by David Irving
Göring's remarks are quoted on Page 128 from the verbatim transcript of his war conferences on October 7, 1943, (Milch Documents, vol. 62, pages 5632 et seq.) and the next day, October 8, 1943 (ibid., page 5804); see David Irving, The Rise & Fall of the Luftwaffe (Weidenfeld, London, 1967) for the rest of the quotations.
A Select Bibliography
Arthur, Max. Dambusters: A Landmark Oral History. London: Virgin Books, 2008. ISBN 978-1-905264-33-9.
Brickhill, Paul. The Dam Busters. London: Evans Bros., 1951. “Novelised” style. Covers entire wartime story of 617 Squadron.
Churchill, Winston S. The Second World War, Volume IV: The Hinge of Fate. London: Cassell, 1951.
Cockell, Charles S. “The Science and Scientific Legacy of Operation Chastise.” Interdisciplinary Science Reviews 27, 2002, pages 278–286.
Falconer, Jonathan. The Dam Busters Story. Stroud, Gloucestershire, UK: Sutton Publishing Limited, 2007.
Gibson, Guy. Enemy Coast A head. London: Pan Books, 1955. Guy Gibson's own account, published posthumously.
McKinstry, Leo: Lancaster: The Second World War's Greatest Bomber (John Murray: London, September 2009); and The Sunday Telegraph, August 16, 2009.
Sweetman, John. The Dambusters Raid. London: Cassell, 1999.
Index
Admiralty, British ref1
Affoldern inundated, ref1
Air Ministry, British ref2, ref2
Albrecht, Karl ref1
Albright & Wilson ref1
Aldis lamps ref1
Arolson ref1
Astell, Flight Lieutenant Willliam killed ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Avro company ref1; and see Roe, A V
back spin ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Baker, Dr G S: superintendent of the ship tank at Teddington laboratory ref1
ball, cricket ref1
Barlow, Flight Lieutenant R N G killed ref1, ref2
Barnes Wallis: see Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville
Barratt, Sydney: Sydney Barratt, the chairman of Al-bright & Wilson ref1
battleship, German ref1, ref2, ref3; attacking a ref4
Berlin ref1, ref2
Blackett, Professor Patrick M S: Nobel prize winner, physicist ref1
Bletchley Park: GC & CS codebreaking headquarters ref1
blockbuster, RAF blast bomb ref1
bombs: incendiaries ref1, ref2; bouncing ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; theory of, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17; design problems, ref18, ref19; German attempt to clone fails ref20; diagram of, ref21, ref22, ref23; photos of, ref24, ref25, ref26; and see spinning bomb
bomber, Mosquito ref1; and see Lancaster, Wellington, Wellesley
Bomber Command, RAF ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8; and see Royal Air Force
Brennan, Sergeant Charlie: flight engineer ref1, ref2
Brown, Captain Harry Albert “Sam” Brown: Avro chief test pilot ref1
Buckley, Flying Officer J ref1
Bufton, Group Captain Sidney ref1
Burcher, Pilot Officer Anthony F ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11’ bails out, ref12, ref13; captured ref14
Burk, Standartenführer ref1, ref2
Burpee, Pilot Officer L J ref1; killed ref2, ref3, ref4
“Burton,” gone for a ref1
Byers, Pilot Officer V W ref1; killed ref2, ref3
Castricum crash site at ref1, ref2
casualties: German, ref1; RAF ref2; foreign workers ref3
Chadwick, Roy: aircraft de-signer for Avro ref1
“Chastise,” Operation ref1
Chequers ref1
Cherwell, Lord (Professor F E Lindemann): British Government scientist described ref1
Chesil Beach ref1, ref2, ref3
Churchill, Winston: prime minister ref1, ref2; imagination fired ref3
Cochrane, The Hon Sir Ralph: No. 5 Group commander ref1, ref2; photo of, ref3
codebreaking ref1
Craven, Sir Charles Worthing-ton: chairman and chief executive of Vickers-Arm-strong Ltd ref1, ref2, ref3
cricket-ball: dynamics of ref1, ref2
“Dambusters, The”: British post-war movie ref1
dams, Ruhr ref1, ref2; damage to, assessed ref3–ref4 and see Eder, Möhne, Lister, Sorpe dams
Darmstadt, University of ref1
detonator, hydrostatic pressure ref1, ref2
Eder dam ref1, ref2, attacked ref3, ref4, breached ref5, ref6; photos of ref7, ref8; target map ref9
Einsatzstab Möhne/Ruhr ref1, ref2
“Engineer's Way to Win the War, An” ref1, ref2
explosive, RDX ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4,
film demonstrations ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7
flak: German anti-aircraft guns ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9
Fraser, Pilot Officer J W ref1, ref2, ref3; photo of ref4
Gestapo ref1
Gibson, Wing Command Guy Penrose ref1, introduced ref2; character ref1, ref2; brutal and efficient ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; attacks Möhne Dam ref8, ref9; draws enemy fire ref10, ref11; ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16; photos of ref17
Gilze-Rijen, Luftwaffe airfield at ref1, ref2
Gneisenau, German heavy cruiser ref1
Göring, Reichsmarschall Hermann, ref1
Grantham, No. 5 Group head-quarters at ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Green, Flight Lieutenant at Air Ministry ref1
Gregory, Pilot Officer George H F G killed ref1, ref2
Grünwald, SS Police Major-General Hans Dietrich ref1
H2S radar ref1
Harris, Air Chief Marshal (later Marshal of the Royal Air Force) Sir Arthur: commander-in-chief, Bomber Command ref1; hostility of ref2; reluctance to release Lancasters ref3; outraged ref4; scepticism ref5; ref6; ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13; photos of ref14
Hay, Flight Lieutenant R C ref1, ref2
Hemfurth ref1, ref2; target map ref3
Heydekrug, prison camp at ref1
“Highball” ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; and see bouncing bomb, spinning bomb
High Wycombe: RAF Bomber Command headquarters at ref1
Hitler, Adolf: German head of state ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Holland ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Hopgood, Flight Lieutenant John V “Hoppy” ref1; character ref2; injured ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; heroism of ref7, ref8, ref9; killed ref10, ref11, ref12
incendiaries ref1, ref2
inventors ref1, ref2
Kassel: flood damage at ref1
Kilner, Major Hew Ross: deputy chairman and managing director of Vickers-Arm-strong Ltd ref1
King George VI, His Majesty ref1
Knight, Pilot Officer Leslie G: attacks Eder Dam successfully ref1
Köhler, Clement: power station foreman, Möhne dam ref1, ref2, ref3
Lancaster bomber Mark III ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, ref17, ref18, ref19, ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23
Leggo, Flight Lieutenant J F ref1
Lindemann: see Cherwell, Lord
Linnell, Air Marshal F John: Controller of Research and Development, Air Ministry ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4; opposition from ref5, ref6
Lister Dam ref1
Lyttelton, Oliver (later Lord Chandos) ref1
Maltby, Flight Lieutenant D H ref1, ref2, ref3
Martin, Flight Lieutenant H N “Micky” ref1, ref2; attacks Möhne Dam ref3; draws enemy fire, ref4; ref5
Maudslay, Squadron Leader Henry E attacks Eder Dam, ref1; blast hits own plane ref2; killed ref3
McCarthy, Joe photo ref1
Merton, Professor Thomas Ralph: British physicist and inventor ref1, ref2
Milch, Erhard, Field Marshal ref1
Minchin, Sergeant John W ref1, ref2; killed ref3, ref4
Ministry of Aircraft Production ref1, ref2, ref3
Ministry of Economic Warfare ref1
Ministry of Information ref1
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br /> models ref1, ref2
Möhne dam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7; breached ref8; ref9, ref10; cracks seen ref11, bulges. ref12; ref13, ref14, ref15; photos of ref16, ref17, ref18
Mols, Clement: witnesses Möhne flood disaster ref1
morale, civilian: British ref1, ref2; German ref3
Mosquito bomber ref1
National Physical Laboratory, Teddington ref1, ref2, ref3
Neheim-Hüsten in path of floods, ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Nierderense ref1
Northolt, RAF airfield ref1
Ottley, Pilot Officer W H T killed, ref1, ref2, ref3
“panacea” targets ref1
Portal, Sir Charles, Chief of Air Staff ref1, ref2; acid correspondence with Harris ref3, ref4
Pound, Admiral Sir Dudley, First Sea Lord ref1, ref2
Pye, David: Director of Scientific Research, Air Ministry ref1
RAAF see Royal Australian Air Force
RAF see Royal Air Force
Reculver ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
revolving: see rotating bomb
Rice, Pilot Officer Geoff ref1
Road Research Laboratory ref1
Roe Ltd, A V (Avro), Lancaster bomber manufacturer ref1
rotating bomb ref1, ref2, ref2, ref3, ref4; and see spinning bomb
Rowe, Norbert Edward Rowe (“Nero”): Director of Technical Development, Air Ministry ref1
Royal Air Force Bomber Command:
No. 106 Squadron ref1
No. 617 Squadron ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11
Royal Australian Air Force ref1, ref2
Royal Society ref1
Saahr, Sturmführer ref1
Sagan, prison camp at ref1
Saundby, Air Vice Marshal Sir Robert: Senior Air Staff Officer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Scampton: RAF station ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10, ref11; photo at ref12
Scharnhorst, German heavy cruiser ref1
Secret Service (MI6) ref1
Shannon, Flight Lieutenant David J ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6; attacks Eder Dam ref7, ref8,; returns to base ref9, ref10
Sorpe dam ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Spafford, Pilot Officer F M “Spam” ref1
Speer, Reichsminister Albert ref1, ref2
spinning bomb ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9; and see bouncing bomb
spotlights, converging: as al-timeters ref1, ref2; and see Aldis
Stalag Luft III, prison camp ref1
Stalag Luft VI, prison camp ref1
steel production ref1
Summers, Captain Joseph J “Mutt”: Vickers chief test pilot ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Sumpter, Flight Sergeant Len J ref1
tactics ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Taerum, Pilot Officer H.T. “Terry” ref1; photo of ref2
Taylor, Professor Sir Geoffrey Ingram: expert on fluid dynamics and wave theory ref1
Teddington, National Physical Laboratory at ref1, ref2
Texel: flak batteries on ref1
Tirpitz, German battleship ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Tizard, Sir Henry: British government scientist ref1
training ref1, ref2, ref3
Trevor-Roper, Flight Lieutenant R D ref1
“Upkeep” bomb ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5, ref6, ref7, ref8, ref9, ref10; and see bouncing bomb, spinning bomb
Vickers-Armstrong Ltd: British arms manufacturer ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4
Wallis, Sir Barnes Neville: aircraft designer, inventor ref1, ref2, ref3; threatens to resign, ref4; relishes a fight ref5; says a prayer ref6; meets Guy Gibson ref7; work on special bomb complete ref8; briefs crews ref9; ref10, ref11, ref12, ref13, ref14, ref15, ref16, at No. 5 Group Headquarters, ref17, ref18, ref19; and ref20, ref21, ref22, ref23, ref24, ref25, ref26, ref27, ref28, ref29; photos of ref30, ref31
water, sulphur-free ref1
Wellesley bomber ref1
Wellington bomber ref1, ref2, ref3, ref4, ref5
Weybridge: Vickers-Armstrong works at ref1, ref2, ref3
Wickede: in path of flood ref1; and see Mols
Woolwich, arsenal at ref1
Wuppertal, saturation bombing of ref1
Young, Squadron Leader H M “Dinghy” ref1; successfully attacks Möhne Dam ref2, ref3; killed ref4, ref5; photo of crashed plane of ref6
Zeppelin airship ref1