bout this book
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.
Contents
- Origins
- 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
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