Welcome to our brand new Coastal Command series.
This is Chapter 1 – ‘Constant Endeavour (The Overview)’.
In this chapter we take a strategic view of Coastal Command; how it entered the war, delivered with inadequate equipment, honed its success strategies, and helped to turn the course of the air war.
Daily inspection for a Liberator III of No 224 Squadron at Beaulieu in Hampshire, December 1942. Copyright: © IWM
As you will hear from this discussion with Ben Kite, there is a much wider context for the successful outcome of the Battle for the Atlantic and the anti-shipping strike campaign.
Two Armstrong Whitworth Whitley Mark Vs (Z6968, ‘WL-J’ furthest), of No. 612 Squadron RAF, lined up beside the runway at Reykjavik, Iceland. The Air Ministry censor has obliterated the ASV radar aerials atop the fuselage of Z6968. Copyright: © IWM
Recorded October 2021
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Ben Kite
• Website: https://ben-kite.com/
• Helion Books: https://www.helion.co.uk/military-history-books/britain-and-the-commonwealths-war-in-the-air-1939-1945-volume-1-through-adversity.php
• Twitter: https://twitter.com/benkite1
Coastal Command and Maritime Air Association
• Website: http://www.griffon.clara.net/ccmaa/ccmaa_master.htm
• Costal Command Memorial Westminster Abbey: https://www.westminster-abbey.org/abbey-commemorations/commemorations/raf-coastal-command
• The Shackleton Association : https://www.thegrowler.org.uk/
• The Air Sea Rescue & Marine Craft Section Club – https://asrmcs-club.com/
Other useful links
- RAF in the Maritime War – At the time of recording the following were being digitised. The links below are the completed fully digitised versions. They are exceptional reading on RAF Coastal Command Operations from the AIR HISTORICAL BRANCH THE SECOND WORLD WAR: CAMPAIGN NARRATIVES:
- RAF in Maritime War Vol I The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Prelude April 1918 – September 19397 MB
- RAF in Maritime War Vol II The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Defensive Phase September 1939 – June 19410 MB
- RAF in Maritime War Vol III The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Preparation Phase July 1941 February 19437 MB
- RAF in Maritime War Vol IV The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Offensive Phase Feb 1943 – May 1944 [Narrative]1MB
- RAF in Maritime War Vol IV The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Offensive Phase Feb 1943 – May 1944 [Appendices and Maps]30 MB
- RAF in Maritime War Vol V The Atlantic and Home Waters, The Victorious Phase, June 1944 – May 1945 42.7 MB
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