Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War II

Prologue: Dogfight over Germany

Part I: Crisis. For the love of flying ; Flying for the Reich ; Black Thursday ; America's bomber men ; Learning the hard way ; The defence of the Reich ; The nub of the matter ; In the bleak midwinter ; Mustang ; New arrivals

Part II: The turning point. Fighter boys ; Change at the top ; Berlin ; Spaatz and Doolittle take charge ; Thirty against one ; Dicing with death ; Little friends ; Waiting for a gap in the weather

Part III: Big Week. Saturday, 19 February 1944 ; Sunday, 20 February 1944 ; Monday, 21 February 1944 ; Tuesday, 22 February 1944 ; Thursday, 24 February 1944 ; Friday, 25 February 1944

Postscript

Glossary ; Appendices ; Timeline.