A winged gunner: the life and times of air commodore Andrew James Wray Geddes CBE DSO RAF 1906-1988
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| adam_text | CONTENTS. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Foreword: His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (Ť), InspectorGeneral of the Armed Forces, Honorary Air Marshal RAF. 6 Foreword: MRAF the Lord Jock Stirrup KG GCB AFC DSc FRAeS FCMI RAF. Former OCII(AC) Squadron RAF, CDS, President No.II(AC) Squadron Association. 7 Foreword: Air Marshal Philip O.Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS RAF, Former OCII(AC) Squadron RAF, President of the Royal Air Forces Association. 8 Foreword: Mr. Angus Geddes, son ofAir Commodore Andrew Geddes CBE DSO RAF. 9 Preface by Hans Onderwater MBE. 10 These wonderful flying machines. Geddes’ youth and introduction to flying. 13 A pilot after all. Geddes’ flying training and his first secondment to the RAF. 24 A passage to India. A tour of duty in the Raj. 40 No. II(Army Co-operation) Squadron. Geddes joins the Elite. 54 Phoney War, busy war. No.II(AC) Squadron moves to Drucat, Abbeville, France. 78 The lull before the storm. The months before the German attack against the West. 88 Blitzkrieg over Northern France and Belgium. No.II(AC) Squadron at the forefront. 107 We deliver... Rebuilding No. 11( AC) Squadron in England. 119 New job: very strange, secret and useful. Preparations for the SOE-missions. 146 Operation Crusader; a gunner in the desert. Geddes in the Western Desert................ 160 Mopping up the enemy. The last phase of Operation Crusader. 197 Reflecting on Crusader at Battle HQ. Lessons learnt; evaluations made. 208 Home to prepare for the Great Adventure. Geddes gets involved in
Overlord............ 221 We called it BIGOT. D-Day preparations. 231 From Normandy to Paris. D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge. 245 From Paris to Brussels. Headquarters 2TAF in Brussels.............................................. 261 A worrying winter. The last German offensive; the Allies under fire. 275 The last chase. Moving into Germany. 307 Operation Manna. Saving the Dutch from starvation. 325 Flying a desk. The end of the Second World War. 353 The last command. Geddes’ last appointments, retirement and civil occupations.......... 363 The Dutch people never forgot those days. Geddes and the Netherlands. 375 Postscript............................................................................................................................ 380 Appendix. Geddes Family; Service Record; Education; Military service; Civilian service; Decorations and awards; London Gazette; Who is Who: Geddes, Air Cdre Andrew James Wray; Old Wellingtonians (military); The RAF Army Co-operation Command; Army Co operation Command (April 1942); Bibliography; For specific Operations; Special thanks Institutes; Special thanks People; Other books and articles written by Hans Onderwater MBE; Articles; Documentary movies; Lectures................................................................. 384 5
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CONTENTS. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 18. 19. 20. 21. 22. 23. Foreword: His Royal Highness Prince Bernhard of the Netherlands (Ť), InspectorGeneral of the Armed Forces, Honorary Air Marshal RAF. 6 Foreword: MRAF the Lord Jock Stirrup KG GCB AFC DSc FRAeS FCMI RAF. Former OCII(AC) Squadron RAF, CDS, President No.II(AC) Squadron Association. 7 Foreword: Air Marshal Philip O.Sturley CB MBE BSc FRAeS RAF, Former OCII(AC) Squadron RAF, President of the Royal Air Forces Association. 8 Foreword: Mr. Angus Geddes, son ofAir Commodore Andrew Geddes CBE DSO RAF. 9 Preface by Hans Onderwater MBE. 10 These wonderful flying machines. Geddes’ youth and introduction to flying. 13 A pilot after all. Geddes’ flying training and his first secondment to the RAF. 24 A passage to India. A tour of duty in the Raj. 40 No. II(Army Co-operation) Squadron. Geddes joins the Elite. 54 Phoney War, busy war. No.II(AC) Squadron moves to Drucat, Abbeville, France. 78 The lull before the storm. The months before the German attack against the West. 88 Blitzkrieg over Northern France and Belgium. No.II(AC) Squadron at the forefront. 107 We deliver. Rebuilding No. 11( AC) Squadron in England. 119 New job: very strange, secret and useful. Preparations for the SOE-missions. 146 Operation Crusader; a gunner in the desert. Geddes in the Western Desert. 160 Mopping up the enemy. The last phase of Operation Crusader. 197 Reflecting on Crusader at Battle HQ. Lessons learnt; evaluations made. 208 Home to prepare for the Great Adventure. Geddes gets involved in
Overlord. 221 We called it BIGOT. D-Day preparations. 231 From Normandy to Paris. D-Day to the Battle of the Bulge. 245 From Paris to Brussels. Headquarters 2TAF in Brussels. 261 A worrying winter. The last German offensive; the Allies under fire. 275 The last chase. Moving into Germany. 307 Operation Manna. Saving the Dutch from starvation. 325 Flying a desk. The end of the Second World War. 353 The last command. Geddes’ last appointments, retirement and civil occupations. 363 The Dutch people never forgot those days. Geddes and the Netherlands. 375 Postscript. 380 Appendix. Geddes Family; Service Record; Education; Military service; Civilian service; Decorations and awards; London Gazette; Who is Who: Geddes, Air Cdre Andrew James Wray; Old Wellingtonians (military); The RAF Army Co-operation Command; Army Co operation Command (April 1942); Bibliography; For specific Operations; Special thanks Institutes; Special thanks People; Other books and articles written by Hans Onderwater MBE; Articles; Documentary movies; Lectures. 384 5 |
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