Table of Contents
Foreword Captain T. Baynham, DMM, MFC, SAAF vii
Acknowledgements ix
Preface x
List of Abbreviations xiii
Part I 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron
The Nizam of Hyderabad 3
RAF Warm well 4
152 (Hyderabad) Squadron during the Battle of Britain 10
152 (Hyderabad) Squadron Operations Record Book for the Battle of Britain 26
Part II The Men of 152 (Hyderabad) Squadron
Ackroyd, Pilot Officer Harold John 47
Barker, Sergeant John Keeth 48
Bayles, Flying Officer Ian Norman 49
Baynham, Flying Officer Geoffrey Theodore 52
Beaumont, Pilot Officer Walter 54
Boitel-Gill, Flight Lieutenant Derek Pierre Aumale 62
Christie, Sergeant John McBean 71
Cox, Flying Officer Graham James 73
Deanesly, Flying Officer Edward Christopher 82
Devitt, Squadron Leader Peter Kenneth 89
Fox-Male, Pilot Officer Dennis 95
Hall, Pilot Officer Roger Montagu Dickenson 101
Hancock, Pilot Officer Norman Edward 105
Hogg, Flight Lieutenant Edward Sydney 107
Hogg, Pilot Officer Richard Malzard 112
Holland, Sergeant Kenneth Christopher 116
Holmes, Flying Officer Frederick Henry 130
Humphreys, Pilot Officer Peter Harry 136
Inness, Flying Officer Richard Frederick 138
Jones, Pilot Officer John Sinclair Bucknall 144
Kearsey, Sergeant Albert Wallace 155
Klein, Sergeant Zygmunt 162
Marrs, Pilot Officer Eric Simcox 165
Marsh, Sergeant Edward Howard 178
O'Brian, Flight Lieutenant Peter Geoffrey St George 180
Posener, Pilot Officer Frederick Hyam 185
Reddington, Sergeant Leslie Arthur Edwin 189
Robinson, Pilot Officer Denis 192
Shepley, Pilot Officer Douglas Clayton 198
Shepperd, Sergeant Eric Edmund 204
Silver, Sergeant William Gerald 209
Szlagowski, Sergeant Jozef 212
Tabor, Sergeant George William 217
Thomas, Flight Lieutenant Frederick Mytton 218
Warren, Flying Officer Charles 221
Watson, Pilot Officer Arthur Roy 225
Wildblood, Pilot Officer Timothy Seddon 233
Williams, Pilot Officer William Dudley 237
Withall, Flight Lieutenant Latham Carr 243
Wolton, Sergeant Ralph 245
Appendices
Appendix I 'Pilot Officer' Pooch: The 152 Squadron Mascot 255
Appendix II Squadron Ground Crew 263
Appendix III A Night Out With the Squadron 267
Appendix IV Combat Claims by 152 Squadron Pilots in the Battle of Britain 272
Appendix V Spitfire Mk.Is Flown by 152 Squadron During the Battle of Britain 277
Appendix VI Roll of Honour: 152 Squadron Pilots Who Were Killed in the Battle of Britain 279
Appendix VII Roll of Honour: 152 Squadron Pilots Who Were Killed After the Battle of Britain 282