The tasks faced by Coastal Command during WWII were gigantic. These ranged from submarine hunting to convoy protection, attacks on enemy shipping and U-boat pens to reconnaissance, mine laying and air-sea rescue. The maritime air war called for men of unusual skills and rare patience, often spending 20 hours or more on a mission, and extraordinary aircraft such as The Catalinas and Short Sunderlands.During the war, Coastal Command and its squadrons of flying boats, flew over 240,000 operations, sunk 212 U-boats and destroyed 478,000 tons of shipping. 1,777 aircraft... were lost, with 10,875 personnel killed in action. [show more]
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