1943 was the turning point in the Battle of the Atlantic when forces, technologies and tactics turned against Germany’s U-boats. The victory not only secured Britain’s trans-Atlantic lifeline to the United States, but also enabled the vast build-up in military forces in Britain necessary to launch D-Day in 1944. The Allied battle to defeat the U-boat menace was a combined effort by the naval and air forces of several Allied nations, and this is the story of one part during the decisive mid-war period.Nos 10 and 461 Squadrons of the Royal Australian Air Force flew Sunderland flying boats from bases in Wales and Devon as part of RAF Coastal Command;these two squadrons flew long-range daylight missions over the eastern Atlantic, patrolling Britain’s southwest approaches. They hunted and killed U-boats transiting between their mid-Atlantic hunting grounds and their bases in Bordeaux and fought furious air battles over the Bay of Biscay against Luftwaffe Ju 88 long-range fighters tasked specifically with shooting them down. These two Australian squadrons established a combat record..... FHM

• Excellent photographs from the Australian War Memorial collection

• Dramatic air battles over a turbulent sea, hundreds of miles from land and without hope of rescue

• Striking U-boat ‘kills’ as concrete proof of operational successes

• Beautifully illustrated with many rare and unpublished photographs

• Of interest to aviation and military historians, modellers, gamers and flight simulator enthusiasts

ISBN: 978-1-78155-832-4

Publication: 10 December 2020

Price: £30.00/$45.00

Size: 234 x 156 mm

Binding: Hardback

Extent: 320 pages

Illustrations: 38 mono

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