Table of Contents
Acknowledgements vii
Introduction vii
Author's Note xi
Chapter 1 Setting the Scene 1
Chapter 2 Circus 68 10
Chapter 3 The Tangmere Wing and Circus 68 21
Chapter 4 Reach for the Sky; Myth and Reality 33
Chapter 5 Collision? Or Shoot Down? 39
Chapter 6 The Experiences of "Buck" Casson 51
Chapter 7 The Loss of Unteroifizier Schlager 61
Chapter 8 RAF Fighter Command Claims For Circus 68 68
Chapter 9 Through Bader's Eyes 84
Chapter 10 Bader's Landing, Capture and Imprisonment 91
Chapter 11 The German Perspective 102
Chapter 12 The Hunt for Spitfire W3185 110
Chapter 13 Continuing the Quest: The Television Documentary 124
Chapter 14 Friendly Fire - The Phenomena Examined 142
Chapter 15 Aerodynamics and Science 150
Chapter 16 Conclusions 158
Postscript 167
References 170
Appendix A Operational details of Circus 68. 172
Appendix B The combat report by Group Captain D.R.S. Bader - 1945. 180
Appendix C Defining of claims over enemy aircraft. 182
Appendix D Complete listing of Luftwaffe aircraft losses. 183
Appendix E Luftwaffe fighter claims against Circus 68. 185
Appendix F RAF losses during Circus 68 on 9 August 1941. 189
Appendix G Transcript of R/T transmissions by the Tangmere Wing during Circus 68. 191
Appendix H RAF Fighter Command claims during Circus 68. 200
Appendix I Weather data for Saturday, 9 August 1941. 202
Appendix J Spitfire losses in St Omer region.. 204
Appendix K History of Spitfire W3185. 213
Appendix L The saga of the leg. 214
Appendix M The search for Bader. 220
Appendix N Air intelligence (AIk) Report 398/1941. 222
Appendix O In Memorium. 227
Appendix P Spitfire G-MCDB. 228
Selected Bibliography 230
Index 231
