America's Homefront Air War, The Civil Air Patrol Against German Submarines In World War Ii

the untold facts of the successful, armed civilian lightplane retaliation to the invasion of America's East Coast.

Plot

The true, untold facts of World War II's most improbable air force, the Civil Air Patrol's defense of America's East Coast, 1942-1943. During World War II, CAP was seen as a way to use America's civilian aviation resources to aid the war effort instead of grounding them. The organization assumed many missions including anti-submarine patrol and warfare, border patrols, and courier services. During World War II CAP's coastal patrol flew 24 million miles, found 173 enemy U-boats, attacked 57, hit 10 and sank two.