'To Force the Enemy Off the Sea': The Story of the Raf's North Coates Strike Wing

by David Boyd and John Vimpany

This is the story of the RAF anti-shipping Strike Wing based at North Coates in Lincolnshire, whose Beaufighters from 1943 attacked heavily defended German convoys transporting raw materials to Rotterdam. During a little-known but hard-fought two-year campaign, the Wing succeeded in forcing the enemy's ships off the sea.

From the outset of the Second World War, it was clear that the supply of raw materials, in particular high grade iron ore...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1804510858
• ISBN13: 9781804510858
• Release Date: July 2022
• Publisher: Helion & Company
• Length: 142 Pages
• Weight: 0.88 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 7.1" x 9.7"