ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

THE NARRATIVE was compiled from information supplied by members of the units concerned and from documents made available by the Royal Air Force Historical Branch, Air Ministry, London, including the official despatches of Air Chief Marshal Sir Robert Brooke-Popham, GCVO, KCB, CMG, DSO, AFC, Lieutenant-General A. E. Percival, CB, DSO, OBE, MC, Air Vice-Marshal Sir Paul Maltby, KBE, CB, DSO, AFC, and Air Vice-Marshal D. F. Stevenson, CB, CBE, DSO, MC and bar; and the operations record books of Nos. 67 and 113 Squadrons, Royal Air Force. Acknowledgment is also made to F. A. McCarthy for material dealing with No. 1 Aerodrome Construction Squadron. The photographs were supplied by the Royal Air Force Historical Branch, with these exceptions which are from the collections of T. M. O'Connell page 15 (top and bottom), F. A. McCarthy pages 16 and 17, and K. A. Rutherford page 18 (top left and bottom). The maps are by L. D. McCormick from material supplied by the Air Ministry.