RAF Coastal Command in Action 1939-1945: Archive Photographs from the Public Record Office

Nesbit, Roy Conyers

ISBN 10: 075091565X / ISBN 13: 9780750915656

Published by Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK, 1998

About this Item

Hardcover in dust jacket. First edition. Book and unclipped dust jacket are in fine condition, crisp and clean, with tight binding and sharp corners. The story of the RAF Coastal Command's vital role of patrolling the waters around Great Britain and the North Atlantic during World War II. Historic photos throughout. 8vo. 182 pp. Including index. In protective Mylar.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: RAF Coastal Command in Action 1939-1945: Archive Photographs from the Public Record Office
• Publisher: Sutton Publishing, Gloucestershire, UK
• Publication Date: 1998
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 075091565X
• ISBN 13: 9780750915656
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: As New
• Dust Jacket Condition: As New

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Synopsis

During World War II the aircraft and crews of RAF Coastal Command played a vital role of patrolling and defending the waters around Great Britain against enemy air and naval forces. These included everything from long-range fighters and patrol aircraft, like Junkers Ju88 and Focke Wulf Fw200 Kondor, to marauding U-boats, E-boats and warships. The aircraft of the Command ranged far and wide, attacking coastal targets in Scandinavia, Germany and enemy-occupied Europe. Many of these strikes were captured on film, providing vivid evidence of the devastating firepower brought to bear against enemy targets by the Command's Mosquitos, Beaufighters and Sunderlands. Using the extensive archives held at the Public Record Office, the author has brought to light a series of photographs taken by RAF Coastal Command crews in action during World War II, illustrating in detail the aircraft and the actions fought by the Command over six years of war. Illustrated with more than 180 photographs, each accompanied by a fully researched caption, this book aims to bring attention to a wider audience the wartime exploits of RAF Coastal Command.