COASTAL COMMAND IN ACTION 1939-1945 - Archive Photos from the Public Records Office by Nesbit, Roy Conyers

Phoenix Mill 1988, Sutton, UK First edition, hard bound in dust jacket, FINE / FINE CONDITION, 7 x 10, glossy page stock, , 182 pages, approx. 180 photos.----------------------------------------------------------------- RAF Coastal Command played the vital role of patrolling and defending the waters around Great Britain against enemy air and naval forces. These included everything from long-range fighters and patrol aircraft, like the Junkers Ju 88 and Focke Wulf Fw 200 Kondor, to marauding U-boats, E-boats and warships. The aircraft of the Command ranged far and wide, attacking coastal targets in Scandinavia, Germany and enemy-occupied Europe. Many of these strikes were captured on film, providing vivid evidence of the devastating firepower brought to bear against enemy targets by the Command's Mosquitos, Beaufighters and Sunderlands.---------------------------------------------------------------Using the extensive archives held at the Public Record Office, author Roy Nesbit has brought to light a series of remarkable photographs taken by RAF Coastal Command crews in action during the Second World War, illustrating in vivid detail the aircraft and the actions fought by the Command over six years of war. Illustrated with snore than 180 photographs, each accompanied by an exhaustively researched caption, this fascinating book brings to the attention of a wider audience the wartime exploits of RAF Coastal Command.