Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Acknowledgements
• Equivalent Ranks
• Foreword by Air Commodre The Right Honourable Lord Selkirk of Douglas QCMSP, Honorary Air Commodore 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron RAuxAF
• Preface by Wing Commander Alasdair Beaton RAuxAF, Office Commanding 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron
• Introduction
• Chapter 1 Jim Crows, Rhubarbs, Roadsteads, Circuses and Rodeos!
• Chapter 2 Return to Hornchurch
• Chapter 3 The 1941 Offensive Takes its Toll
• Chapter 4 Withdrawl to Scotland
• Chapter 5 Rest, Snow and 'Weather Willie'
• Chapter 6 The First Wasp Relief Force
• Chapter 7 Learning the Malta Form
• Chapter 8 The Second Wasp Relief Force
• Chapter 9 Consolidation
• Chapter 10 Summer Heat
• Chapter 11 Changing Times
• Chapter 12 The North African Adventure: Convoy Escort
• Chapter 13 The Ill-Fated Dodecanese Campaign
• Chapter 14 The Aegean Campaign: Beaufighters and Rocket Projectiles 1943-1944
• Chapter 15 Spit-Bombers!
• Chapter 16 Peace and Disbandment
• Chapter 17 Reformation - The New Generation
• Chapter 18 603 Enters the Jet Age
• Chapter 19 Disbandment
• Chapter 20 The Fallow Years
• Chapter 21 603 (City of Edinburgh) Squadron Reformation
• Appendices:
• 1. Life After 603
• 2. Roll of Honour - 1941-1955
• 3. Honurs and Awards
• 4. DFC London Gazette Entries
• 5. DFM London Gazette Entries
• 6. Honorary Air Commorores
• 7. The Squadron Standard and Battle Honours
• 8. Commanding Officers
• 9. Selected Pen-Portraits of Commanding Officers
• 10. Squadron Bases, 1941-Present
• 11. Summer Camps, 1947-1956
• 12. Squadron Markings and Codes
• 13. Operational and Training Aircraft
• 14. Gifted Spitfires
• 15. Chronology, 1941 to Date
• 16. Ground Support Units
• Map: Offensive Sweeps 1941
• Selected Bibliography
• Index of Personnel