Approaching Drumbeat Unheard
Scale Aircraft Modelling|August 2021
The US Navy abdicates its ASW role to the US Army in 1942
Jim Burridge
Approaching Drumbeat Unheard

In January 1942 Germany despatched five U-boats to attack shipping along the Atlantic coast of the United States in a deployment called ‘Operation Drumbeat.’ The US Navy was completely incapable of defending against the onslaught, lacking the ships, aircraft, and trained personnel.

The US Army Air Corps’ war against the U-boats can be divided into three elements. The first was countering the submarine threat to the East and Gulf coasts. The targets were ships on their way to East Coast ports to join transatlantic convoys to England. They carried food and raw materials (bauxite, lumber, concrete, oil, gasoline) and the cargoes were desperately needed to sustain the war effort against Germany. The first five submarines sank twenty-five ships, and by June 1942, 171 ships had been sunk off the East Coast. Patrick Beesly, a Royal Navy intelligence officer who liaised with the US Navy, wrote at the time that, ‘It is all the more galling because this holocaust could have been largely avoided if only the US Navy had been prepared to learn from the bitter experience of the British and the Canadians, gained in nearly two and a half years of war and freely imparted to them since 1940.’

On March 12 Prime Minister Churchill complained to President Roosevelt ‘I am most deeply concerned at the immense sinking of tankers west of the 40th meridian and in the Caribbean Sea. The situation is so serious that drastic action of some kind is necessary.’ March’s tally was forty-nine ships.

Bu hikaye Scale Aircraft Modelling dergisinin August 2021 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

Bu hikaye Scale Aircraft Modelling dergisinin August 2021 sayısından alınmıştır.

Start your 7-day Magzter GOLD free trial to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 9,000+ magazines and newspapers.

SCALE AIRCRAFT MODELLING DERGISINDEN DAHA FAZLA HIKAYETümünü görüntüle
Mustard
Scale Aircraft Modelling

Mustard

BAC's Low Speed Research Vehicle

time-read
2 dak  |
April 2023
KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV (KP) 1 Was Monty's Triple'
Scale Aircraft Modelling

KOVOZAVODY PROSTEJOV (KP) 1 Was Monty's Triple'

Brian Derbyshire

time-read
5 dak  |
November 2022
SPECIAL HOBBY SAAB J-21A Review
Scale Aircraft Modelling

SPECIAL HOBBY SAAB J-21A Review

From the late 1930s and early 1940s, with thewar in Europe raging around them andedging ever closer to its borders, the Flygvapnet had ordered Seversky P-35A aircraft, alongside Vultee Vanguards, but only sixty of the former and none of the latter were received.

time-read
8 dak  |
November 2022
VFR MODELS Beagle B.121 Pup
Scale Aircraft Modelling

VFR MODELS Beagle B.121 Pup

This is the first 3D printed kit I have come across and it is really rather fine.

time-read
3 dak  |
November 2022
Hearts in the sky RIAT RETURNS
Scale Aircraft Modelling

Hearts in the sky RIAT RETURNS

After a nearly three-year hiatus RIAT returned to our skies with a hot show in every sense of the word. SAM’s Mike Verier and Ray Ball were there.

time-read
2 dak  |
November 2022
Colour Conundrum
Scale Aircraft Modelling

Colour Conundrum

A Cancellation Conundrum - The RAF F-111s That Might Have Been Part 1

time-read
10+ dak  |
November 2022
COPPER CAUDRON Caudron G.Ill in 1/32
Scale Aircraft Modelling

COPPER CAUDRON Caudron G.Ill in 1/32

Copper State Models have carved a name for themselves in the last few years producing high quality plastic kits of  World War One subjects.

time-read
10 dak  |
November 2022
Academy RF-8A Crusader Conversion in 1/72
Scale Aircraft Modelling

Academy RF-8A Crusader Conversion in 1/72

USMC squadron VMCJ-2 used six RF-8As during the Crisis (designation F8U-1P until September 1962), with others held in reserve, two flying out of Guantanamo Bay, and four out of NAS Key West.

time-read
10+ dak  |
November 2022
The Cuban Missile Crisis
Scale Aircraft Modelling

The Cuban Missile Crisis

Modelling US reconnaissance assets in 1/72 Part 2: The Nuclear Confrontation

time-read
9 dak  |
November 2022
UKRAINIAT striker
Scale Aircraft Modelling

UKRAINIAT striker

The Sukhoi Su-24 is an all-weather attack aircraft capable of supersonic speeds and characterised by its side-by-side pilot/navigator seating and its variable geometry wing.

time-read
4 dak  |
November 2022