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| 2442 | PADBURY, Andy. My War: How I Survived in the RAF without Being a Hero. [160]p., illus. Braunton: Merlin, 1990. ISBN: 086303523X.
A Coastal Command autobiography. He describes his wartime service from his early days as a wireless operator and mechanic to his experiences as a Signals leader with the rank of Flight Lieutenant. He served with 210 Squadron and 190 Squadron on his first tour and 280 Squadron on his second. |
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| 2443 | PARSONS, Reg. Z for Zebra. 189p., illus. London: Minerva, 1999. ISBN: 0754107442.
Parsons joined the RAF in 1941 as a Flight Mechanic and after training joined a Sunderland crew. He flew cover for Arctic and Atlantic convoy operations from Oban before joining a squadron in Ceylon which moved to Burma as the Japanese retreated. An interesting tale. |
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| 2444 | POOLMAN, Kenneth. Flying Boat: The Story of the Sunderland. 208p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1962.
The first half of the book covers WWII and the spectacular career of the Flying Porcupine. |
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| 2445 | QUINN, John. Wings over the Foyle: A History of Limavady Airfield. 149p., bibliog., illus., index. Belfast: World War II Irish Wreckology Group, 1995. ISBN: 0952549603.
A local history group interested in aircraft wrecks provides an operational history of the Coastal Command activity from this Northern Irish base. |
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| 2446 | QUINN, John, & REILLY, Alan. Covering the Approaches: The War Against the U-Boats. Limavady and Ballykelly's Role in the Battle of the Atlantic. xiv, 132p., bibliog., illus. Coleraine: World War II Irish Wreckology Group, 1997. ISBN: 0948154896.
Squadron histories laced with reminiscence. |
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| 2447 | RAWLINGS, John D. R. Coastal, Support and Special Squadrons of the RAF and Their Aircraft. 270p., illus. London: Jane's, 1982. ISBN: 0710601875.
A comprehensive reference guide. |
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| 2448 | RAYNER, Ted. Coastal Command Pilot 1939- 1945. 264p., illus. Fontwell: Woodfield, 1994. ISBN: 1873203292.
He was called up in 1939 as one of the RAFVR. After training he joined 220 Squadron of Coastal Command flying Hudsons in September 1940. In mid-1941 he moved to a training unit. He moved back to an operational role in 1942 with 269 Squadron based in Iceland. He then returned to the role of instructor first in Northern Ireland then at Leuchars in 1944. At the end of the year he moved to a staff appointment at Northwood then in mid-1945 returned to being an instructor until he was demobbed in early 1946. A fairly bland but interesting account. |
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| 2449 | REGAN, Chris. S for Sugar: A Tribute to the Life of Kenneth Roy 'Titch' Regan. 52p., illus. Minster: author, 2002.
A biography of his father. He enlisted in late 1940 and trained as a wireless operator. He flew with 59 Squadron based at Aldergrove in Northern Ireland. |
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| 2450 | ROBERTSON, B. Beaufort Special. 80p., illus. London: Ian Allan, 1976. ISBN: 0711006679.
An illustrated view of the main anti-shipping aircraft. |
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| 2451 | ROBINSON, Ken. Dice on Regardless: The Story of an RAF Sunderland Pilot. xiv, 187p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Leach, 1993. ISBN: 1873050119.
After training in the US, the author was posted to Pembroke Dock as a second pilot and then moved on to endless patrols based in West Africa. In 1944 he spent most of his time as a ferry pilot. An unusual view of the war. |
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| 2452 | SANDERS, James. Of Wind and Water: A Kiwi Pilot in Coastal Command. [xii], 146p., illus., index. Shrewsbury: Airlife, 1989. ISBN: 1853100692.
An autobiography with the story of a full wartime career with notable service in the Mediterranean and later anti-shipping strikes off Scandinavia. |
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| 2453 | SCHOFIELD, Ernest, & NESBIT, Roy Conyers. Arctic Airmen: The RAF in Spitsbergen and North Russia in 1942. 253p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1987. ISBN: 1862272913.
A participant's account of 210 Squadron's epic Catalina flights to the North Pole, in support of forces occupying Spitsbergen, and in support of the Arctic convoys. |
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| 2454 | SCOTT, S. R. Battle-Axe Blenheims: No. 105 Squadron at War 1940–41. 235p., bibliog., illus., index. London: Sutton, 1996. ISBN: 0750911263.
A full account of their anti-shipping strikes in the Channel and North Sea then in the Mediterranean based on Malta. |
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| 2455 | SEYMOUR, Mike & BALDERSON, Bill. To the Ends of the Earth: 210 Squadron's Catalina Years, 1941-1945. 104p., illus. Pembroke Dock: Paterchurch, 1999. ISBN: 1870745086.
Very detailed day-by-day account of four years of war by a flying-boat squadron, from the Arctic to the Atlantic, from the Mediterranean to the Bay of Biscay. |
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| 2456 | SLESSOR, John. The Central Blue: Recollections and Reflections. xiv, 709p., illus., index. London: Cassell, 1956; New York: Praeger, 1957.
Slessor commanded Coastal in 1943–44 when the Atlantic Battle was at its peak. |
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| 2457 | SMITH, Peter C. The Last Flying Boat: ML 814-Islander: Around the World in Fifty Years. 224p., illus., index. Southampton: Ensign, 1993. ISBN: 1854550837.
Looks at the career of one Sunderland in great detail. |
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| 2458 | SOUTHALL, Ivan. They Shall Not Pass Unseen. vii, 214p., illus. Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1956
The war history of 461 Squadron RAAF, which flew Sunderlands in the battle of the Atlantic. The highlights of these years are dramatically reconstructed. |
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| 2459 | SPOONER, A. In Full Flight 272p., illus., index. London: Macdonald, 1965.
An enjoyable account of 25 years of flying. Particularly interesting for a long account of his service in Malta, working with Force K. Reprinted by Wingham Press in 1991 (ISBN: 1873454058). |
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| 2460 | SPOONER, Tony. Coastal Ace: The Biography of Squadron Leader Terence Malcolm Bulloch, DSO and bar, DFC and bar. 205p., illus., index. London: Kimber, 1986. ISBN: 0718306252.
The most successful pilot in Coastal, he sank four U-boats, damaged three others and logged over 4,500 hours of operational flying. |
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| 2461 | SPRIGG, T. Stanhope. Battleships with Wings. 32p., illus. London: Collins, [1942].
A brief look at the work of Coastal Command. |
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