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A Short Sunderland of No 422 Squadron, based at Pembroke Dock, sweeps the English Channel in search of enemy shipping threats. Initially operating with impunity, the German U-boats came close to severing the vital supply lines between the USA and Britain: had they succeeded the Allied invasion of Europe could not have happened.
At the vanguard of the country's defence was the Short Sunderland. With the range required to operate over the Atlantic, it was rapidly equipped with the electronic detection and weapons systems needed to give the convoys effective protection and turn the tide against the U-boats. The crews became unsung heroes of World War II; gruelling 12 hour missions being typical, often in terrible weather and with little hope of rescue if they ran into problems.
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