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RAF Coastal Command flew the long anti-submarine and convoy-escort patrols of the Battle of the Atlantic. Its records form series AIR 15 at The National Archives, Air Ministry and Admiralty: Coastal Command: Registered Files, described in the catalogue as “files relating to the organization, planning, equipment and operations of Coastal Command”. The series spans 1930 to 1974, as the catalogue gives it.
The Command is commemorated at North Berwick, overlooking the Firth of Forth, in a record held separately here.
What this page does not claim
- This page does not claim a complete roster of the Command. It lists only the people this archive holds.
- It does not claim that any individual named here appears in AIR 15. The reference establishes that the Command's file series exists and what it covers.
- The operational claims on the memorial record — U-boats sunk, the Bismarck sighting, 10,875 aircrew dead — are quoted there from that memorial and are not independently verified here.
- The catalogue entry was captured from the archive's public interface, not from the documents.
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Commemorated at
- RAF Coastal Command Memorial — North Berwick
FROM THE RECORD“Overlooking the Firth of Forth at North Berwick stands the Scottish national memorial to RAF Coastal Command, whose crews flew the long anti-submarine and convoy-escort patrols of the Battle of the Atlantic.”
Personnel
- Jan Novak
FROM THE RECORD“He served as a navigator with No. 311 Czechoslovak Squadron, initially on Coastal Command anti-submarine patrols and later on Bomber Command operations over Germany.”
- Reginald Clark
FROM THE RECORD“Wing Commander Reginald Clark flew Sunderland flying boats with RAF Coastal Command, patrolling vast stretches of the Atlantic for U-boats.”
- Seamus O'Hara
FROM THE RECORD“Flying Officer Seamus O'Hara from Belfast was a navigator aboard Consolidated Liberator aircraft with 120 Squadron, RAF Coastal Command.”
Sources
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