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This book reveals the vital contribution that RAF Coastal Command made to the Allies war effort. Although often referred to as the 'Cinderella Service' because by its nature, it did not gain the recognition it deserved and was overshadowed by Fighter and Bomber Commands and considering that it was not given priority in terms of aircraft and equipment, its wartime record was second to none.The two main roles of Coastal Command were anti-submarine work in the Atlantic and anti-shipping operations against enemy warships and merchant vessels. This work looks at every aspect of the command's work, equipment and aircraft and draws upon many first-hand accounts. Lengthy and comprehensive appendices cover Orders of Battle, Commanders, U boats sunk, ships sunk, aircraft losses and casualties.

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Pen & Sword Aviation
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19 July 2007
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"What this book achieves is a look at every aspect of Coastal Command's work including equipment and aircraft and draws upon many first-hand accounts.information becomes available with comprehensive appendices covering Order of Battle (including in some cases FAA squadrons'lent' for Coastal Command duties, Commanders, U Boats and Ships Sunk, Aircraft Losses and the Command's Casualties. To these valuable references in added a first class Bibliography. This is a paperback reprint, albeit very well produced with pictures which will be new to many plus Maps and a Glossary. Excellent value, excellent material and hugely useful to the historian, amateur or otherwise."--Fleet Air Arm Officers' Association --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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Andrew Hendrie has had several books published on WWII aviation including The Hudson and The Sunderland. He served in Coastal Command from 1939 and flew operationally from 1942 to 1945. This book is based on a thesis that he completed for a PhD just prior to his recent death. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B00DN5TYQA
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Pen & Sword Aviation; Reprint edition (19 July 2007)
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 8422 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 575 pages

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Steve352

An academic review of Coastal Command from one who served at the sharp end.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 5 February 2017

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This is a book which is based on the authors academic work as an adult student doing a degree course relating to his own war time experiences in the UK's Coastal Command during WWII. As such it fills a gap left by the lack of an official history of Coastal Command, proof of the author's assertion in the title. It is a very factual work, full of appendices, lists and references, and unfortunately is therefore a very 'dry' read. It also repeats the same information ad-infinitum, to the point where you find yourself anticipating the examples about to be used, and the same names cropping up repeatedly in respect of policy and management of the service. It lacks much detail about the writer's own experiences and operations, which I wanted to read more about, but it does set out the full strategic situation Coastal Command were operating under, hence the title of the book. This is a book for those with WWII academic interests, and in that regard it does show how near the UK came to defeat in the battle of the Atlantic, and the horrendous losses our services and the aircrew from around the Commonwealth endured to win through. As one of the men who put his life on the line constantly through that period, and faced horrendous odds against survival, I applaud him for that service and writing this book, but would love to see a version written from his personal experience directly - like a diary dramatisation perhaps. I would certainly buy a copy!

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Overdue recognition

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 December 2016

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This modestly priced book shines a light on a fighting force of WWII that rarely receives attention - Coastal Command. In action from the beginning to the end of the war, the men of this branch of the Royal Air Force often flew and fought under weather conditions that could be as big a danger as the enemy. The aircraft they used varied in suitability, with early types not being particularly well adapted to the specific needs of this theatre of war. The author can speak about all this with authority, being a Coastal Command war veteran himself.

The book follows Coastal Command under its four wartime commanders-in-chief, surveying the developments (and new challenges) that successive stages of the war brought. There is much more emphasis on aircraft and tactics than there is about the men who fought - although a number of individual exploits are given well-deserved attention. So the book may come across to some as a little dry, with more emphasis on facts and figures than people.

If you are interested in WWII aviation, this book is highly recommended as a change from coverage (albeit essential) of Fighter Command and Bomber Command.

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Very boring!!!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 11 January 2019

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Was hoping for some exciting storied detailing some of the VCs won by Coastal Command and the low level sorties against shipping around Norway, the Dutch Coast and in the Mediterranean! Frustratingly these are all mentioned in the book but never expanded on. Instead we have loads and loads of dull politics and constant repeats of the same information every few chapters, to such a degree I had to check I'd not lost my place? Very dissapointing and lots of lost time I will never get back! BORING READ DON'T BOTHER!

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D. O'Mahony

INTERESTING

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 18 June 2013

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This is a book that fills in a lot of gaps in WWII RAF aviation history which I found very interesting, especially the details of some of the minutes of meetings where decisions were made, that in hind-sight seem odd to say the least. Actually I caught myself wondering how the Battle of the Atlantic was won, with some of the decisions. the book details the equipment, armament etc used by Coastal Command and other lists all very interesting.

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Maureen A.

A great account of how much we owe to Coastal Command

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 April 2017

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My husband said this was a revelation since the main publicity from the war is mainly about the "fighters" and the "bombers"

A great account of how much we owe to Coastal Command

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Skipper

A BIG HOORAY FOR UNSUNG WW2 HEROES

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 23 November 2016

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This fine author aptly described the heroics of the flyers in RAF Coastal Command in WW2 as the 'Cinderella' service who so ably defending UK ships and shores against German Warships, Planes and Uboats without much recognition or the most up-to-date equipment.

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Andy Pat

Well written but I was really looking for something a bit more like a novel.

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 1 March 2017

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Interesting history of the service, get's a bit too caught up on detail which I didn't need to know.
Well written though and provides a very complete account - as I don't doubt was the authors intent, I was after something a bit more like an historic novel.
A useful addition to the historic narrative of the war.

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Mr. J. J. Simcock

very enlightening and outlining to difficulties encountered by our brave ...

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 26 June 2017

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very enlightening and outlining to difficulties encountered by our brave servicemen at the time and the frustrations too of those in command

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