Articles related to "Coastal Command"

Beauforts entered RAF service as replacements for the elderly Vildebeest torpedo bomber and were involved in many hazardous actions with Coastal Command.

The PBY Catalina was a vital part of Coastal Command's armoury; and in US Navy and RAAF service it is remembered with affection.

The 'Halley' was the second of the RAF four-engine 'Heavies' to become operational and served with distinction alongside the Stirling and Lancaster.

In April1941 F/O Campbell carried out a torpedo strike on the battleship Gneisenau in Brest Harbour. His attack was successful but cost the entire crew their lives.

The versatile B24 did not gain the fame accorded the B17 in US service, but operated with distinction in other Commands.

A review of the Ventura medium bomber, which was intended to replace Bomber Command's obsolescent Blenheims, but was unable to survive in daylight over Occupied Europe.

The 2009 Open Championship will be held on the Ailsa Course at Turnberry, Scotland between July 16-19. Find out more about the course and Turnberry's long, rich history.

At the oubreak of World War 2 the Whitley heavy bomber was near obsolescent but soldiered on in its intended role and in many others.

A review of the Vickers Wellington which carried the attack to Nazi Germany when Britain stood alone.

The story of a doomed operation in February 1942 against impossible odds and the man who became the first Fleet Air Arm winner of the highest recognition for valour.

The angular Hampden offered great advances over an earlier generation of bombers but in the unforgiving arena of air combat it was judged as 'inadequate'.