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Author | : Sqn. Ldr. Tom Dudley-Gordon |
Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
Total Pages | : 383 |
Release | : 2015-11-06 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1786257262 |
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THE beginnings of Coastal Command are obscure. It is held by some that, in embryo, it consisted of five officers and four Bleriot monoplanes that were detached from Netheravon in August 1914 for coastal reconnaissance duties. At this time, however, there was a flourishing Naval Air Service which had its being up and down our coasts and which could properly be regarded as a coastal air force... In 1918 the Royal Flying Corps and the Royal Naval Air Service were amalgamated into the Royal Air Force. By this time there were many aircraft of all sorts employed on coast-watching, convoy protection and the attack of submarines, and very effectively they carried out their duties. After the war this coastal organization was much reduced in size, being composed of a few flying-boat squadrons and one or two torpedo-carrying units. In addition, the disembarked squadrons of the carrier-borne air force were controlled and administered by what was then known as the Coastal Area. When, however, under the menace of Hitlerism, the expansion of the Royal Air Force took place, Coastal Area, by that time renamed Coastal Command, took its share. Working in close co-operation with the Royal Navy, the Command developed the activities which are so well described in this book. Coastal Command has always been a rather independent part of the Royal Air Force. Its operations have an element of mystery about them which is a trifle aggravating to the rest of the Service. It has a jealous spirit of its own which makes its personnel, when they are posted away, hanker to come back and strive and contrive to that end unceasingly. It is immensely proud of its job and of the way it does it. In fact, it has all the attributes of a first-class team. Long may it flourish as such.
Author | : Leo McKinstry |
Publisher | : John Murray |
Total Pages | : 448 |
Release | : 2023-06-08 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1529319382 |
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'Masterful' David Price 'McKinstry has done a fine job in rescuing Coastal Command from long neglect' Richard Overy The remarkable story of the unsung RAF wing who made Allied victory possible. In 1943 Britain was engaged in an epic struggle for survival as deadly wolf packs of German U-boats roamed the Atlantic. In desperation, Churchill turned to an overlooked, underfunded force known as "The Cinderella Service". Armed with long-range planes, depth charges, rocket projectiles and radar equipment, the Cinderella boys provided vital air defence. The German hunters became the hunted, and - in a stunning defeat - fully retreated by the summer. The transformation of Coastal Command from a ramshackle outfit into a formidable organisation served as one of the turning points of the war. But they never received the credit they deserved. Based on a wealth of new sources, Leo McKinstry shines a light on the courageous pilots, ingenious scientists and political risktakers who defended the freezing Atlantic from Nazi rule. 'Engrossing' Brendan Simms
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Total Pages | : 218 |
Release | : 1956 |
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Author | : Eugene Morlock Emme |
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Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 1950 |
Genre | : Air power |
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Total Pages | : 278 |
Release | : 1974 |
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Release | : 1943 |
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Author | : University of California, Berkeley. Library |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 1028 |
Release | : 1963 |
Genre | : Library catalogs |
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Total Pages | : 1032 |
Release | : 1944 |
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Author | : Great Britain. Ministry of Information |
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Total Pages | : 334 |
Release | : 1942 |
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Total Pages | : 572 |
Release | : 1979 |
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