Cinderella Service by Hendrie, Andrew -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Title Page Copyright Page Table of Contents Dedication Preface Acknowledgements Abbreviations and Glossary Introduction The Research CHAPTER ONE - Aircraft

INTRODUCTION THE ROLE OF COASTAL COMMAND AIRCRAFT AVAILABLE AIRCRAFT REQUIREMENTS RANGE ENGINES PRODUCTION AND PROCUREMENT CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER TWO - Armament

DEPTH CHARGES GUNS GUN TURRETS CANNON TORPEDOES BOMBSIGHTS MAD GEAR AND THE MARK 24 ‘MINE’ ROCKET PROJECTILES CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER THREE - Anti-Submarine Warfare 1939–1941

INTRODUCTION 1937–1939 CONVOYS CONCLUSIONS 1940 1941 CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER FOUR - Anti-submarine Warfare 1942–1945

BREMEN OPERATION TORCH CONCLUSIONS 1943 POLITICAL DECISIONS RADAR ARMAMENT AND TACTICS THE LAST NORTH ATLANTIC CONVOY BATTLES THE BAY OF BISCAY THE AZORES SUMMARY–1943 OPERATION OVERLORD THE STRAITS OF GIBRALTAR THE BAY OF BISCAY 1945 CONCLUSIONS EPILOGUE

CHAPTER FIVE - Anti-Shipping Operations–Merchant Shipping

PRELUDE MERCHANT VESSELS THE BLOCKADE-RUNNERS CONCLUSIONS

CHAPTER SIX - Anti-Shipping Operations–Warships

HEAVY WARSHIPS THE CHANNEL DASH E-BOATS CONCLUSIONS EPILOGUE

CHAPTER SEVEN - ‘Cinderella’ Units

AIR-SEA RESCUE PHOTOGRAPHIC RECONNAISSANCE METEOROLOGICAL FLIGHTS

CHAPTER EIGHT - Coastal Command in Retrospect CHAPTER NINE - Conclusions APPENDIX 1 - Coastal Command’s Commanders APPENDIX 2 - Summary of Planned Expansion of RAF, 19 4–1936 APPENDIX 3 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 10 September 1939 APPENDIX 4 - Aircraft in Service with Coastal Command, 10 September 1939 APPENDIX 5 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 1 November 1940 APPENDIX 6 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 15 June 1941 APPENDIX 7 - Coastal Command Aircraft Wastage, September 1939 to June 1941 APPENDIX 8 - Sightings and Attacks on U-boats, September 1939 to June 1941 APPENDIX 9 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 15 June 1942 APPENDIX 10 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 15 October 1942 APPENDIX 11 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, 15 February 1943 APPENDIX 12 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, Establishment, Strength and Availability, 1 March 1943 APPENDIX 13 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, Establishment, Strength and Availability, 1 January 1944 APPENDIX 14 - Distribution Between Anti-U-boat and Anti-Shipping Operations, 1 March 1945 APPENDIX 15 - Coastal Command Order of Battle, Establishment, Strength and Availability, 1 April 1945 APPENDIX 16 - Summary of Coastal Command, 1 April 1945 APPENDIX 17 - Distribution Between Anti-U-boat and Anti-Shipping Operations, 1 April 1945 APPENDIX 18 - U-boats Sunk or Damaged by Coastal-Command-Controlled Aircraft APPENDIX 19 - Enemy-Controlled Ships Sunk or Damaged by Coastal-Command-Controlled Aircraft APPENDIX 20 - Coastal-Command-Control led Aircraft Lost During the Second World War APPENDIX 21 - Coastal Command Casualties, 3 September 1939 to 8 May 1945 Bibliography Notes Index

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