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C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO

By: Osprey

Type: Softcover

Product Line: Combat Aircraft - Helicopters & Miscellaneous

Last Stocked on 5/25/2020

Product Info

Title
C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO
Publisher
Category
Author
David Isby
Publish Year
2005
Pages
96
Dimensions
7.5x9.5x.33"
NKG Part #
2147377907
MFG. Part #
OSPCOM054
Type
Softcover
Series
COM54

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 favorite 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.