The british Costal Command -1945 (2 of 4)&fmt=18

Nearly all of Coastal Commands aircraft were obsolete in 1939 like the Avro Anson, and only slowly new types were on the way: The Short Sunderland and the american Lockheed Hudson and PBY Catalina. Other commands had to do part of the duties with Bristol Blenheims and heavier aircraft. When the battle of the Atlantic began, the main task was to keep the sealanes open for convoys carrying vital supplies. But Coastal Command wasn't able to patrol the Atlantic far enough to the west, and out there were rich hunting grounds for the german u-boats, until a suitable aircraft became available: The american B-24 Liberator.

Carl Vendler

Category:

Education

Tags:

• history
• Coastal
• Command
• Sunderland
• Catalina
• Liberator

[nordicberserk]

put &fmt=18 into the URL to improve quality.

[Olfux]

Sounds interesting, but how do I do it? Can you give me an example?

[Olfux]

Thank you very much, I'll certainly try it.

[nordicberserk]

just cut and paste &fmt=18 onto the end of any YouTube URL and sound and picture quality will improve, how much varies from video to video, but there will generally be an improvement

[liljgoneman]

courage AND humility.... we all owe these gentlemen a great debt. the world could have turned out far differently but for their sacrifices..

[svendler2]

Very interesting clips. Beautiful pictures. Wonderful planes. And those nice, elderly men being interviewed, who used to be some helluwa guys in their day...