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Three kings, from left to right, the Duke of Windsor formerly Edward VIII George V and George VI.
First published in 1986 by
Patrick Stephens Limited, London as Fight for the Sky .
Republished in Great Britain in 2004 by
Pen & Sword Aviation
An imprint of
Pen and Sword Books Ltd
47 Church Street,
Barnsley,
South Yorkshire
S70 2AS
Bruce Barrymore Halpenny, 1986
9781783460120
The right of Bruce Barrymore Halpenny to be identified as the Author of this Work has been asserted by him in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988
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AACS Anti-Aircraft Co-op School.
Ace An aeroplane combat pilot who has brought down at least five enemy aircraft.
Ack-ack Anti-aircraft gun or its fire.
ADGB Air Defence of Great Britain.
AEAF Allied Expeditionary Air Force.
AFC Air Force Cross.
AFS Advanced Flying School.
AI Aircraft interception.
Ammo Ammunition.
Angels 7 Enemy aircraft at 7 oclock.
AOC Air Officer Commanding.
AOC-in-C Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief.
AP Armament Practice (Bomb).
ARW Air Raid Warden.
AVM Air Vice Marshal.
Bandit Enemy aircraft.
Base Home aerodrome.
Belly landing To crash land an aeroplane with wheels up.
Bf Bayerische Flugzeugwerke (Messerschmitt).
Blood wagon or meat wagon Ambulance.
Bought it Killed or shot down.
Cab rank Small formations of patrolling fighters and fighter-bombers on immediate call for close tactical support.
CD Canadian Forces Decoration
Chiefy Flight Sergeant.
Circus Code name for an operation by bombers or fighter-bombers, escorted by fighters and designed primarily to bring enemy fighters into action.
C&M Care and Maintenance.
CO Commanding Officer.
Crossbow The offensive and defensive measures to counter the V-weapon attacks.
DCM Distinguished Conduct Medal.
D-Day 6 June 1944, code name Overlord. Allied armies began landing in Normandy with support from both Tactical and Strategic Air Forces.
DFC Distinguished Flying Cross.
DFM Distinguished Flying Medal.
DI Daily Inspection.
Diver The code name given to the FZG76, the V1 (flying bomb).
DROs Daily Routine Orders.
Duff No good.
DZ Dropping Zone.
EFTS Elementary Flying Training School.
Erk An Aircraftman or Aircraftwoman in the Royal Air Force.
F Fighter.
FB Fighter Bomber.
Fighter Roadsteads Code name for low level attacks on ships, whether at sea or in the harbour.
Flak Anti-aircraft fire.
FR Fighter Reconnaissance.
Fw Focke-Wulf Flugzeugbau.
GCI Ground Controlled Interception.
Gong Medal.
GP General Purpose (Bomb).
GSU Group Standardization Unit.
He Heinkel.
HE High Explosive.
Hercules Projected German invasion of Malta in 1942. (The Italian code name was C-3.)
HQ Headquarters.
Hurri Hurricane.
IAF Indian Air Force.
IAS Indicated Air Speed.
i/c In charge.
Intruder Operations Offensive night patrols over enemy territory intended to destroy enemy aircraft and disrupt flying.
Kipper Patrols Protecting fishing fleets in the North Sea.
Kite Aeroplane.
Lighters Flat bottomed boat or barge that is mainly used for unloading or loading ships not lying at wharves.
Mae West Life saving waistcoat inflated if wearer falls into the sea, a name derived from its resemblance to the bust of the famous actress.
MC Military Cross; Medium Case (Bomb).
Me Messerschmitt AG.
MO Medical Officer.
MT Motor Transport.
NAAFI Navy, Army and Air Force Institute.
NCO Non-Commissioned Officer.
Noball V-weapon launching sites, storage and manufacturing centres.
OBE Order of the British Empire.
Ops rest Non-operational duties.
OTU Operational Training Unit.
PoW Prisoner of War.
Props Propellers.
PRU Photographic Reconnaissance Unit.
RAAF Royal Australian Air Force.
RAF Royal Air Force.
RAFVR Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.
Ramrod Code name for an operation similar to Circus except that its principal objective was the destruction of a specific target in daylight and the fighters used cannon.
RCAF Royal Canadian Air Force.
Recce Reconnaissance.
RFC Royal Flying Corps.
Rhubarb Code name for low-level strike operation mounted in cloudy conditions against enemy fringe targets in occupied countries by pairs of aircraft against road and rail traffic.
Rodeo Code name for fighter sweeps over enemy territory without bombers.
RN Royal Navy.
RNZAF Royal New Zealand Air Force.
R&R Refuelling and rearming.
R/T Radio-Telephone.
SAAF South African Air Force.
Scramble An immediate operational take-off.
SFI Senior Flying Instructor.
SFTS Service Flying Training School.
Sortie Operational flight by a single aircraft.
Spit Spitfire.
Sprog pilot Inexperienced pilot.
Square bashing Drill on the square or parade ground.
Stuka Sturzkampfflugzeug, ie Ju 87 dive bomber.
Tannoy The public address system.
Tiffie Typhoon aircraft.
Trade Enemy, from the phrase looking for trade.
USA United States of America.
U/T Under training.
VC Victoria Cross.
WD War Department.
WDAF Western Desert Air Force.
Winco or Wingco Wing Commander.
Window Metallized strips dropped from aircraft to simulate aircraft echoes to disrupt enemy radar systems.
F ollowing the huge success of my Bomber Command book To Shatter the Sky (now entitled Bomber Aircrew in World War II ), I am anxious to place on record an authoritative and factual account of the activities of those who served in Fighter Command on fighter airfields during World War II. This book contains the story of those days and I have based it on the first-hand experiences of those who were there many were unsung heroes, all were proud to have served. The aircraft are as varied as the tasks they performed and include the Spitfire, Hurricane, Beaufighter, Mosquito, Typhoon and Tempest.
The sheer determination to be a fighter pilot is clearly shown by Squadron Leader Jake Coupland in the chapter Typhoon Pilot. His 1934 Christmas School Report was a stinker! His house masters note regarding his application to studies read, It is not that he cannot, rather that he will not. His uncle, an Honours graduate from Queens (Belfast) and Oxford Universities, blew his top. The Boys Own Annual that he received for Christmas 1934 had in it an interesting chapter that gave an exciting description of the life and golden opportunities open to any boy lucky enough to be accepted into the Royal Air Force as an Aircraft Apprentice or Boy Entrant. It fired my imagination, he said. I could become another Mannock or Ball! But my uncle being a realist snorted, With your maths, you couldnt pass the Entrance Exams. He engaged a maths tutor to see that I did! Obviously he wanted out too!
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