 254, 257, 263, 530, 532
Culliford, Flight Lieutenant Guy (later Dr.), 444
Cundall, Howard, 265
Cunningham, Admiral Sir Andrew, 204
Curran, Joan (later Lady Curran), 291
Currie, Lady, see Mowat, Daisy
Dambusters, The, 385
Dansey, Sir Claude, 67, 261–2
Daventry, 17
Davoud, Group Captain, 406
‘Death ray’, 16, 63–4, 66
D-Day, 3, 376, 379, 400–12, 521; German radar on Invasion coast, Pl. 23; see also Normandy Invasion
Dee, Professor Philip, 318, 392
Defence, Ministry of, see Ministry of Defence; see also Night Defence
Defence of the U.K., The (Kelly), 417, 423
De-icing of bombers, 387–8
Delight, HMS, 122, 190
den Helder, 137, 179, 193, 223
Denniston, Commander Alastair, 62
Detection of ships, 16, 255–9, 485
Detection systems: disturbance to radio reception by aircraft, 16; Freya equipment, see Freya Gerät; infra-red or heat radiation, 17, 18–20, 26–8, 34, 37, 255, 280; long-range, 229; ‘Moonshine’, 243–4, 291, 406; pulsed radio, 16, 41, 45, 85, 86, 102, 121, 166, 193–4, 198, 217–19, 226, 229, 243, 274, 275, 499–500; radar, see Radar; reflected radio waves, 16, 39, 246; see also Detector
Detector: airborne, 20, 37, 38; A.I. (Airborne Interception), 280, 469; fast, 19; electronic amplifier, 34, 76; element, 19, 34; Flensburg, 466; infra-red, see Infra-red; Kiel Gerät, 280; Lichtenstein Gerät, 280–6, 304, 327, P1. 18, 491; Lichtenstein SN2, 391, 393, P1. 18; mirror, 19; Naxos, 392, 466; ship, 16, 254–9, 485
Dieminger, Dr., 488, 490
Dieppe raid, 402–3
Dippy, R. J., 217
Directorate of Communications Development, 43
Directorate of Scientific Intelligence, 526, 528
Directorate of Scientific Research, 57, 162, 257
Ditchley Park, 150
Dobson, Major K. G., 484, 487, 519; pioneer of ‘Black Box’ flight data recorder, 519
Dobson, Private, 248
Domburg, Würzburg station, 227, Pl. 13 (b) (c), 228, 231, 272, 281
‘Domino’, re-radiating countermeasure, 176
Donkin, Group Captain, 407
Dornberger, Major General, 415, 431, 445, 451
Dortmund, raid on, 468
Douglas, Sholto, 1st Baron Douglas of Kirtle-si
de, 92, 156, 196, 294, 490
Doullens, 373
Dowding, Air Chief Marshal Sir Hugh (later Baron Dowding), 95, 101, 130, 155–6
Downing Street, No. 10, Pl. 4(a), 100; under-ground meeting room, Pl. 4(b), 344
Druides, French secret agent network, 354–5
‘D.T.’, report on German radar, 287
Duisburg, raid on, 468
Dumont, Roger (‘Pol’), 237
Dunderdale, Bill, 231
Dunkirk, 90–2, 312, 352
Düppel Estate, Berlin (experiments with German ‘Window’), 299
Düren, raid on, 382
Dyce aerodrome, landing of a Junkers 88, 326–7, 329
Dyer, John N., 377
‘Eagle Squadron’, American volunteers, 378
Earle, Group Captain Alfred (later Air Chief Marshal Sir), 424
Easton, Air Commodore Jack, 326, 443, 448, 449
Eben Emael, 88
Eberhardt, Colonel, 369
Echoes, on radar screen, 39, 40, 86, 228, 288; as countermeasure, 290; see also Spoof
Eckersley, T. L., 87, 93, 94, 102–3, 109, 118, 173, 180, 220
‘Edda Revived, The’, report, 121–2
Eden, Anthony (later Lord Avon), 89, 344, 345
Eindhoven, 326, 486
Einheitspreis (code name for proposed Wolver–hampton raid), 153
Electronics Intelligence, 527
Elektra Sonne, beam station, 259
Empfänger Blind 1, blind landing receiver (E. Bl. I), 94
Enigma machine for message decoding, 62–3, 93, 95, 120, 122–5, 132, 135, 147–51, 154, 160, 181, 204, 211, 251, 271, 279, 305, 350, 530
Enigma machine, Naval, 320–1
Epping, hit by one of first two V-2 rockets to land on England, 459
Equeurdreville launching site, 462
Essen, raids on, 276, Fig. 15, 392, 468; using ‘Window’, 300–1
Evans, Clifford, 492
Explosive charges, 81; Amatol, 463; ‘hollow charge’, 82, 88
Falkenhorst, General von, 308
Familiar Quotations (Bartlett), 43
‘Famille Martin’, 338, Fig. 17
Farø (Danish island with Freya installation), 200–1, Fig. 7
Farm Hall, 481–3
Farnborough, 18, 19, 26, 37, 38, 42, 43, 76, 130, 255, 328, 345, 348, 449–50, 487–8, 511, 512
Farningham, 129, 268
Fauner, Professor, 322
Faye, Commandant Leon, French secret agent, 365
Fécamp, 406, 408–9, 411
Feldberg television tower, 84, 114, 499, 500
Felkin, Squadron Leader (later Group Captain), S. D., xix, P1. 6(d), 61, 84, 94, 95, 100, 123, 148, 153, 181, 200, 244, 251–2, 254, 336
Fell, Major R. A., 484, 487, 519
Fermi, Enrico, 308
Fiesler Works, Kassel, 396, 413
Fifth column, 114–19
Fifth columnists, search for in Britain, 114–19
Fight Another Day (Langley), 311
Fighter Command, 36, 95, 129, 144, 155, 156, 159, 196, 208–12, 281, 292, 296, 383, 400, 422–3, 470
Fighter Development Unit, 419
Fighter Interception Unit, 378
Fire Services, 128
First and the Last, The (Galland), 233, 382
‘Fitzroy’, French secret agent, 313–14
Flak Gas(t) (Geräte Ausbau Stelle), 125
Flak, German anti-aircraft defences, 79, 347, 388
FlakGruppeCreil, 373–4
Flak Regiment 155W, 353, 373, 380, 415
Flak Zielgerät 76 (FZG 76), 355–75; search for sites of, 357–75
‘Flames’: German plotting of British I.F.F., 388–90
Flares, dropping of, 138
Flensburg detector, 466
Flieger Korps IV, 93, 94
Florennes (Sector 7), 276–7, Fig. 15
Fourcade, Marie-Madeleine, French secret agent, 350–1, 354–5, 373
Foussé, Madam, 157–8
Fowler, Peter, 500
Fraenkel, Dr. V. H., 377
Francis, Mary, 196
Frank, F. C. (later Sir Charles), Pl. 6(a), 37–8, 46, 50, 51, 77, 144, 149, 151, 154, 162, 167–8, 181, 190, 191, 195, 200, 204, 236, 246, 251, 254, 267, 272, 295, 300, 306, 307, 309, 317, 332, 333, 335, 340, 349, 353, 373, 379, 434, 436, 446, 448, 459, 472, 475, 483n, 486, 500, 509, 511, 519
Frankau, Gilbert, 79
Frankfurt, raid on, 271, 285
Free French, 256, 261
Freeman, Lance Corporal, 242
Freischütz operation, 122
Freya Gerät (‘Freya Apparatus’), 121–2, 125, 189–202, Pl. 9(a) (b) (c), 199–200, 203, Fig. 9, 225, 227, 228, 229, 304, 397, 408, 532; first hearing of transmissions, 191–2
Freyberg, Lord, 204
Friedrichshafen, bombing of, 230, 304, 348, 454
Frisch, Otto, 206
Frost, Major J. D. (later General), 238–40, 247, 248, 459
Fuels for V-1 and V-2, 370–1; A-Stoff, B-Stoff, 448; liquid, 357–8, 432, 434, 447; T-Stoll, 371
Funk Gerät 25A, beam system, 397, Fig. 25
Furman, Major, 478, 480
Fyfe, Lady Hamilton, 516
Fyfe, Sir William Hamilton, 516
Gallagher, Patsy, newsvender, 516–17
Galland, Adolf, 233, 382, 470
Garlinski, Dr. Jozef, 454
Garrard, D. J., 136, 191–3, 195, 234, 237, 258, 406, 484, 519
Gases, 65; exhaust, 19, 20, 26; flak, 125; nerve, 464; rocket, 451
Gee (system of synchronized pulses for aircraft navigation), 217–21, 259, 276, 320, 397, 410, 499–500; see also Detection systems, pulsed radio
‘George’, M.I.5 officer, 216–17, 220, 321, 420–2
‘German Equipment for Ship Detection in the Straits of Gibraltar’ Report, 258
German generals, interrogation of, 499–503
‘German Nightfighter Control’, report on German radar, 287
German radar, 93, 189–204, Fig. 6, 465–71; see also Freya; Kammhuber Line; Würzburg
German War Department, 89
German Y-Service, 467
Gibraltar, 254, 256, 257, 484
Gibson, V.C., Wing Commander Guy, 385
Giessler, Captain, 235
Gillam, Group Captain, 406
Giran, Olivier, French secret agent, 364–5
Giskes, Colonel H. J., 215
Glider: bombs, 65, 377, 463; -borne troops, 88, 307; radio-controlled rocket, 205; remote controlled rocket driven, 68, 205; rocket Ferngesteuerte Zielflugzeug (FZ21), 332
Gneisenau, 233, 234, 289
Goering, Reichsmarshal, 104, 129, 139, 166, 264, 266, 283, 374, 382, 386, 396
Goertz, Dr., 27
Gollin, Edward, 492, 493, 509
Gort, Lord, 90
Goudsmit, Dr. Samuel, 478, 482, Pl. 30(b)
Graf Spee, 93, 136
Greatest Raid of All, The (Phillips), 249
Green Beach (Lessor), 402
Gregory, Flight Lieutenant, 200
Greifswalde Oie, (island), 359
Grey, Nigel de, 62
Grierson, Air Commodore Colin, 415, 417, 425, 438
Grieve, Sergeant, 239, 248
Griffin, Francis, 508
Griffith, A. A., 48
Groszkowski, Janusz, 432
Groves, General, 480, 482
Gubbins, General Colin, 439
Guerisse, Albert Marie (Lieutenant Commander Albert O’Leary), 312
Guns: anti-aircraft, 184, 292, 378, 415; long-range, 65; magnetic, 66
Gyroscopes, 69, 436, 447, 452
Gyth, Captain V. (later Colonel), 279
Hague, X-beam station, 133, Pl. 5(a)(d), Fig. 2a, Fig. 2b, 138, 190, 410
Hague, Wotan installation, 172–8
Hahn, Otto, 483
Halcrow, Chief Superintendent, Police, 516
Hall, Colonel, 376
Hamburg, raid on, using ‘Window’, 300, 301–5
H.A.P., Army Institute, Peen
emünde (Heeres Anstalt), 473
Harris, Air Marshal A. T., 169, 274, 281, 296, 303, 384
Hartley, Squadron Leader Christopher, 329, 378, 383, 419
Hatto, Professor A. T. (‘el Hatto’), 258
‘Headaches’, code name for Knickebein beams, 127
Heavy water, 205–6, 306–9, 472–3
Hechingen, 472, 478–9, 481; ALSOS Mission to, 479–80; American ‘take over’ of nuclear documents, 479–80
Heidelager, see Blizna
Heinemann, Lieutenant General Erich, 415, 430
Heisenberg, Werner, 472–3, 473n, 478, 482, 483n
Hemming, Wing Commander Lemnos, 134
Henderson, R. B., headmaster Alleyn’s School, 6
Hermann, Major Hajo, 301, 383
High Wycombe, headquarters Bomber Command, 281–4, 426
Hill, Squadron Leader A. E., 225, Pl. 14(a), 230–1, 236, 260, 329, 376, 532
Hill, Dr. E. G., 46–7, 48, 88
Hill, Air Marshal Roderick, 418, 427, 458
Himmelbett, 541
Hipper (cruiser), 196
Hiroshima, 482
Hitler (Weser beam station), 164, 164n
Hitler, Adolf, 10, 134, 333, 374, 380; invades Czechoslovakia, 53; speech at Danzig, 58, 64–5; rise of, 11
H.M. Signal School, 16, 48
Hoar Cross, Staffordshire, Pl. 2(b), 11, 53–7, 124
Hoare, Sir Samuel, 258
‘Hoardings’, German radar installation, 229, 396, 403, Fig. 26(a), Fig. 26(b); courageous attack on by un-named British pilot, 412
Hobnails, The (Inn), 214, 316
HochDruckPumpe (HDP), Mimoyecques, 462–463
Hollard, Michel, French secret agent, 361–2, 364, 372
Hörnum, 95
Houtermans, Fritz, 306
H2S, centrimetric radar device, 318, 392, 465, 466, 502
Hughes, Squadron Leader Gordon, 225, 231
Hull, Richard, 316
Hulst, Dr. van de, 230
Hunt, Sir David, 150
Hurn airfield, 406–7, 409
Husum, Knickebein radio beam transmitter, 204
Hydrogen peroxide, 370–1, 432, 434, 455, 464
Identification (I.F.F.—Identification Friend or Foe), 121, 210, 219, 287, 388–92, 397, 495–6
I.F.F., see Identification
Imperial Chemical Industries (I.C.I.), 205, 474
Incledon, ‘Inky’, physics tutor, 8
Inertial navigation, 36
Infra-red (or heat) radiation, 9–10, 18, 20, 34, 38; absorbed by atmosphere, 20, 39, 41; aerodynamic, 38; barrage, 255, 484; conversion into visible radiation, 37; detection of aircraft in flight, 37–9, 40, 41, 280, 485; detection of U-Boats, 319, 321; detector, see Detector, infra-red; hoax, 320-1; searchlights, 255
