| ID | Description | Categories | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2402 | DELVE, Ken. Short Sunderland. 176p., illus., index. Marlborough: Crowood, 2000. ISBN: 1861263554.
Flown by Commonwealth air forces as well as the RAF, the Sunderland was a heavily-armed maritime patrol seaplane that played a key role in defeating the U-Boat threat during World War II. This illustrated text details design, development and history. |
view | |
| 2403 | DOCHERTY, Tom. Hunt Like a Tiger:230 Squadron at War 1939-45. 208p., illus. Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2003. ISBN: 1903953375.
A profusely illustrated squadron history. |
view | |
| 2404 | DOUGLAS, Sholto. Years of Command: The Second Volume of the Autobiography of Sholto Douglas, Marshal of the Royal Air Force Lord Douglas of Kirtleside, GCB, MC, DFC. 382p., illus. London: Collins, 1966.
He took over Coastal late in the war when the tide was turning. |
view | |
| 2405 | DUDLEY-GORDON, Tom. Coastal Command at War. 192p., illus. London: Jarrolds; Garden City: Doubleday, [1943].
An account of the work and wartime history of the Command. Its date indicates that it is more concerned with strengthening morale than dispassionate history. US title: I Seek My Prey in the Waters. |
view | |
| 2406 | EDWARDS, Goronwy. Flying to Norway, Grounded in Burma. 208p., illus., index. Barnsley: Pen & Sword Aviation, 2008. ISBN: 1844158098. An autobiography. It covers his service based in Scotland as described in an earlier work and continues with his service in the Far East after being grounded with short sightedness. |
view | |
| 2407 | EDWARDS, Gron. Norwegian Patrol. iii, 176p., illus. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1985.. ISBN: 0906393531. The first year of the war seen from a maritime reconnaissance squadron based on the East Coast of Scotland. Gives an enjoyable account of a grim and relentless tour of duty in Hudsons. |
view | |
| 2408 | EVANS, John. Help from the Heavens: A History of No. 228 Squadron, RAF. 92p., illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1998. ISBN: 187074506X. Formed in 1918 and disbanded five times, finally in 1963, this largely photographic record focuses on WWII. Flying mainly Sunderlands the squadron served principally in the Mediterranean and Atlantic with success and distinction. |
view | |
| 2409 | EVANS, John. Sopwiths to Sunderlands: 210 Squadron 1917 to 1941. 80p., illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1999. ISBN: 1870745086.
A photographic rich squadron history which focuses on their period with Sunderlands. |
view | |
| 2410 | EVANS, John. The Sunderland: Flying Boat Queen. 3 vols. illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1987-2004. ISBN: 1870745000 (Vol.1); 1870745035 (Vol.2); 1870745132 (Vol.3).
A largely photographic record of this famous aircraft. |
view | |
| 2411 | FAHEY, Maureen. Another Day, Another Airman: Jimmy's Story. [iv], 142p., bibliog., illus. Bognor Regis: Woodfield, 2010. ISBN: 1846830945.
The story of the author's successful search to discover the fate of her uncle whose Halifax went missing over the Bay of Biscay in February 1944. |
view | |
| 2412 | FRANKS, Norman L. R. Conflict over the Bay. 284p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1986. ISBN: 1902304098.
An operational diary of Coastal's work in the Bay of Biscay in the May–August 1943 period, laced with survivors' accounts of action. |
view | |
| 2413 | FRANKS, Norman L. R. Dark Sky, Deep Water. vi, 218p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Grub Street, 1997. ISBN: 1898697574. Over a dozen tales of U-boat versus aircraft duels, covering most theatres but concentrating on Coastal Command. Enriched with survivors reminiscences. Republished in 2004, subtitled First Hand Experiences of the Anti-U-Boat War in WWII. ISBN: 1904010636. |
view | |
| 2414 | FRANKS, Norman L. R. Search, Find and Kill: Coastal Command's U-Boat Successes. 168p., illus., index. Bourne End: Aston, 1990. ISBN: 094662755X..
A chronological account within each Coastal Command Group, of every sinking and seriously damaging attack. There is information on aircraft and crew as well as the nature and outcome of the attack. A good reference work. A second edition subtitled The RAF's U-Boat Successes in World War Two was published in 1995 by Grub Street. It is enlarged, revised, and extended. ISBN: 1898697353. |
view | |
| 2415 | FRASER, Donald A. Live to Look Again: Memoirs of a Canadian Pilot with the RAF during World War II. 247p., bibliog., illus., index. Belleville: Mika, 1984. ISBN: 0919303803.
These memoirs include his time in 172 Squadron and involvement in the development of the Leigh Light. |
view | |
| 2416 | GIBBS, Patrick. Torpedo Leader. 206p., frontis. map, London: Grub Street, 1992. ISBN: 0948817569.
Written in 1943 as a sequel to Not Peace But a Sword, this was unpublished for fifty years. It gives an account of his service on the staff in Cairo and then as a flight commander in a Beaufort anti-shipping squadron in Malta in the critical months of 1942. Republished in 2002 in paperback and then in 2008 by Miller Distributors in Malta as Torpedo Leader on Malta (ISSN: 9781902304830). |
view | |
| 2417 | GIBBS, R. P. M. Not Peace but a Sword. 255p. London: Cassell, 1943.
Wing Commander Gibbs recounts his wartime career in torpedo carrying Beauforts on anti-shipping duties. Prior to this he had served at sea with the FAA and trained some of its recruits. Grub Street published a revised version in 1993. ISBN: 0948817682. |
view | |
| 2418 | GOULTER, Christina J. M. A Forgotten Offensive: Royal Air Force Coastal Command’s Anti-Shipping Campaign, 1940–1945. xxx, 366p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Frank Cass, 1995. ISBN: 0714646172. An excellent and exhaustive study of a part of the war neglected and under-resourced at the time and under regarded since. |
view | |
| 2419 | GREAT BRITAIN. Ministry of Information. Coastal Command: The Air Ministry Account of the Part Played by Coastal Command in the Battle of the Seas. 144p., illus. London: HMSO; New York: Macmillan, 1942. A popular booklet aimed at the general public. The American edition was published as a hardcover book. |
view | |
| 2420 | GREAT BRITAIN. Royal Air Force. Despatches on the Operations of Coastal Command, Royal Air Force. iii, 225p. London: Air Ministry, 1950. The official despatches of Air Chief Marshals Bowhill, Joubert de la Ferte, Slessor, and Douglas to May 1945. Declassified in November 1967. |
view | |
| 2421 | HALLEY, James J. Famous Maritime Squadrons of the RAF. Vol. 1. 88p., illus., index. Windsor: Hylton Lacy, 1972. ISBN: 0850641012.
The history of 22 Squadron (torpedo bombers); 201, 202, and 204 Squadrons (flying boats); 206 Squadron (land-based patrol). A glossy but detailed account of each squadron, with WWII well-recorded. |
view |