60 • Analysis of the Blimp and Its Contributions Channels 2023 tnheianrgl sy at hl last o ut hrec e sb lai mg rpe e euxpc eolns, na ta mt heal yt edne edmu readn ceef, f ibcui et nitf tf oh ro s Ne atvhyi n gs st a anrdea rndost, tsht ue dnyt, heef fye catriev eonf ens os wi mi l pl bo er teavnacleu. aItne dt hbiys tf oh remsat annc de .aTr dhse obfl i mc opnst’r ci bounttiroi bn uat ni odn pweirl -l bwehma te iats ua cr teudabl lyy i at sc cwoamr tpi ml i seh seedr vt hi creo aung dh iot ps i npi or ont eocft itohne oe nf eAml lyi e odn ciot sn veof fyesc, t i tvhee- ne me sesr, g ii tnsg uAs eS fWu l nteescsh naos l oag i et es s, t baendd fiot sr sbilmi mppl es ’ pe fefrefcotr moann cael l iwe di l l bmeo er avlael.u aTt ehde bd yu rtahnecset,a nv edrasradtsi loi tfys, acf eotmy ,f ohratn, dsltianbgi, lei tny-, sBpyetehde, sveusl tnaenrda ab ri ldi tsy, ,t ha ne db li itms vpiss ifbl oi lwi t ny . b y tohned UWS oNral dv yWf raormt ot h tehoe ni rs el at sot f ftlhi gehSt eicn- 1c o9n6t2r ipbruot vi oend ttoh eNi ar veyf foe pc tei rvaetni oe ns ss iann tdheexi r- pf oerrgi mo tet ennt sp e ar fso r mw ae nl l c easst r etnhgetihr s . o f t e n - 23WaDronald Smith, “Fleet Air Wings and Fleet Airship Wings Historical Data [of] World II,” last modified 1951, accessed October 13, 2022, https://edan.si.edu/slideshow/viewer/?eadrefid=NASM.1994.0022_ref1188. 24 R.G. Picinich, “Blimps Blast Subs,” U.S. Naval Institute, last modified October 1, 1943, accessed November 9, 2022, https://www.usni.org/magazines/proceed- ings/1943/october/blimps-blast-subs. 25 Morison, History of United States Naval Operations in World War II, vol. I, 251. 26 Althoff, Sky Ships: A History of the Airship in the United States Navy, 270. The Convoy’s Greatest Friend Blimps’ Contribution to the Battle of the Atlantic Tmhaei n Nraevays oi nn :v etsot e hd u innt be lni me mp sy fsourb mo nae- ra ibni el ist .y Otnoc ec owmapr l ebtreo kt he i so uj to, bt hwe obul li dm pbse’ tt ea ss tke, dg .i vAet nf i trhs ta gt ltahnecyes, ua ni rks hniopts af asiilnegdl et hUi s- b w o a a r t , during the entire course of the 23 though a wartime propaganda pb ei eecne f as luscecl ey s ssftua lt e di nt h abt abg lgi imn gp s “mhaanv ye subs.”24 This would seem to support S“ saamu us aegl eE- sl ihoat pMe do rai si rosnh’ si p tsh” ecsoi su ltdh ante vt he er cs ha tecehr as i zUe- baonadt sbl oy ws usrpperei sde. d u e t o t h e i r 25 He implies twhoaut l dd udea rteo stuhrefiarc ev i tsoi bmi l i at yk,e ni ot s eUl f- bvoual t- nt oe rma ibslse at o2 5b 1l i -mf opo at tstial vc ek r. Ibt ai lsl oqouni t. e h a r d 26 This aa pc tpuaarlel yn ti t fsl agwr e awt ei tshti ns t rt he ne gbt lhi m. Wp hs ’eunsdei si s- cussing the role all aircraft played in the Battle of the Atlantic, British historian
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