| C-47/R4d Units of the Eto and Mto Contributor(s): Isby, David (Author), Davey, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1841767506 ISBN-13: 9781841767505 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: January 2005 Annotation: 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. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Transportation | Aviation - General - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Military - Aviation |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| Physical Information: 0.3" H x 7.38" W x 9.78" (0.68 lbs) 96 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The C-47 units of the USAAF were an integral part of some of the most dramatic episodes of World War II (1939-1945): 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. |
