New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
Contents
-
- [covers]
- [title page] p. i
- Per ardua ad astra p. iii
- [frontispiece] p. iv
- [title page] p. v
- Foreword p. vii
- Contents p. ix
- List of Illustrations p. xiii
- List of Maps p. xvi
- Acknowledgments p. xvii
- Introduction p. xix
-
- CHAPTER 1 — The Royal Air Force and Early New Zealand Representation p. 1
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations from Britain and France p. 23
- CHAPTER 3 — Meeting the German Attack p. 40
- CHAPTER 4 — The Battle of Britain p. 70
- CHAPTER 5 — Bombing and Reconnaissance, 1940 p. 103
- CHAPTER 6 — Defeating the Night Raider p. 125
- CHAPTER 7 — Air War at Sea p. 140
- CHAPTER 8 — Early Bomber Offensive p. 161
- CHAPTER 9 — The Part of No. 75 Squadron p. 183
- CHAPTER 10 — Increasing New Zealand Participation— Formation of Nos. 485,488, and 489 Squadrons p. 207
- CHAPTER 11 — Day Fighters, 1941 p. 224
- CHAPTER 12 — Heavier Bombing Raids—Advent of No. 487 Squadron p. 246
- CHAPTER 13 — Pathfinders and Raids on Italy p. 273
- CHAPTER 14 — Battle of the Atlantic, 1942 p. 291
- CHAPTER 15 — Attacking Enemy Ships With Mine, Bomb and Torpedo p. 315
- CHAPTER 16 — Day Fighters During 1942 p. 333
- CHAPTER 17 — Night Fighters, 1942 p. 359
-
- Appendix I — Principal Events of the Second World War 1939–42 p. 370
- Appendix II — A Flight to italy in1940 p. 382
- Appendix III — STRENGHTHS AND CASUALTIES p. 388
- Appendix IV — Principal British and German Operational Aircraft (1939–42) p. 389
- Glossary of Abbreviations p. 392
- Bibliography p. 395
- [backmatter] p. 398
- Index p. 399