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C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO
Description
The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of the European war: the airborne assaults in North Africa, Sicily, Normandy, southern France, Operation Market Garden and the crossing of the Rhine.
The mass fratricide off Sicily, the night drop for D-Day and the Bastogne supply missions are also covered, along with more typical accounts of training, formation flying, airdrops and casualty evacuation missions.
This book details an aircraft that remains a popular favourite and an acknowledged design classic, carrying out missions every bit as strategically important and as dramatic for the aircrew as those of the fighters and bombers.
Table of Contents
North Africa
Sicily and the 'Soft Underbelly'
D-Day and Normandy
Airborne Invasions and Air Resupply
Italy and the Balkans
Decisive Battles and Victory
A New Way of Air Warfare
Appendix 1: USAAF USN C-47 Units In ETO/MTO
Appendix 2: The Aircraft
Product details
| Published | 20 Nov 2012 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (PDF) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Extent | 96 |
| ISBN | 9781782007623 |
| Imprint | Osprey Publishing |
| Illustrations | 96 b/w; 18 col |
| Series | Combat Aircraft |
| Short code | COM 54 |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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