On 16th March 2004 Queen Elizabeth II dedicated a memorial in the south cloister of Westminster Abbey to RAF Coastal Command. A relief carving in light grey Carrara marble depicts the sky and sea, ...

I volunteered to join the RAF in July 1941, went to Canada for pilot training, and graduated in July 1942 as a Pilot Officer. Earlier that year, in March I was posted to 220 Squadron, Coastal ...

Coastal Command would ultimately help win the Battle of the Atlantic in the face of overwhelming odds. But as a thrilling new book reveals, first they had to combat neglect, underfunding and derision.

The RAAF then formed up a complete No 10 Squadron in the UK, under RAF Coastal Command, to operate their new Sunderlands. Military Aviation History. Short Sunderlands in Australian Service.

Building work began at RAF Winkleigh in 1940 and it, too, was intended as a Coastal Command airfield. However, according to the Devon Airfields website work was not completed until the end of 1942.

It was used by the RAF between 1941 and 1945 and ... The Chivenor base on the northern shore of the River Taw estuary in North Devon was used by the RAF during the war as an RAF Coastal Command ...