The elegant Sunderland was the RAF's staple maritime patrol aircraft throughout WW2. Crucial in the Battle of the Atlantic, the Sunderland was instrumental in defeating the U-Boat menace which threatened to starve the UK into submission. Nicknamed the Flying Porcupine due to its heavy armoury of 14 guns, the Sunderland proved an immediate success in battle. Aside from its worldwide use with the RAF, it saw action with the RAAF, RNZAF and RCAF. This is the first book devoted to the Sunderland's WW2 service to be published in over a decade.
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Osprey's Combat series combines the best archival photography available with specially commissioned artworks and first hand accounts, making these books favourites amongst historians, modellers and aviation enthusiasts everywhere.
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Jon Lake’s most recent work for Osprey was the well-received Combat Aircraft volume on the Blenheim. Jon Lake is one of Britains leading journalists and historians, and secretary of the Freelance Aviation Journalists Association.
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Between the wars, the RAF relied on a succession of ungainly looking biplane flying boats for maritime patrol duties, though their role tended to be as much about colonial policing, 'showing the flag' and anti-piracy patrols, as it was about Fleet co-operation and anti-submarine warfare. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
submarine claims, dark sea grey, fin flash, tail turret, transport role, surface raiders, unit disbanded, frontline service, code prefix, flying boats, patrol aircraft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coastal Command, Andy Thomas, Pembroke Dock, Phil Jarrett, Mount Batten, Royal Navy, West Africa, Sqn Sunderland, Bomber Command, Castle Archdale, Far East, Bruce Robertson, Flg Off, Sullom Voe, Indian Ocean, Imperial Airways, Lough Erne, Fig Off, Air Ministry, Kai Tak, Korean War, Vichy French, Flying Boat Training Squadron, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone New!
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Between the wars, the RAF relied on a succession of ungainly looking biplane flying boats for maritime patrol duties, though their role tended to be as much about colonial policing, 'showing the flag' and anti-piracy patrols, as it was about Fleet co-operation and anti-submarine warfare. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
submarine claims, dark sea grey, fin flash, tail turret, transport role, surface raiders, unit disbanded, frontline service, code prefix, flying boats, patrol aircraft Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Coastal Command, Andy Thomas, Pembroke Dock, Phil Jarrett, Mount Batten, Royal Navy, West Africa, Sqn Sunderland, Bomber Command, Castle Archdale, Far East, Bruce Robertson, Flg Off, Sullom Voe, Indian Ocean, Imperial Airways, Lough Erne, Fig Off, Air Ministry, Kai Tak, Korean War, Vichy French, Flying Boat Training Squadron, Northern Ireland, Sierra Leone New!
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- World War Two by David Zimmerman in Back Matter
- Wings of the Dawning by Arthur Banks in Back Matter
- The Short Sunderland by Chaz Bowyer in Back Matter
- Kensington Court by Carol Smith on page 19
- The Battle of the Atlantic by Bernard Ireland on page 25
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