Coastal Command and the Second World War
dc.contributor.author | Buckley, John | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2019-07-05T12:09:49Z | |
dc.date.available | 2019-07-05T12:09:49Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2018-03-01 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Buckley, J. (2018) Coastal Command and the Second World War, Air Power Review, 21(Spring 2018)(1), pp. 178-201. | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 1463-6298 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/2436/622522 | |
dc.description.abstract | From 1939 to 1945 RAF Coastal Command played a crucial role in maintaining Britain’s maritime communications, thus securing the United Kingdom’s ability to wage war against the Axis powers in Europe. Its primary role was in confronting the German U-boat menace, particularly in the 1940-41 period when Britain came closest to losing the Battle of the Atlantic and with it the war. The importance of air power in the war against the U-boat was amply demonstrated when the closing of the Mid-Atlantic Air Gap in 1943 by Coastal Command aircraft effectively brought victory in the Atlantic campaign. Coastal Command also played a vital role in combating the German surface navy and, in the later stages of the war, in attacking Germany’s maritime links with Scandinavia. | en |
dc.format | application/PDF | en |
dc.language.iso | en | en |
dc.publisher | Centre for Air Power Studies, RAF | en |
dc.relation.url | https://www.raf.mod.uk/what-we-do/centre-for-air-and-space-power-studies/documents1/vol-21-no-1-raf100-special-edition/ | en |
dc.subject | Coastal Command | en |
dc.subject | Royal Air Force | en |
dc.subject | Second World War | en |
dc.title | Coastal Command and the Second World War | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Air Power Review | en |
dc.date.updated | 2019-06-25T12:00:19Z | |
dc.date.accepted | 2018-02-01 | |
rioxxterms.funder | University of Wolverhampton | en |
rioxxterms.identifier.project | UOW050719JB | en |
rioxxterms.version | VoR | en |
rioxxterms.licenseref.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ | en |
rioxxterms.licenseref.startdate | 2019-07-05 | en |
dc.source.volume | 21 | |
dc.source.issue | 1 | |
dc.source.beginpage | 178 | |
dc.source.endpage | 201 | |
refterms.dateFCD | 2019-07-05T12:09:20Z | |
refterms.versionFCD | VoR | |
refterms.dateFOA | 2019-07-05T12:09:49Z |