Liberator 995 se nevrátil - 311. čs. bombardovací peruť RAF a příběh osmi letců osádky kapitána Otakara Žanty – Adamec František (2021)

The 311th Czechoslovak Bomber Squadron of the RAF was the only Czechoslovak bombing unit operationally active from the territory of Great Britain during World War II. From September 1940 to April 1942, as part of the British Bomber Command, it targeted objectives in Germany, Italy, and German-occupied territories. Subsequently, until the end of the war in 1945 – as part of the Coastal Command – it undertook naval reconnaissance and anti-submarine warfare tasks. Against the backdrop of the combat activities of the 311th Squadron, the book captures the dramatic life stories of eight Czechoslovak aviators, including a reconstruction of their fateful flight on March 13, 1944, provides extensive information about the Consolidated Liberator aircraft with which the squadron was equipped from the summer of 1943, and discusses the RAF air bases Beaulieu and Predannack in southern England as well as the lives of the aviators at these locations. It also details the operational activities of the squadron, emphasizing the systematic processing of all 43 attacks on submarines and the personnel and aircraft losses incurred. Unique, never-before-published data includes an analytical assessment of the combat capabilities of the Consolidated Liberator aircraft in naval reconnaissance and submarine destruction, as well as precise graphical representations and descriptions of all attacks...