Pickles, Harold (compiled by), - UNTOLD STORIES OF SMALL BOATS AT WAR - Coastal Forces Veterans Remember.Consort Print, Fareham, 1996, 1st in imprint, paperback, xii, 252pp, half tone photo ills. and cartoons in text, large format (8 x 6" approx.) coloured pictorial wraparound wrappers, a collection of the experiences of members of Coastal Forces, first published in their veterans' in-house newsletter, including brief histories of the clandestine experiences of MGB 318 in 1942-3 (by the compiler and David Birkin, DSC); about the capture and execution of the Norwegian crew of MTB 345 in July 1943; an eight hour sweep by 58th Flotilla MTB's from Lowestoft and their actions against German vessels off the Dutch coast in July 1944; the Bruneval raid of February 1943. etc., with many other accounts from the many theatres of WW2 in which Coastal Forces operated, this 2nd edition contains an extra 20 page account, from Harold Thompson, co-pilot of the USAAF 388th Bombardment Group B-17 Flying Fortress 'Wee Bonnie' based at Knettishall in Suffolk who was shot down over France in September 1943, evaded capture and with help from the French resistance was one of those rescued by MGB 318, lightly rubbed at tips, very good plus, GBP 24.00 [Appr.: EURO 29 US$ 30.44 | JP¥ 4747] Book number 44632is offered by:
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