Eyes of the Night

by Bamford, Joe

• ISBN13: 9781844152964
• ISBN10: 1844152960
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 12/19/2005
• Publisher: Pen & Sword

Summary

In the early years of WW2 two of Britain's most important industrial cities, Liverpool and Manchester were woefully unprotected from enemy bombing raids. In response 9 Group of the Royal Air Force was formed and charged with the air defense of the entire region.

Table of Contents

Foreword	6	(44)
1 Provisions for Air Defence: 1936-40	7	(6)
2 The Enemy at the Door: August 1940	13	(4)
3 9 Group: September 1940	17	(8)
4 Action in the Air: 7 OTU and 64 Squadron	25	(3)
5 312 Squadron: October 1940	28	(3)
6 Andreas and Cranage: Battling with Administration	31	(3)
7 Wing Commander Oliver and 307 Squadron: November 1940	34	(4)
8 29 Squadron at Cranage: December 1940	38	(7)
9 96 Squadron: Experience in Action	45	(5)
10 First Action for 96 Squadron: December 1940	50	(2)
11 Fighter nights 1941: Build-up at Cranage	52	(4)
12 Reorganization and Searchlight Homing: 1941	56	(5)
13 307 Squadron: January 1941	61	(5)
14 96 Squadron: February 1941	66	(6)
15 Debacle at Tern Hill: Incidents Galore	72	(5)
16 256 Squadron: March 1941	77	(8)
17 96 Squadron: Defiant in the Air	85	(5)
18 256 Squadron: April 1941	90	(6)
19 Fighter Night: 7/8 May 1941	96	(4)
20 Verity Gets His Way: State of Confusion	100	(5)
21 Clearing Up: The Best Night Yet	105	(3)
22 Mixed Fortunes: Introduction of GCI	108	(5)
23 Enter the Beaufighter: June 1941	113	(4)
24 456 Squadron: July 1941	117	(4)
25 A Black August for 256 Squadron	121	(10)
26 96 Squadron Moves to Wrexham: Autumn 1941	131	(7)
27 Business as Usual: Conversion to Defiant Mk II	138	(6)
28 Bleak Times: January 1942	144	(7)
29 Re-equipping With Beaufighters: April 1942	151	(6)
30 96 Squadron: The End of an Era	157	(7)
31 256 Squadron: Woodvale and Beyond	164	(7)
32 After 9 Group: Post-war RAF Preston	171	(9)
33 Squadron Leader Rabone: A Strange Coincidence	180	(3)
34 Of Those Who Served: The Airmen of 9 Group	183	(9)
Epilogue	192	(8)
Index	200