Talk:RAF Coastal Command

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I deleted this:

"The widespread introduction of sea-search radar enabled these planes to find their targets with greater ease, and soon the U-boats were being attacked throughout the Western Approaches."

H₂S (ASV) was never "widespread" in Coastal Command, given the demands of Bomber Command, which was largely incapable of hitting Essen on a dark night until 1944 when the Pathfinders appeared. (I don't exaggerate. Not much.) I rewrote some of the rest to reflect the real case more accurately. I'd del the Beau entire, by choice; I'm unaware of her being important. VLRs were crucial; a single squadron in Gander in 1940 could have cut losses to U-boats roughly in half (perhaps more; I'd have to do more research than the sources I have at hand permits.) (RAF had a solution in hand, but that could fall under "original research".) I can't date the introduction of 10 Squadron RCAF offhand; can somebody? To be clear, DF & air intercept was more important than radar & Ultra, despite the propaganda; radar was 3d in rank of importance. Sources? For starters, Deighton, Bomber; Saward, Bomber Harris; Harris' autobio/memoir; Bowen, Radar Days; van der Vat, Atlantic Campaign; Milner, North Atlantic Run; Middlebrook, Convoy; R V Jones, Most Secret War; Chalenge of War; Terraine, Right of the Line; Lyall, TWITA; Price, Aircraft v Submarine. There are others don't immediately come to mind. BTW, if you're wondering, this isn't my specialty; ask me about the Pacific subwar. It's just, Wikipedia coverage of air ASW is abysmal. I didn't even need to look this up. Trekphiler 22:03, 21 December 2005 (UTC)