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1944
1944 - 0545.PDF
MARCH I6TH, 1944 G HT NO QUEUEING : Tunny fish lying dead on the surface after a depth charge attack long-range day and night patrols, carried out in fine o; foul weather over thousands of square miles of ocean, by the aircraft of Coastal Command. Range has ever ex tended. Our Ansons used to fly in the direction of the Bay of Biscay, and felt themselves a long way from home when off Ushant. The Liberators of to-day, with 2,600 gallons of fuel on board, can patrol half-way across the Atlantic or spend hours over the Bay of Biscay, and, if the"weather turns "dud" at the home station, they can l>e routed to land at Gibraltar, the Azores or in Northern Ireland. Light Under a Bushel Because of the essentially secret nature of the opera tions, Coastal Command stations have hitherto not wel comed publicity with open arms, but a few days ago we were invited to visit one of the most important in the Depth charges from a Short Sunderland envelop a German U-boat country. Much of what was shown us must, for security reasons, remain secret, but a general idea of the work of the station can be given The tasks required of the^irii/raft inUJWe anti-submarine patrols to catch the U-boat^Tiocetffmjl torrid from their' ' * irt> OIL ON THE LESS TROUBLED WATERS : The telltale ring of fuel oil on the surface as it rises from a sunken submarine.
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