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(More customer reviews)Until this book I had no idea that Coastal Command flew any B-17's. Most of the accounts of Coastal Command talk about the earlier shorter ranged planes such as the Lockheed Hudson and the Short Sunderland. Then they move directly to their replacement by the B-24. Little known was the use of the B-17 as described in this book.
Coastal Command had several requirements for their patrol planes that couldn't be met by the standard B-17. These requirements included more fuel for longer range, less bomb load, fewer guns. In order to maximize their production runs, Boeing built only standard B-17's. These were then flown to the Cheyenne (Wyoming) Modification Center operated by United Airlines.
In another unknown incident described in the book, a United modified B-17 set up for very high altitude operation and very long range made a recon flight over Japan taking pictures to be used in planning the Doolittle Raid.

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Rejected as a bomber by the RAF, the B-17 was used extensively as a long-range maritime reconnaissance aircraft by Coastal Command.This book tells the fascinating story of these operations, a vital but often overlooked part of the fight against the U-Boats.All the aircraft involved are listed, and the tedious but essential work of their crews described, including some epic encounters with enemy submarines.Fully illustrated with many wartime photos, and scale plans of the airframe modifications.Full color profiles of representative aircraft.returncharacterreturncharacter returncharacterreturncharacter REVIEWS returncharacterreturncharacter"...cannot recommend this book highly enough¬¬-well written, virtually error free, comprehensive, and not just a rehash of over published information. It is a significant contribution to the slender volume of knowledge about RAF Coastal Command and a useful addition to the wealth of information available on the B-17 and Battle of the Atlantic." IPMS, 10/2010

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