RAF and the SOE Special Duty Operations in Europe During WW2 1st Edition by John Grehan 1473894131 9781473894136

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ISBN 10: 1473894131 

ISBN 13: 9781473894136

Author: John Grehan

The Special Operations Executive developed a vast network of agents across Occupied Europe which played a vital role in developing and sustaining Resistance movements that persistently sought to subvert German control of their territories. The culmination of their efforts was seen when the Allied armies landed at Normandy in June 1944, with the SOE and the Resistance causing widespread destruction and disruption behind the German lines.None of this would have been possible had it not been for the Royal Air Force. Not only the RAF supply the SOE, and the movements it led and coordinated, with the thousands of tons of arms and equipment needed to undertake this role, it also delivered and retrieved agents from under the very noses of the enemy.Compiled at the end of the war by the Air Historical Branch of the RAF, this is an extremely detailed and comprehensive account of the RAFs support for the SOE, and in it we learn of the enormous and complex arrangements undertaken by the Special Duties squadrons as well as showing how the material delivered by these aircraft was used in the field.This account is reproduced here in its entirety, along with a detailed appendix containing the official historical record of Bomber Command aircrews and aircraft engaged in clandestine operations. Taken together, this book represents the most comprehensive account of the RAFs support for SOE ever published.

Table of contents:

PART I The Charter and Directives Given to the SOE by the Chiefs of Staff and Allocations of Aircraf

Chapter 1 The Pioneer Phase, 1940 to November 1942

Chapter 2 The Beginning of the Offensive, November 1942 to June 1944

Chapter 3 Climax in Europe, June 1944 to May 1945

PART II Assistance Given by the RAF to the SOE: Problems and Procedure of Special Duty Operations

Chapter 4 The Scope of the Problem

Chapter 5 Squadrons Engaged on Special Duties Work (U.K. and Mediterranean Bases)

Chapter 6 Types of Aircraft Involved

Chapter 7 Foreign Air Crews

Chapter 8 Containers and Packages

Chapter 9 Technical Problems Confronting the RAF

Chapter 10 Reception Committees

Chapter 11 SOE and RAF Procedures, UK and Mediterranean

Chapter 12 Landing Operations

Chapter 13 Failures and Losses

Chapter 14 SOE Assisting Air Force Escapees

Chapter 15 Assistance Given by the RAF to SOE Other Than Special Duties Operations

PART III Resistance in Europe

Chapter 16 The Outline Story

Chapter 17 Western Europe, Supplied by UK-based Aircraft

Chapter 18 Central Europe, Supplied by Aircraft Based in the UK and Mediterranean

Chapter 19 Southern Europe, Supplied by Mediterranean-based Aircraft

Chapter 20 The Satellite Nation

PART IV

Chapter 21 The Conclusion

APPENDICES

Control of Operational Units engaged on SOE and SIS (Operations from the UK)

Status and Responsibilities of the Air Adviser to SOE

Duties of the Head of the Air Transport Organisation of SOE London Group

Air Liaison – SOE Pinpointing Section

Tempsford Procedure

Instructions to SOE Liaison Officer at RAF Station Tempsford

Statistical Appendices: Totals for Special Duties Operations from the U.K. 1941 – 1945

Statistical Appendices: Totals for Special Duties Operations from the Mediterranean

Aircraft Missing, Yearly Totals

Aircraft Available, UK and Mediterranean

Summary of Landing Operations

SOE/SIS – A History of Bomber Command Support

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