RAF Coastal Command - The Coastal Defence Aviation (1943)

RAF Coastal Command - Coastal Defense Aviation
1943 1st edition 143 pp.

Propaganda book written in 1943 by the British Ministry of Information for the Air Ministry on the role played by the Coastal Defense Command in the Battle of the Sea between 1939 and 1942.
The book begins with a description of the role of CC seaplanes in locating, tracking and destroying the German battleship Bismark. He then spoke of the organization of command and his close co-operation with the Admiralty.
He reviews various devices such as Anson, Whitley, Liberator, Lerwick, Northrop, Sunderland and Catalina seaplanes. It mentions reconnaissance, patrol, convoy escort, mine and submarine missions.
Many archival photos and very interesting maps.