| HELLER | Author whose experiences in the US Air Force during the Second World War inspired him to write Catch |
| AWDRY | Clergyman and keen modeller whose interest in trains inspired him to pen the Railway Series of books (5) |
| GUERNICA | Town in Spain whose destruction during the Spanish Civil War inspired a 1937 Picasso work (8) |
| LAWRENCE | British Army officer, archaeologist, diplomat and writer whose experiences chronicled in Seven Pillars of Wisdom were revealed in a film (8) |
| BOMBER | Nickname of Sir Arthur Harris, marshal of the Royal Air Force during the Second World War (6) |
| SPITFIRES | Fighters flown by the Royal Canadian Air Force during the Normandy Landings, keeping the skies clear of enemy planes |
| WHITMAN | POET WHO INSPIRED HIM |
| CAPECANAVERAL | Site of the US Air Force Missile Test Centre in Florida from which the majority of US space missions have been launched (4,9) |
| MAQUIS | Person in a French guerrilla force during the Second World War (6) |
| BILLYMITCHELL | US Army officer and aviation pioneer regarded as the father of the US Air Force (5,8) |
| AIM | ___ high (start of the US Air Force motto) |
| ROALDDAHL | British author, 1916-1990, who served in the Royal Air Force during World War II (5,4) |
| MONS | Town in western Belgium; scene of the first battle of the British Expeditionary Force during the First World War (4) |
| CLARKGABLE | Gone With the Wind star who flew combat missions for the US Army Air Forces during World War II: 2 wds. |
| ENSA | Organisation that provided entertainment for the Forces during the Second World War (4) |
| LADYSMITH | South African city in KwaZulu-Natal subjected to a four-month siege by Boer forces during the Second Boer War (1899-1902) (9) |
| OWEN | Wilfred _, British poet and soldier, whose work was influenced by his experiences in the First World War (4) |
| OSHAKATI | Namibian city was used as a base of operations by the South African Defence Force during the South African Border War and Namibian War of Independence |
| GENERALHAIG | Ronald Reagan's first Secretary of State or the commander of the British Expeditionary Force during much of the First World War |
| ALLQUIETON | Erich Remarque's war novel based on his experiences in the German army, ... The Western Front (3,5,2) |
