| C-47/R4d Skytrain Units of the Pacific and Cbi Contributor(s): Isby, David (Author), Davey, Chris (Illustrator) |
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ISBN: 1846030463 ISBN-13: 9781846030468 Publisher: Osprey Publishing (UK) OUR PRICE: $22.50 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: February 2007 Annotation: C-47 is an aircraft that remains a popular favourite and an acknowledged classic design, carrying out missions every bit as strategically important and as dramatic for the aircrew as those of the fighters and bombers. The C-47's wartime operations paved the way for post-war military air transport. It also demonstrated how the USAAF was able to invest in and carry out a mission that it had not devoted much time to preparing for in terms of pre-war doctrine (in contrast to strategic bombing). In addition to linking theatres (by flying across 'the Hump'), it showed how vital it was to operations within a theatre like New Guinea. Even if massed airborne invasions were not carried out in the PTO/CBI, all air arms need transports like the C-47. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | Military - Aviation - History | Military - World War Ii - History | Modern - 20th Century |
| Dewey: 940.544 |
| Series: Combat Aircraft |
| Physical Information: 0.26" H x 7.32" W x 9.44" (0.67 lbs) 96 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 1940's - Chronological Period - 20th Century |