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Stalking the U-boat : USAAF offensive antisubmarine operations in World War II
- Title
- Stalking the U-boat : USAAF offensive antisubmarine operations in World War II / Max Schoenfeld.
- Author
- Schoenfeld, Maxwell Philip, 1936-
- Publication
- Washington : Smithsonian Institution Press, ©1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Use in library | D790 .S38 1995 | Off-site |
Details
- Description
- xii, 231 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm.
- Summary
- "Stalking the U-Boat recounts the vital but untold story of the U.S. Army Air Forces' antisubmarine operations against German U-boats during the crisis of the Battle of the Atlantic in late 1942 and 1943. During this period, the 479th and 480th USAAF Antisubmarine Groups, deployed to England and North Africa, worked with the Royal Air Force to stop German Admiral Doenitz's raiders before they could prey on Allied commerce and supply routes in the shipping corridors of the North Atlantic."--BOOK JACKET. "Although the Americans scored some notable successes against U-boats, the Luftwaffe would become by mid-1943 a major enemy contesting the air over the Bay of Biscay and off the coast of Portugal. By the end of 1943, the U.S. Navy assumed sole American responsibility for antisubmarine warfare, but not before USAAF planes and men had made a distinctive contribution to the battle at sea."--Jacket.
- Series Statement
- Smithsonian history of aviation series
- Uniform Title
- Smithsonian history of aviation series
- Subject
- 1939-1945
- World War, 1939-1945 > Aerial operations, American
- Antisubmarine aircraft > United States
- World War, 1939-1945 > Naval operations > Submarine
- Antisubmarine aircraft
- Military operations, Aerial > American
- Military operations, Naval > Submarine
- Luftwaffe
- Unterseebootkrieg
- Geschichte 1942-1943
- United States
- Atlantischer Ozean
- USA
- Genre/Form
- Government publications – United States.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Contents
- A strategic antisubmarine force -- The 480th antisubmarine group in the United Kingdom -- 480th group operations from the United Kingdom -- Transition: from St. Eval to Port Lyautey -- The 480th antisubmarine group in North Africa -- Climax in July: 480th group operations off the Iberian Peninsula -- Final innings: the 480th group's last operations -- The 479th antisubmarine group in the United Kingdom -- The hunters become the hunted: 479th group aerial combats -- Conclusions -- Appendixes. Assessments of antisubmarine group attacks on u-boats ; 480th antisubmarine group operations ; Cumulative records of the 480th antisubmarine group, November 16, 1942-September 25, 1943 ; Aircraft losses and aircrew casualties ; Combats with enemy aircraft ; How radar works ; The dangers of ASW flying.
- ISBN
- 1560984031
- 9781560984030
- LCCN
- 93041041
- OCLC
- ocm29387846
- 29387846
- SCSB-2039706
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library