Monday, May 10, 2010

The Cinderella Service: RAF Coastal Command 1939-1945, Andrew Hendrie.

The Cinderella Service: RAF Coastal Command 1939-1945, Andrew Hendrie.

A complete history of RAF Coastal Command during the Second World War, based on the author's PhD and thus backed by some very impressive original research. Covers the Command's aircraft and weapons as well as the anti-submarine, anti-shipping (both military and merchant) campaigns, and Coastal Command's own 'Cinderella' functions of air-sea rescue, photo-reconnaissance and the meteorological flights [read full review]

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