Coningham: A Biography Of Air Marshal Sir Arthur Coningham, KCB, KBE, DSO, MC, DFC, AFC
Publisher: Center for Air Force History (U.S.)
Published: 1992
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: List of Illustrations ix; title: Acknowledgements xi; title: Prologue Flight of the Star Tiger I; title: London to Lisbon, 27-28 January 1948 1; title: 1 . 'Doing the Best they Can'; title: Arthur and Alice, 1863-1912 5; title: 2. 'A Wonderful Life'; title: From Lake Rotoiti to Castle Bromwich, 1912-18 12; title: 3. 'A Very, Very Happy Lot'; title: Coningham and 92 Squadron, March 1918 to January 1919 24; title: 4. 'The Qualities of a Senior Officer'; title: Coningham in England, Iraq and Egypt, February 1919 to May 1926 33; title: 5. 'An English Gentleman in Love'; title: Coningham and Nan, 1926-39 49; title: 6. 'An Endless Struggle to See in the Dark'; title: Coningham and the Early Trials of Bomber Command, July 1939 to July 1941 60; title: 7. 'Getting Together'; title: Coningham in the Western Desert, July 1941 to May 1942 77; title: 8. 'Drastic and Immediate Changes'; title: Coningham in the Western Desert, May to September 1942 95; title: 9. 'Close and Willing Cooperation; Exasperation and Complacency'; title: Coningham, the Battle of El Alamein and the Pursuit of Rommel, October 1942 to January 1943 111; title: 10. Anglo-American Muddles and Reforms;; title: Coningham's 'Shield and Punch'; title: Torch and Tunisia, November 1942 to March 1943 127; title: 11. 'A Major Crisis in Anglo-American Relations'; title: The Last Weeks of the Tunisian Campaign, March to May 1943 143; title: 12. 'Getting into Europe is no Light Task'; title: The Sicilian Campaign, May to August 1943 157; title: 13. 'A Grand Time in the Air'; title: Coningham in Italy, August 1943 to January 1944 169; title: 14. 'Approaching a Very Great Day' in a 'World of Paper and Talk'; title: Coningham in England, January to June 1944 180; title: 15. Cooperating with Brereton, Cajoling Montgomery,; title: Scuppering Leigh-Mallory; title: Coningham and the Battle for Normandy, June to August 1944 194; title: 16. Commander-in-Chief and 'Renaissance Prince'; title: Coningham in Brussels, September to December 1944 211; title: 17. 'Plenty of Knives Will Be Out Now'; title: From the Ardennes to Bad Eilsen via Haagsche-Bosch, December 1944 to May 1945 225; title: 18. 'A Ballerina Leaving Borneo'; title: The End of Coningham's Career, May 1945 to January 1948 239; title: Finale. Flight of the 5far riger II; title: Lisbon to a Place Unknown, 28-30 January 1948 249; title: Aftermath. 'Mary is Always Good Company' 254; title: Notes 261; title: Bibliography 275; title: Index 281; title: For; title: Jane-Mari and Sal; title: 'Let the end try the man'; title: Illustrations; title: PLATES; title: 1a. Arthur Coningham Between pages 54 and 55; title: b. Alice Coningham; title: 2a. Wellington College Shooting Team, 1910; title: b. Coningham in 92 Squadron; title: 3a. Second Lieutenant 'Mary' Coningham, 1917; title: b. The DH 5 in 1917; title: 4a. Flight Lieutenant Coningham at the Central Flying School, 1922; title: b. Squadron Leader Coningham in Iraq, 1923; title: 5a. Sir Howard and Lady Frank, 1931; title: b. Coningham and his new family, 1934; title: 6a. Heslington Hall, York; title: b. Air Conunodore Coningham, 1940; title: 7a. Nan Coningham, 1939; title: b. Air Vice-Marshal Coningham, 1941; title: 8a. 'The new contractor', November 1941; title: b. Coningham and 'Bing' Cross, Desert Air Force, December 1941; title: 9a. Coningham and Major General Neil Ritchie,January 1942 180 and 181; title: b. Coningham and Montgomery, 1942; title: 10a. Tedder, Coningham and Brigadier General Strickland, USAAF, 1942; title: b. Auchinleck and Smuts; title: 11a. 'Bing' Cross and Fred Rosier; title: b. 'Morning Prayers' at Ain Beida, Tunisia, 1943; title: 12a. Conmgham addressing the RAF Regiment, Tunisia, 1943; title: b. Sir Keith Park and Coningham, Tripoli, 1943; title: 13a. James Robb, Carl Spaatz and Coningham, 1943; title: b. Teddy Hudleston, Coningham and Portal, 1944; title: 14a. Brereton, Coningham, Eisenhower, Leigh-Mallory and Vandenberg, 1944; title: b. Coningham and Elmhirst, 1945; title: 15a. Coningham and Churchill, Brussels, 1945; title: b. Relaxing at Villa Rosalia, Cannes; title: 16a. Coningham and Brereton; title: b. The last known photograph of Coningham, January 1948; title: Illustrations; title: MAPS; title: Aerodromes on the Western Front, 1917-18; title: Iraq, 1922-4; title: Coningham's flight across Africa, 1925; title: The Western Desert, 1941-2; title: Operation Torch and the Tunisian Campaign, 1942-3; title: The Sicilian and Italian Campaigns, 1943-4; title: The Normandy Campaign, 1944; title: From Brussels to Bad Eilsen, 1944-5