C-47/R4D Units in the ETO And MTO - Couverture souple

Isby, David

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1841767506 ISBN 13 : 9781841767505

Editeur : Osprey Publishing, 2005

Synopsis

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.

A propos du livre

À propos des auteurs

David C Isby is an experienced author, having written or edited 20 books and over 350 articles in journals such as Jane's Intelligence Review and Air Force Monthly. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes Jane's At the Controls - The Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress (London, 1999, Harper Collins) and editing three volumes of Luftwaffe accounts. He is an experienced pilot (and son of a USAAF C-47 navigator).

Chris Davey has illustrated more than 70 titles for Osprey's Aircraft of the Aces and Combat Aircraft series since 1994. Based in Mansfield, Nottinghamshire, as one of the very last traditional airbrush artists in the business, he has become the company's illustrator of choice for both USAAF fighters and RAF subject matter, proving his undoubted skill when dealing with large aircraft subjects such as the Halifax, Sunderland, Lancaster, and Stirling.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Osprey Publishing
• Date d'édition: 2005
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1841767506
• ISBN 13: 9781841767505
• Reliure: Broché
• Illustrateur: Davey Chris
• Nombre de pages: 96
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible