The reading recommendation is The Spider's Web, for its history of flying boats and seaplanes in First World War anti-submarine warfare. The book supports the wider argument that effective wartime systems usually had earlier precedents rather than appearing suddenly. Aerial ASW in the Second World War could draw on an existing body of maritime aviation experience. The recommendation connects escort-ship development with the aircraft that later helped close the ocean surface to U-boats.
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Flying boats gave anti-submarine aviation a First World War precedent
A brief reading recommendation points back to First World War flying-boat and seaplane operations as experience on which later aerial ASW could build.