Notes to pages 322-8 r ro G (Air), Main HQ 2 r Army Group, 'Notes on Air Support, June-October 1944,' I, PRO WO 205/556; 'The Effects of Air Power,' DHist SGR II 264, folder 24 l l l G (Air), Main HQ 21 Army Group, 'Notes on Air Support, June-October 1944,' 3, PRO WO 205/556 CHAPTER 10: FLNAL BATILES l Everard, A Mouse in My Pocket, 365--6 2 No 401 Squadron ORB, 3 Sept. 1944, DHist 3 Report by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, 78, PRO Air 37/876 4 'Air Support - lst Cdn Army. Report on Air Support in 2nd Brit Army and rst Cdn Army by Lt-Col T.C. Braithwaite, OBE, and Lt-Col W.B.G. Reynolds,' nd, para r l, file 215cr.093 (03), NA, RG 24, vol. IO, 671 5 Ibid., para 3 r 6 'Air Support NWE - Lecture by Maj-Gen C.C. Mann to Staff Course at RMC, 25 July 46,' nd, file 215ci.091, ibid. 7 Vincent Orange, Coningham (London 1990), 218 8 Ibid. 9 Craven and Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War ll, Ill, 608; No 402 Squadron ORB, 17-30 Sept. 1944, DHist IO No 83 Group ORB, 15 Sept. 1944, PRO Air 25/698; Ellis, Victory in the West, II, 44; No 441 Squadron ORB, 25 Sept. 1944, DHist; Combat Reports, DHist 73/847; No 416 Squadron ORB, 25 Sept. 1944, DHist; Combat Reports, DHist 83/847; Casualty Lists, DHist 90/19 II AHB, Rise and Fall of the German Air Force, 336, 340; Squadron Leader D.R. Morgan, 'A Short Historical Account of No 83 Group during the Period rst April, 1943, to the End of the War in Europe,' 14, PRO Air 37/985; No 412 Squadron ORB, 27 Sept. 1944, DHist 12 No 438 Squadron ORB, 27 Sept. 1944, DHist 13 No 83 Group ORB, 30 Sept. 1944, PRO Air 25/698; Shores, 2nd Tactical Air Force, 68 14 No 4rr Squadron ORB, 15 Oct. 1944, DHist; Andre Lord biog. file, DHist; 'An Analysis of Fighter Bombing Accuracy,' 9 Aug. 1945, PRO Air 16/498; No 443 Squadron ORB, 31 Oct. 1944, DHist 15 No 402 Squadron Progress Reports, 15 Sept. 1944, DHist 77/229; AHB, Air Support, 180-1; No 438 Squadron ORB, 16 and 26 Sept. 1944, DHist; Tactical Paper No 4, PRO Air 20/6857 16 'Strafing Lecture,' Andre Lord biog. file, DHist 17 AFHQ, Secret Narrative, Fighter-Reconnaissance, Sept. 1944, app. B, IO, Oct. 1944, 4, DHist 73/832; No 400 Squadron ORB, 4 Sept. 1944, DHist r8 No 400 Squadron ORB, 5 Oct. 1944, DHist 19 No 439 Squadron ORB, 13 Sept. 1944, DHist; 'Bits and Pieces,' Andre Lord biog. file, DHist 20 No 439 Squadron ORB, 5 Dec. 1944, DHist 21 No 401 Squadron ORB, l Oct. 1944, DHist; No 41 r Squadron ORB, 16 Dec. 1944, DHist; No 440 Squadron ORB, 23 Nov., 30 Dec. 1944, DHist Notes to pages 329-36 957 22 No 402 Squadron ORB, 6 Nov. 1944, DHist 23 No 41 l Squadron ORB, 30 Sept. 1944, DHist 24 Bill Olmsted, Blue Skies (Toronto 1987), 245-7 25 No 421 Squadron ORB, IO Oct. 1944, DHist 26 No 406 ASP ORB, 7 Dec. 1944, DHist 27 No 416 Squadron ORB, IO Sept. 1944, DHist; No 443 Squadron ORB, 28 Nov . 1944, DHist 28 No 421 Squadron ORB, 12 April 1945, DHist 29 Ibid., IO Mar 1945 30 No 438 Squadron ORB, IO Jan. 1945, DHist 31 No 441 Squadron ORB, l Oct. 1944, DHist; No 402 Squadron ORB, Oct. 1944, Summary for Oct. 1944, DHist; No 402 Squadron Progress Reports, l 5 Oct. 1944, DHist 77/229 32 No 440 Squadron ORB, l Oct. 1944, DHist; No 403 Squadron ORB, 20 Sept. 1944, 6 March 1945, DHist 33 Winston Churchill, Triumph and Tragedy (Cambridge 1955), 52 34 Report by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, 33, PRO Air 37/876 35 No 400 Squadron ORB, 28 Sept., 2 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 412 Squadron ORB, 2 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 402 Squadron ORB, 17 Oct. 1944, DHist; Collier, The Defence of the United Kingdom, 407-8 36 Review by the Directorate of Staff Duties of the Report by Air Staff, SHAEF, on the Allied Air Operations in Europe from October 1st 1944 to May 9th, 1945, 7, PRO Air 37/I067 37 No 438 Squadron ORB, 2 Oct. 1944, DHist 38 Ibid., 2, 29 Oct. 1944; 'Tactics Employed by Fighter Bombers Operating against Special Targets,' 3, PRO Air 37/672; No 83 Group ORB, 29 Oct. 1944, PRO Air 2 5/698 39 No 412 Squadron ORB, 28 Sept., 18 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 442 Squadron ORB, 28 Sept., 15, 19 Oct. 1944, DHist; 83 Group RAF, 1-3-3, Crerar Papers, vol. 3 40 No 83 Group ORB, I Oct. 1944, PRO Air 25/698; No 441 Squadron ORB, 30 Sept. 1944, DHist; No 442 Squadron ORB, 2, 4 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 401 Squadron ORB, 5 Oct 1944, DHist 41 Everard, A Mouse in My Pocket, 375-6 42 No 416 Squadron ORB, 2 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 421 Squadron ORB, 6, 12 Oct. 1944, DHist 43 No 440 Squadron ORB, 8 Oct. 1944, DHist; No 400 Squadron ORB, 8 Oct. 1944, DHist 44 No 439 Squadron ORB, 9 Oct. I 944, DHist 45 2 TAF, RCAF Log and Statistics, October 1st, 1944 to February 28th, 1945, Guidance No 48, DHist 75/202; 2nd TAF, RCAF Log and Statistics, October 1st, 1944 to February 28th, 1945, Survey of RCAF Participation in Rail Interdiction Programme of Second Tactical Air Force, DHist 75/202 46 ORS Report No 28, DHist 79/705; No 438 Squadron ORB, 30 Nov. 1944, DHist 47 Numbers derived from Kostenuk and Griffin, RCAF. 48 Tactical Paper No 3, Sept. 1947, PRO Air 20/6856 Notes to pages 336-43 49 See exchange of letters between Air Marshal Roderic Hill and Air Vice­ Marshal N.R. Anderson dated 26 Sept. 1944 and l Oct. 1944, DHist 18r.009 (04128); Report on visit to No 406 (RCAF) Squadron, l Nov. 1944, DHist 18r.009 (04128); AHB, Rise and Fall of the German Air Force, 367; Casualty Lists, DHist 90/19 50 Price, The Spitfire Story, 111; No 417 Squadron ORB, 23 Nov. 1944, DHist; There was no flying on the following dates: 7, 8, 9, 21-23, 29 Sept., 2, 3, 6, 8-10, 11-19, 22, 23, 26-30 Oct., r-4, l l , 14, 15, 27-30 Nov., 1, 3 Dec.; w/02 L.S. Baxter was killed on 12 Sept.tember 1944· P/O B.J. Hayden was shot down on 24 October, P/O R.A. Shannon on 17 November, and F/O J. Waslyk on 4 December. 51 No 417 Squadron ORB, Dec. 1944-Jan. 1945, DHist 52 Ibid., 23 Jan. 1945 53 2 TAF, RCAF Log and Statistics, October rst, 1944 to February 28th, 1945, Guidance No 76, DHist 75/202 54 Morgan, A Short Historical Account of No 83 Group, PRO Air 37/985; No 439 Squadron ORB , 24 Dec. 1944, DHist; No 83 Group ORB, 23 Dec. 1944, PRO Air 25/698; No 83 Group Intelligence Summary, 25 Dec. 1944, PRO Air 25/706 55 Combat Reports, DHist 73/847 56 No 442 Squadron ORB, 25 Dec. 1944, DHist; Jack Boyle biog. file, DHist; No 41 I Squadron ORB, 25 Dec. 1944, DHist 57 2 TAF, RCAF Log and Statistics, October 1st, 1944 to February 28th, 1945, Guidance No 82A, DHist 75/202; No 83 Group Intelligence Summary, 29 Dec. 1944, PRO Air 16 1029; No 439 Squadron ORB, 30 Dec. 1944, DHist; No 442 Squadron ORB, 29 Dec. 1944, DHist; Combat Reports, DHist 73/847 58 Combat Reports, DHist 73/847 59 Hugh Halliday, The Tumbling Sky (Stittsville 1978), 26-8 60 Everard, A Mouse in My Pocket, 13-14 61 Ibid., 31 62 Report by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, 43, PRO Air 34/876; Werner Girbig, Six Months to Oblivion, trans. Richard Simpkin (London 1975), 73-4 63 No 438 Squadron ORB, I Jan. 1945, DHist; No 440 Squadron ORB, I Jan. 1945, DHist; No 143 Wing ORB, I Jan. 1945, DHist 64 Combat Reports, DHist 73/847 65 Ibid.; Norman Franks, The Battle of the Ai1fields (London 1982), app. J, 209-lO 66 No 401 Squadron ORB, l Jan. 1945, DHist; No 126 Wing ORB, I Jan. 1945, DHist 67 Johnson, Wing Leader, 272; No 127 Wing ORB, l Jan. 1945, DHist 68 No 83 Group ORB, l Jan. 1945, PRO Air 25/698; ibid.; Craven and Cate, The Army Air Forces in World War II, III, 665; Werner Girbig, Six Months to Oblivion (London 1975), II2 69 No 83 Group ORB, l Jan. 1945, PRO Air 25/698; No 83 Group Intelligence Summary, 4 Jan. 1945, PRO Air 16/1029 Notes to pages 344-9 959 70 Report by Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, 45, PRO Air 37/876; Ellis, Victory in the West, II, 250 71 Operation Veritable, Conference at HQ 84 Group, RAF on 27 Jan. 1945, PRO Air 14/1419; Morgan, A Short Historical Account of No 83 Group, PRO Air 37/985 72 No 442 Squadron ORB, 8 Feb. 1945, DHist 73 No 439 Squadron ORB, 8 Feb. 1945, DHist 74 Ellis, Victory in the West, ll, 266; Morgan, A Short Historical Account of No 83 Group, PRO Air 37/985; No 83 Group Intelligence Summary, 14 Feb. 1945, PRO Air 16/1029; No 442 Squadron ORB, 14 Feb.