Title: Stalking the U-boat : USAAF offensive antisubmarine operations in World War II /
Authors: Schoenfeld, Maxwell Philip, 1936-
Publisher: Smithsonian Institution Press,
Year: 1995
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, American.; Antisubmarine aircraft United States.; World War, 1939-1945 Naval operations Submarine.
Abstract: "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."--BOOK JACKET.
Contents: The first aeronautic detachment -- Progress report : September 1917-March 1918 -- Under the gun : NAS Dunkirk 1917-1918 -- The French coastal unit -- Progress report : March-September 1918 -- Spinning the spider web : naval aviation in England -- The Irish bases -- On duty, off duty : the work and life of the station -- Gasbags : development of the Navy LTA program -- Sunny Italy : naval aviation in the Mediterranean -- The Northern Bombing Group -- Till it's over, over there : September 1918-April 1919.