Cinderella Boys by Leo McKinstry
In early 1943 Britain faced a struggle for survival as German U-boats ravaged Atlantic supply lines. Churchill turned to the RAF maritime wing, an overlooked, underfunded force known as the Cinderella Service, and equipped it with long-range planes, depth charges, rockets and radar. Coastal Command's transformation forced the U-boats to retreat by summer 1943, helped keep Britain in the war and opened the way to D-Day. McKinstry draws on diaries, log books, official records and interviews to illuminate the pilots, scientists and political risktakers involved.
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- Published
- 2023
- Nationality
- British
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 380
- Original Language
- English
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