| I should like to thank the following for their assistance in the writing of this book: my former university supervisor, Professor Sir Michael Howard, who supported the work's initiation; the late Paul Hayes, fellow of Keble College, Oxford, who courteously read and commented upon the entire manuscript; Michael Dockrill, senior lecturer in War Studies at King's College, London; the staff of the RAF Museum, Hendon, and in particular Ray Funnell, deputy keeper of research and information services, Michael Tagg, formerly senior assistant archivist, and P. G. Murton, formerly keeper of aviation records; the library and staff of the Royal Aeronautical Society, London, especially librarians A. W. L. Nayler and Brian Riddle, who between them placed every resource at my disposal; the staff of the Royal Engineers Museum and Corps Library, Chatham, and in particular Dr John Rhodes and assistant librarian Mrs M. Magnuson; the library and staff of the Museum of Army Flying, Middle Wallop, especially honorary archivist H. W. Foot; R. L. Munro, who placed at my disposal a copy of his unpublished biography of Captain Bertram Dickson; H. E. Scrope, who provided me with a copy of his history of fifty years of aviation by the Vickers group of companies; Vickers plc, who allowed me access to their company papers, deposited in the Cambridge University Library; the National Army Museum, Chelsea, and especially Brian Robson; the staff and volunteers of the Brooklands Museum, Weybridge, and in particular Mike Goodall; the archives division of the National Air and Space Museum, Washington, DC; the publicity department of Short Brothers plc; Vyvyan Harmsworth, director of corporate affairs, Associated Newspapers Holdings Ltd; A. H. Fraser-Mitchell, honorary secretary, the Handley Page Association; Philip Jarrett; Professor Alfred Gollin, of the University of California, Santa Barbara, who generously furnished me with a copy of his 1989 book |
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