Mediterranean MTBs at War: Short MTB Flotilla Operations 1939-1945

by Reynolds, L. C.; Cooper, H. F.; Giles, Morgan, Sir

• ISBN13: 9780750922746
• ISBN10: 0750922745
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-04-01
• Publisher: Trafalgar Square

Author Biography

Len Reynolds OBE, DSC, DL, served in MGB 658 for nearly three years during the Second World War, seeing action in the Mediterranean for which he was awarded the DSC. After the war he pursued a career in teaching. Len Lives in Maidenhead.

Table of Contents

List of Maps	p. vii
Foreword	p. ix
Authors' Note	p. xi
Introduction	p. xiii
The 1st MTB Flotilla: Malta and the Return to Home Waters - 1937-9	p. 1
The 10th MTB Flotilla - 1941	p. 13
The 10th and 15th Flotillas - January to September 1942	p. 31
The 10th and 7th Flotillas - October 1942 to July 1943	p. 48
Operation Husky - the Sicilian Campaign: the 7th, 10th, 20th and 24th MTB Flotillas - July to September 1943	p. 68
The 7th, 10th, 20th and 24th MTB Flotillas - September to December 1943	p. 81
The 7th, 10th, 20th and 24th MTB Flotillas - January to September 1944	p. 101
The 7th, 10th and 27th, 20th and 24th Flotillas - September 1944 to May 1945	p. 129
The 28th MTB Flotilla: the Northern Adriatic - January to May 1945	p. 148
A Supplementary History of the 2nd MTB Flotilla in Hong Kong - 1938-41	p. 166
Epilogue	p. 181
Notes	p. 186
Tables: War Losses of Boats; Awards of Decorations; the Mediterranean Flotillas	p. 189
Bibliography	p. 196
Index	p. 199
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