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ATLANTIC PATROL'

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A programme on the work of R.A.F. Coastal Command squadrons operating in the Atlantic, illustrated by recordings made at R.A.F. flying-boat stations
Linking material narrated by Edward Ward
The programme written and produced by W. Farquharson Small in collaboration with H. L. Morrow
Not a day of the week goes by without the twenty-seven-ton flying boats of the R.A.F. Coastal Command flying thousands of miles to protect convoys, police the seas, and combat the U-boat menace.
For the last few weeks
W. Farquharson Small has been investigating every side of life in the Coastal Command. In his programme tonight he will present a dramatic picture of what happens, from the moment an air convoy takes off from its base until the moment, many hours later, when, having done its day's work, and flown maybe 1,600 miles, it returns to harbour. The voices of Coastal Command men will be heard, among them that of the pilot who rescued the crew of the Kensington Court.

Contributors

Unknown:
Edward Ward
Produced By:
W. Farquharson Small
Unknown:
H. L. Morrow
Unknown:
W. Farquharson Small

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