Stella & Rose's Books

Contents

• Foreword by the LATE PROFESSOR R.V.JONES CH
• Preface
• Abbreviations
• CHAPTER 1: Family background
• CHAPTER 2: War service in the Royal Flying Corps 1914-1918
• CHAPTER 3: The promotion ladder
• CHAPTER 4: Air Member for Research and Development
• CHAPTER 5: Development and production 1938-39
• CHAPTER 6: War: the production alternatives clarified
• CHAPTER 7: Aircraft design and development: September 1939 to May 1940
• CHAPTER 8: 'Magic is nine-tenths illusion' - the Beaverbrook myth
• CHAPTER 9: An unwelcome role: Vice-chief of the Air Staff
• CHAPTER 10: The supremely competent VCAS
• CHAPTER 11: Developing a Tactical Air Force: the Middle East, 1940-42
• CHAPTER 12: Freeman and RAF bombing policy
• CHAPTER 13: Freeman's influence on US aircraft procurement policy
• CHAPTER 14: The triumph of the Mustang
• CHAPTER 15: Chaos at the Ministry of Aircraft Production: Freemans' return
• CHAPTER 16: A Herculean task
• CHAPTER 17: MAP: the climax of the war
• CHAPTER 18: Peace: glimpses of a great industrialist
• APPENDIX I: Abbreviated extracts from Memorandum on Aircraft Development Policy
• APPENDIX II: The effects of technical difficulties and new operational requirements on production of new aircraft
• APPENDIX III: Freeman's letters to Beaverbrook
• APPENDIX IV: The Shell-Mex House saga
• APPENDIX V: Freeman's comments on Trenchard's criticisms of a paper circulated by Beaverbrook
• APPENDIX IV: Freeman's letter to Portal on bombing policy
• APPENDIX VII: Bufton's secret and personal letter to Harris
• APPENDIX VIII: The essentials of the heavy bomber campaign
• APPENDIX IX: Aero-engine development and performance 1936 to 1945
• APPENDIX X: The design and development of airframes for the RAF
• Notes
• Bibliography
• Index