Coastal Command
(Organisation)
Mentioned in
- Episodes & Studies Volume 2
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. I)
- CHAPTER 1 — The Royal Air Force and Early New Zealand Representation
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Appendix I — Principal Events of the Second World War 1939–42
- CHAPTER 2 — Early Operations from Britain and France
- CHAPTER 3 — Meeting the German Attack
- CHAPTER 4 — The Battle of Britain
- CHAPTER 5 — Bombing and Reconnaissance, 1940
- CHAPTER 7 — Air War at Sea
- CHAPTER 8 — Early Bomber Offensive
- CHAPTER 10 — Increasing New Zealand Participation— Formation of Nos. 485,488, and 489 Squadrons
- CHAPTER 12 — Heavier Bombing Raids—Advent of No. 487 Squadron
- CHAPTER 14 — Battle of the Atlantic, 1942
- CHAPTER 15 — Attacking Enemy Ships With Mine, Bomb and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 17 — Night Fighters, 1942
- Index
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Vol. II)
- CHAPTER 1 — Introduction
- Contents
- List of Illustrations
- Appendix I — PRINCIPAL EVENTS OF THE SECOND WORLD WAR 1943–45
- CHAPTER 2 — Aircraft against U-boat
- CHAPTER 3 — Bomber Command and the Battle of the Ruhr
- CHAPTER 5 — With Mine, Bomb, and Torpedo
- CHAPTER 9 — Prelude to Invasion
- CHAPTER 10 — Normandy
- CHAPTER 12 — Forward to the Rhine
- CHAPTER 13 — Transport and Special Duties
- CHAPTER 15 — Coastal Command Patrols
- CHAPTER 16 — The Last Phase
- CHAPTER 17 — Mission Completed
- Appendix IV — Principal British and German Operational Aircraft (1943–45)
- Bibliography
- Index
- New Zealanders with the Royal Air Force (Volume III)
Image Gallery
.jpg "A Coastal Command Blenheim above an enemy tanker attacked in the North Sea")
.jpg "A German supply ship on fire in a fiord in south-west Norway after a dawn attack by a Coastal Command Beaufort")
.jpg "A Hudson of Coastal Command on a reconnaissance of the Norwegian coast")
.jpg "AIR OPERATIONS—THE INVASION OF NORMANDY")
.jpg "A strike against enemy shipping by Beaufighters of Coastal Command")
.jpg "A Sunderland of Coastal Command on patrol over a convoy of troopships approaching Britain")
.jpg "ATTACKS ON GERMAN SEA COMMUNICATIONS BY BOMBER AND COASTAL COMMANDS")
.jpg "A Whitley of Bomber Command takes off on a leaflet raid. Whitley aircraft were later used by Coastal Command in anti-submarine patrols")
.jpg "Black and white photograph of German U-boat rising to surface of sea")
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Other Collections
The following collections may have holdings relevant to "Coastal Command":
- Dictionary of New Zealand Biography, which has entries for many prominent New Zealanders.
- Archives New Zealand, which has collections of maps, plans and posters; immigration passenger lists; and probate records.
- National Library of New Zealand, which has extensive collections of published material.
- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
- Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa, which has strong holdings in Tāonga Māori, biological holotypes and New Zealand art.
- nzhistory.net.nz, from the History Group of the Ministry for Culture and Heritage.