Heroes of Coastal Command
Heroes of Coastal Command Thirty was the number of minutes it took for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. Whilst patrolling the western end of the English Channel, Moore's crew first…
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Heroes of Coastal Command
Thirty was the number of minutes it took for one Coastal Command crew to sink two U-boats. Whilst patrolling the western end of the English Channel, Moore's crew first dispatched U-629, followed, just under thirty minutes later, by U-373. This remarkable achievement was carried out by the crew of Flying Officer Kenneth 'Kayo' Moore in their 224 Squadron Liberator on the evening of 7/8 June 1944.
Throughout the war, its crews worked tirelessly alongside the Royal Navy to keep Britain's vital sea lanes open. The story of this remarkable engagement is just one of many recounted by the author in Heroes of Coastal Command.Established in 1936, Coastal Command was the RAF's only maritime arm. Together, they fought and won the Battle of the Atlantic, with RAF aircraft destroying 212 German U-Boats and sinking a significant tonnage of enemy warships and merchant vessels.Often working