Coastal Command or Bomber Command

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Mr. Campbell discusses his reasons, both practical and personal, for selecting service in Bomber Command over that in Coastal Command.

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I had voiced that I did not really want to go on coastal command. I had other choices. So as it turned out I didn’t go on coastal command, but I ended up on bomber command. Coastal command at the time seemed like it was 8, 10, 12 hour long drawn out trips over the ocean and all the time you’re doing your best to see that periscope trail or whatever indication you could find of mainly U-boats attacking the convoys. And it was a very necessary operation, but I didn’t think it had as many risks or should have had as many risks and... for most of it what I actually wanted to do was more of a fighter bomber tactics rather than heavy bombers, but again you take what you’re given.

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