Coastal Command
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| Author | : Andrew D. Bird |
| Publisher | : Pen and Sword |
| Total Pages | : 380 |
| Release | : 2019-09-30 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1526710714 |
Real-life, action-packed, personal stories of valor from the history of the RAF’s maritime arm during World War II. It took thirty minutes for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. The crew of Flying Officer Kenneth “Kayo” Moore in their 224 Squadron Liberator carried out this remarkable achievement on the evening of 7/8 June 1944. While patrolling the western end of the English Channel, Moore’s crew first dispatched U-629, followed just under thirty minutes later by U-373. The story of this remarkable engagement is just one of many recounted by the author in Heroes of Coastal Command. Established in 1936, Coastal Command was the RAF’s only maritime arm. Throughout the war, its crews worked tirelessly alongside the Royal Navy to keep Britain’s vital sea lanes open. Together, they fought and won the Battle of the Atlantic, with RAF aircraft destroying 212 German U-Boats and sinking a significant tonnage of enemy warships and merchant vessels. Often working alone and unsupported, undertaking long patrols out over opens seas, Coastal Command bred a special kind of airman. Alongside individuals such as Kenneth Moore, there were Allan Trigg, Kenneth Campbell and John Cruickshank, all of whom were awarded the Victoria Cross; Norman Jackson-Smith, a Blenheim pilot who flew in the Battle of Britain; Jack Davenport, who flew his Hampden to Russia; John Watson, the sole survivor of a Short Sunderland which was lost during a rescue mission; and Ken Gatward, who flew a unique daylight mission over Paris to drop a Tricolore on the Arc de Triomphe. Theirs are just some of the many exciting stories revealed by the author.
| Author | : Anonymous |
| Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 262 |
| Release | : 2016-08-09 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1787200884 |
Written by the Air Ministry and first published in 1942, this account provides a vivid description of the RAF Coastal Command operations during World War II. A must-read of intrinsic historical value and importance for all avid readers of British Military History.
| Author | : Keith Wilson (Photographer) |
| Publisher | : Amberley Publishing Limited |
| Total Pages | : 247 |
| Release | : 2020-11-15 |
| Genre | : Transportation |
| ISBN | : 1445697696 |
RAF Coastal Command was founded as a formation within the Royal Air Force in 1936, at a time when the RAF was restricted into Fighter, Bomber and Coastal Commands.
| Author | : Christina J.M. Goulter |
| Publisher | : Routledge |
| Total Pages | : 406 |
| Release | : 2014-01-14 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1135204543 |
The "forgotten offensive" of the title is RAF Coastal Command's offensive against German sea-trade between 1940 and 1945. The fortunes of the campaign are followed throughout the war, and its success is then evaluated in terms of the shipping sunk, and the impact on the German economy.
| Author | : Geoff Simpson |
| Publisher | : Casemate Publishers |
| Total Pages | : 183 |
| Release | : 2016-07-31 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1473872731 |
An alphabetical account of the part in the Second World War played by the Kipper Fleet as it was known in the RAF. Coastal Command often lacked resources compared with other home commands, giving it its other nickname of the Cinderella Service. Its main role was defensive that of protecting Britains vital sea borne supply lines in home waters as well as in the Mediterranean, the Middle East and around the coasts of Africa.Coastal Command also acted in an offensive capacity, particularly in the so-called Battle of the Barges in 1940 which helped deter Hitler from invading the UK, and in the Mediterranean and the Baltic, attacking German shipping. Coastal Command, however, is most usually remembered for the war against the U-boats, one that was eventually won.From A to Z this well-illustrated book tells the story of the gallantry, the achievements, the losses, the VCs, the aircraft and much else about RAF Coastal Command.
| Author | : Ross McNeill |
| Publisher | : Specialty Press (MN) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2003 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781857801286 |
First in a companion series to the acclaimed Bomber Command and Fighter Command Losses series, detailing losses suffered by coastal squadrons operating from UK bases under Coastal Command control as either full units or detachments from other RAF commands. Each chapter is prefaced by a brief description of the coastal campaign for the period under review. Appendices include squadron bases.
| Author | : David Smith |
| Publisher | : After the Battle |
| Total Pages | : 280 |
| Release | : 2016-02-28 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1399076590 |
Coastal Command, created in 1936 alongside Fighter and Bomber Commands in the reorganization of the RAF in its preparations for the coming war, was Britain’s mainstay in the battle against the German submarine. As more and more Allied merchantmen were sunk during the long voyage from North America, the Mediterranean, and points south, tracking down the U-Boats became a constant struggle against harsh weather on long-distance patrols out over the Atlantic and Bay of Biscay. To counter the threat, Coastal Command established a ring of bases stretching from Scotland and Northern Ireland to Iceland, and from south Wales and south-western Britain to Gibraltar and the Azores, all 53 of these stations are covered in this book.
| Author | : Robert M. Stitt |
| Publisher | : White (Paperback) |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2010 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9788389450883 |
Rejected as a bomber by the RAF, the B-17 was used extensively as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft by Coastal Command. This book tells the fascinating story of these operations, a vital but often overlooked part of the fight against the U-Boats. All the aircraft involved are listed, and the tedious but essential work of their crews described, including some epic encounters with enemy submarines. Fully illustrated with many wartime photos, and scale plans of the airframe modifications. Full color profiles of representative aircraft.
| Author | : Great Britain. Air Ministry |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 142 |
| Release | : 1943 |
| Genre | : World War, 1939-1945 |
| ISBN | : |
| Author | : Sqn. Ldr. Tom Dudley-Gordon |
| Publisher | : Pickle Partners Publishing |
| Total Pages | : 383 |
| Release | : 2015-11-06 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1786257262 |
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.
