FIND THE ENEMY, STRIKE THE ENEMY, PROTECT SHIPPING THE TRIPLE TASK OF COASTAL COMMAND - Men of Coastal Command fight the Battle of the Atlantic. Their "terrain" covers over ten and a half million square miles of sea. It is bounded by a line beyond the Arctic Circle, the Equator, Western Europe and Africa, , Canada and Newfoundland. Over this vast expanse the triple task of the service is to "find the enemy, strike the enemy, protect our shipping". To this purpose they escorted 4947 merchant convoys, attacked 587 U-Boats and flew over 55 millions miles between 3rd September 1939 an
FIND THE ENEMY, STRIKE THE ENEMY, PROTECT SHIPPING THE TRIPLE TASK OF COASTAL COMMAND - Men of Coastal Command fight the Battle of the Atlantic. Their "terrain" covers over ten and a half million square miles of sea. It is bounded by a line beyond the Arctic Circle, the Equator, Western Europe and Africa, , Canada and Newfoundland. Over this vast expanse the triple task of the service is to "find the enemy, strike the enemy, protect our shipping". To this purpose they escorted 4947 merchant convoys, attacked 587 U-Boats and flew over 55 millions miles between 3rd September 1939 and 30th September 1942. Finally, hundres of Allied airmen owe their lives to the air/sea rescue activities of Coastal Command. Survivors of a torpedoed merchantman are brought safely ashore, thanks to the air/sea rescue work of Coastal Command. (Picture issued 1943) , Royal Air Force
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