[Saunders, Hilary (aka Francis Beeding)], — COASTAL COMMAND.
HMSO, London, 1942, 1st edn., paperback, 143pp, numerous half tone photo ills., printer Sanders Phillips and Co., Baynard Press, London, pictorial wrappers, 9 x 7", side stapled binding, the Air Ministry account of of the part played by Coastal Command in the Arctic, Atlantic and North seas 1939-1942, work which included aerial reconnaissance of enemy coastlines and shipping, attacks with aerial depth charges on submarines and bombs and torpedoes on surface vessels, convoy protection patrols together with search and rescue capabilities, under operational control which includes both RAF and Naval officers, ills. include Sunderland, Hudson, Liberator, Beaufort, Anson, Whitley, Catalina, aerial photos of Boulogne, Dieppe, Cherbourg, St. Nazaire, Brest (and Hipper), etc, slight slant to lightly tanned spine, very good plus,
