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| 2382 | BEATON, Cecil. Winged Squadrons: With Photographs by the Author. 47p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1942].
Includes the author's impressions of Coastal Command and the Fleet Air Arm. |
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| 2383 | BEDNALL, Dundas. Sun on my Wings. 140p., illus., index. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1989. ISBN: 1870745027.
Bednall joined the RAF in 1937 and after training went to Egypt. When war with Italy began, he was posted to 230 Squadron in Alexandria, flying Sunderlands. From there, he shadowed the Italian Fleet at Matapan and flew 132 other missions. In autumn 1941 he moved to Kenya as an instructor at 70 OTU. In March 1943 he went to Dar es Salaam as CO of 230 Squadron, a detachment of which supported the Husky landings from Bizerta. In January 1944 he moved to Ceylon and in 1945 became Station Commander of a new airfield there. |
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| 2384 | BENADY, Samuel M. Memoirs of a Gibraltarian. viii, 135p., illus., index. Grendon: Gibraltar Books, 1993. ISBN: 0804739781.
The author was a Gibraltar lawyer who went to the UK and joined the RAF in 1940. He served with Coastal Command mainly in the Azores but witnessed the sinking of U 189 and the machine-gunning of her crew. A brief but interesting account is given of his wartime service with some excellent and little seen pictures. |
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| 2385 | BIRD, Andrew D. A Separate Little War: The Banff Coastal Command Strike Wing Versus the Kriegsmarine and Luftwaffe. 192p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 2003. ISBN: 1904010431.
A well written account of a bitter little theatre of war where casualties were suffered until the very end of the war in Europe. |
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| 2386 | BOLITHO, Hector. A Penguin in the Eyrie: An RAF Diary 1939–1945. x, 254p., illus., index. London: Hutchinson, 1955.
The author's war memoirs. From late 1942 he served with Coastal Command. Most of the material on that period is a revision of his earlier book Task for Coastal Command. |
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| 2387 | BOLITHO, Hector. Command Performance: The Authentic Story of the Last Battle of Coastal Command, RAF. 262, [8]p., illus. New York: Howell Soskin, 1946.
A slightly revised version of Task for Coastal Command for the American market. |
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| 2388 | BOLITHO, Hector. Task for Coastal Command: The Story of the Battle of the South-West Approaches. 141p., illus. London: Hutchinson, [1946].
The diary of three months spent with 224 Squadron of Coastal Command from June to September 1944, written by the editor of the Command's Intelligence Review. |
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| 2389 | BOWMAN, Martin W. Boeing B–17 Flying Fortress. 192p., illus., index. Ramsbury: Crowood, 1998. ISBN: 1861261705.
Contains a brief chapter on their usually unnoticed service in Coastal Command. |
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| 2390 | BOWYER, Chaz. Beaufighter at War. 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Allan, 1976. ISBN: 0711007047
One of the predators of the anti-shipping war. |
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| 2391 | BOWYER, Chaz. Coastal Command at War. 160p., bibliog., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1979. ISBN: 0711009805. A largely photographic record of the Command, its machines, its crews, and its successes. Reprinted in 2000. |
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| 2392 | BOWYER, Chaz. Men of Coastal Command 1939–1945. 272p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1985. ISBN: 071830554X.
A patchwork history of the service. Very interesting. |
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| 2393 | BOWYER, Chaz. The Short Sunderland. 192p., bibliog., illus. Bourne End: Aston, 1989. ISBN: 0946627347.
The Flying Porcupine served in all corners of the globe. |
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| 2394 | BOWYER, Chaz. Sunderland at War. 160p., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1976. ISBN: 0711006652.
A profusely illustrated review of the role and workings of the plane which, more than any other, symbolised Coastal Command. |
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| 2395 | BOWYER, Chaz. Wellington at War. 128p., bibliog., illus., index. Shepperton: Ian Allan, 1982. ISBN: 0711012202.
Although best known as one of the mainstays of Bomber Command, the "Wimpey" played a significant role in Coastal Command's war at sea. Profusely illustrated. |
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| 2396 | CARTER, Ian. Coastal Command 1939-45. 160p., bibliog., illus. Hersham: Ian Allan, 2004. ISBN: 0711030189.
Photographs from the Imperial War Museum are used in profusion to illustrate a solid competent history of the Command. |
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| 2397 | CHEEK, E. S. The Anti-Submarine Operations of Royal Air Force Coastal Command. 98p., bibliog., index. Yarnscombe: [author], 1988.
A privately published work relying entirely on secondary sources. Comprehensive appendices follow a short text with data on A/S aircraft, squadrons, and success rates which are more useful than such private publication suggests. |
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| 2398 | CLOUSTON, A. E. The Dangerous Skies. x, 187p., illus. London: Cassell, 1954.
The author was a test pilot by profession, but saw active service during the war commanding 224 Squadron which flew anti–submarine Liberators, then in command of an air station with two squadrons of antishipping Beaufighters. |
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| 2399 | CREED, Roscoe. PBY: The Catalina Flying Boat. xvii, 351p., bibliog., illus., index. Annapolis: NIP, 1985; Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1986. ISBN: 0870215264.
Although mainly used by the Americans, the Catalina saw service with Coastal Command, most famously in the Bismarck chase. It and its Canadian variant the Canso, were used in all theaters. |
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| 2400 | DANCEY, Peter G. Coastal Command vs the U-Boat: A Complete World War II "Coastal Command Review". iv, 146p., bibliog., illus. Bromley: Galago Books, 2003. ISBN: 0946995753.
Concentrates on the battle between technologies. |
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| 2401 | DELLER, Alan W. The Kid Glove Pilot: A Personal Account of Flying Sunderlands in World War Two. 207p., illus., index. Newtownards, County Down: Colourpoint Books, 2004. ISBN: 1904242200.
Immediately on the outbreak of war he enlisted and initially was trained as a saboteur for service in Romania and subsequently in the Mediterranean. He even held a commission in the Royal Navy for a time. However, he persisted with his desire to join the RAF and was particularly keen to pilot flying boats. This book is a detailed and fascinating account of all this and of his training and service in the RAF. |
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