The tasks faced by Coastal Command during WWII were gigantic, ranging from submarine hunting to convoy protection, attacks on enemy shipping and U-boat pens, to reconnaissance, mine laying, and air-sea rescue. The maritime air war called for men of unusual skills and rare patience, as they often spent 20 hours or more on a mission. During the war Coastal Command and its squadrons of flying boats flew over 240,000 operations, sunk 212 U-boats and destroyed 478,000 tons of shipping.
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