Lords of the Sky: Fighter Pilots and Air Combat, From the Red Baron to the F-16 (89 page)

Third Reich destruction strategies, 354

13 Group squadrons, 239

12 Group squadrons, 239, 240, 241

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve, British, 213

Royal Aircraft Factory, 71, 82

Royal Canadian Mounted Rifles, 134

Royal Flying Corps, British (RFC), 16–17, 29, 37, 41, 54, 85, 109, 110

American pilot in, 146

in Arras offensive, 93–94

in Battle of Menin Road, 111

in Bloody April, 1917 campaign, 66–77, 82, 91

expansion of, 46–47

flight training school, 54–55, 95–97

flying ace Mannock in, 79–82

merger with RNAS, 118

No. 5 Squadron, 96

No. 11 Squadron, 84

No. 13 Squadron, 84

No. 24 Squadron under Hawker, 42, 43, 44

No. 43 Squadron, 94

No. 48 Squadron, 69

No. 53 Squadron, 108

No. 56 Squadron, 62, 87, 101, 103

No. 57 Squadron, 100, 107

in Operation Michael, 115–116

under the War Office, 70

Royal Jordanian Air Force, 484

Royal Naval Air Service, British (RNAS), 47, 109

in Bloody April, 1917 campaign, 66, 67, 69–74

under the British Admiralty, 70

Eastchurch Squadron, 16

merger with RFC, 118

Royal Navy, British, World War II, 28, 330

in Battle of Jutland, 66, 67

in Dunkirk evacuation, 199, 202–203, 204

Mark XII torpedo, 252

in Operation Judgment, 252–253

Royal Navy, Norway, 181

Rudel, Hans-Ulrich, 210–211

Rusk, Dean, 385, 435

Russia

Black Army, 146

Bolsheviks, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 153, 279

Dissimilar Air Combat Training, 154

effects of 1916 shortages in, 48

end of participation in the Great War, 93, 113

and end of the Great War, 139

formation of USSR, 154–155, 279

German aircraft and training facilities in, 153–154, 155

Lipetsk Flying School, 153–154, 155

Polish-Soviet War, 148–152

Red Army, 144, 146, 148, 149, 150, 151

Russian Civil War, 144–152, 279

Treaty of Rapallo between Germany and, 153

White Cossacks, 145, 148

White Volunteer Army, 144, 146

World War I mobilization, 17–18

See also
Soviet Union

Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 153

Ryuho,
Japanese carrier, 332, 337

S

SA-2 missiles, 450, 451

SA-3 missiles, 480

SA-6 missiles, 480

SA-7 man-portable surface-to-air missile, 472

Sabre jet-powered aircraft, F-86, 373–384, 405–407, 410, 412

Saratoga,
USS, 327, 328–329, 338, 513

Savoia-Marchetti bomber aircraft, 170

Schlieffen Plan, 17

Schmid, Josef “Beppo,” 234–235, 236

Schmued, Edgar, 357

Schneider, Franz, 25

Schtaar, Walter, 153

scout aircraft, 21–46, 48

SE-5 fighter aircraft, 23, 49, 82–84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 97, 101, 110, 111, 115, 119, 132

Sebille, Louis J., 394, 395

Second Italo-Abyssinian War, 147

Secrets of Art and Nature
(Bacon), 9

semi-active radar homing (SARH), 464, 480, 489

semi-elliptical wing design, 260

semi-monocoque fuselage construction, 165

Shephard, G. S., 18

Sherman tanks, 389–390

Shestakov, Lev, 297–298

Shilling, Beatrice “Tilly,” 231

ShKAS 7.62 mm machine gun, 160

Shoho,
Japanese carrier, 333, 334

Shokaku,
Japanese carrier, 319, 333, 334

Short, Walter, 322

shoulder-wing monoplanes, 26

Shoupe, Dale, 507

Sicily,
USS, 391

Sidewinder missiles, 463

Silver Star medal, U.S., 467

single-seat fighter aircraft

Bf 109, 164–168, 169–170, 179, 186, 196–197, 226, 229–230, 231–232, 236, 243

Bf 109D, 171

Bf 109E, 171, 201–202, 247, 255, 257, 258–259

Bf 109F, 260

Bf 109G, 246, 277–279

DH-2, 39, 43–44, 45, 67

guns on, 23, 24, 62, 70

Heinkel He 51B, 158, 160, 164, 165, 167

SE-5 fighters, 23, 49, 82–84, 85, 87, 88, 89, 97, 101, 110, 111, 115, 119, 132

Six-Day War, 480

Skyhawk, A-4N, 474–478, 483–484

skyspot, combat, 471

Smith-Barry, Robert, 96–97

Solomatin, Alexei, 303

Somme, Battle of the, 37–38, 46, 47

Sopwith series aircraft, 24, 37

Camel, 71, 97–98, 108, 110, 115, 120, 128, 135, 136, 144, 145, 147

F1, 97

Pup, 47, 69–71, 108, 111

Snipe (7F-1), 126, 135–137, 138

Triplane, 71, 72–73, 88, 101, 108, 110

Sopwith, Tommy, 70, 98

Sorge, Richard, 293

sorties, air-to-ground, 414–415

Soryu,
Japanese carrier, 319, 328–329, 342

South African Air Force (SAAF), 273

South Korean 2nd Division, 398

Southeast Asia Resolution, 436

Soviet Far Eastern Military District, 405

Soviet Union, 176, 279–283

air force.
See
Red Air Force

air support during Korean War, 402–405

in Battle of Kursk, 303–305

Communism, 279, 281

1st Guards Rifle Corps, 289

Fishbed MiG-21 jet fighter, 460–461

588th Night Bomber Regiment, 291

flight training for Chinese pilots, 411–412

flying aces, 297, 304–305, 414

formation of, 154–155, 279

Germany’s invasion of, 208, 243, 256, 268, 283–308

gold reserves from Spain, 170–171

Hero of the Soviet Union medal, 307

invasion of Manchuria, 385

LaGG-3 fighter aircraft, 283

MiG-3 fighter aircraft, 283

Mozhaisk Line, 290, 292

nonaggression pact with Germany, 178

Operation Bagration, 365–366

Operation Uranus, 298–299

People’s Commissariat of Defense, 288

Poland and, 178, 180

Red Army, 282–283, 284, 293–294

Soviet-built aircraft, 159–160

Stalin’s Five-Year Plan, 280

women pilots, 279–280, 281, 288–289, 291, 294, 296, 297–298, 302–303, 305–308

Yak-1 fighter aircraft, 277–279, 283, 294, 296, 306, 308

SPAD VII fighter aircraft, 109

SPAD XIII fighter aircraft, 130

Spain

American pilots in, 161, 162, 169

father of aviation, 10

flying ace, 168

Franco and Spanish Civil War, 162, 168–172

Fuerzas Aéreas de la República Española, 161

German-supplied aircraft to, 157–158, 163, 167

Germany’s aid to, 163–165

gold reserves, 170–171

Nationalist Air Force, 159, 167, 168

Nationalists and Republican ideology, 156, 162, 168–172

Pact of San Sebastián, 1930, 156

pilots, 160–161

Republican Air Force, 161

Republican Army, 168

Soviet-built aircraft in, 159–160

Spandau machine gun, 23, 45, 63, 70, 101, 111, 129

Spangdahlem Air Base, West Germany, 489, 505

Spanish Air Force, 161

Spanish Army, 156

Spanish Army of Africa, 157

Spanish Civil War, 162, 168–172

Spanish flu, 131, 138

Speer, Albert, 361

Sperrle, Hugo, 163, 164, 169

spinning, 96

Spitfire aircraft

Mk I fighter, 193, 196–198, 210, 223, 224, 225–227, 229, 234, 236, 242, 243

MK IB fighter, 228

Mk V fighter, 266, 272

Spruance, Ray, 338, 344

Stahlschmidt, Hans-Arnold, 274

Stalin, Joseph, 155, 163, 178, 208, 280, 281–282, 284–285, 286, 289, 293, 295, 299, 327, 365, 387, 400–401, 417

Stark,
USS, 495

stationary engines, 58

steam engines, 10–11

Steinhoff, Johannes, 250, 251

Straight Flush radar system, 480–481, 489

Stringfellow, John, 10–11

strutters aircraft, 73

Stuart, Jimmy, 77

Stuka (Ju 87) dive bomber, 177–178, 179, 180, 236

submarine warfare, 66, 103–104

Suez Canal, 251, 256, 274, 479

Super Sabre jet fighter aircraft, F-100F, 454–457

Supermarine Spitfire aircraft

Mk I fighter, 193, 196–198, 210, 223, 224, 225–227, 229, 234, 236, 242, 243

Mk IB fighter, 228

Mk V fighter, 266, 271, 272

surface attack, anatomy of a, 546–549

surface-to-air (SAM) missiles, 425, 426, 439, 441, 443–444, 447–448, 450–451, 462, 476–477, 480–481

swept wing design, 405–406

Swordfish torpedo bomber, Fairey, 252

synchronization gear, aircraft, 83

T

T-34 tanks, 390

Taiwan, 400

tanks

American-built Grant tanks, 266

Italian M11/39 battle tanks, 253

Italian Maletti Group tankettes, 253

in Korean War, 389–390

Soviet T-34 battle tank, 282

See also
panzers

Taylor, Charlie, 13

Taylor, Gordon, 69

Taylor, Ken, 310–311, 312–313, 324

Tedder, Lord Arthur, 244

Tennessee,
USS, 326

Thaw, William, 104

Thenault, Georges, 105

Theodore Roosevelt,
USS, 513

three-aircraft fighting formation (“Vic”), 193, 200, 235, 320

thrust, principle of, 13, 403–404

Thunderchief fighter-bomber, F-105, 419, 441–449, 457–459

Ticonderoga,
USS, 436

Tierney, Glenn, 434–435

Tinker, Frank, 161–162, 169, 170

Tobruk, siege of, 254–268

Tojo, Hideki, 317–318

Tomahawk, Curtiss P-40 fighter aircraft, 257, 258–259, 261, 267, 272–273, 311–312

Tomonaga, Joichi, 340

transporter erector launcher, 480–481

Trautloft, Hannes, 158, 163, 167, 361

Treaty of Brest-Litovsk, 1918, 153

Treaty of Rapallo, 1922, 153

Treaty of Versailles, 1919, 139

Trenchard, Hugh, 67–68, 69, 71, 82, 97, 118

Trier, Bob, 457

Tripartite Pact, 1940, 319, 327

triplanes

Fokker Dr 1, 111–112

Sopwith, 71, 72–73, 88, 101, 108, 110

Triple Alliance, 15

Triumph,
HMS, 387

Trotsky, Leon, 146, 149, 155, 279

Truman, Harry, 386, 398, 399, 407, 415, 416, 417

Tuck, Robert “Bob” Stanford, 196–199

Tukhachevsky, Mikhail, 149, 151

Tupolev, Andrei, 282

Tupolev Tu-2 bomber aircraft, 376, 378–379

turn circle aerial maneuver, 99, 100

U

U-boats, German, 37, 50, 66, 103–104, 203, 222

Udet, Ernst, 128, 133, 140, 224–225

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), formation of, 154–155

United Nations

and Communist threat, 386, 387

Security Council Resolution 678, 498

UN forces in Korea, 390, 393, 416, 417

United States

American pilots in Spain, 161, 162, 169

Americans in Polish-Soviet War, 150

flying aces, 410, 415

in Korean War, 387–402, 415–417

in Vietnam War, 423–424, 425, 432–441, 459–474

United States Air Service (USAS)

Aero Squadrons from, 129

1st Pursuit Group, 129, 130

94th Aero Squadron, 129, 130, 406

United States Military Academy at West Point, 314–315

United States, World War I

American expatriates in France, 104–106

decodes 1917 Zimmermann Telegram, 66

entry in the Great War, 49, 103–105, 113

first American infantry in France, 128

1st Infantry Division, 131

flying aces, 130

2nd Infantry Division, 129

U-boat attacks on U.S. ships, 50, 103–104

United States, World War II