The Cinderella Service
Aug 30, 2019•34 min
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Episode description
The Cinderella Service: Australians in Coastal Command 1939–45.
Discover the story of 5,000 Australian airmen who undertook grueling maritime patrols with the Royal Air Force Coastal Command. Battling the German Submarines which threatened to blockade Britain, the men made an essential; contribution to the Allied effort during the war’s longest continuous campaign, the Battle of the Atlantic.
Speakers:
Air Vice-Marshal Chris Spence AO (Retd), Chairman of Shrine Trustees
Mr Robin Scott, Minister for Veterans
Wing Commander Colin Smith, Commanding Officer No. 10 Squadron
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