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Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext 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. Zusammenfassung 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. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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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David C Isby is an experienced author and pilot, and has written and edited numerous books and articles. His work on World War 2 military aviation includes 'Jane's at the Controls: How to Fly and Fight in the Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress' and the editing of two volumes of Luftwaffe accounts, 'The Luftwaffe Fighter Force: The View From the Cockpit' and 'Fighting the Bombers'. He is the son of a former USAAF C-47 navigator.
An airbrush artist with years of experience,
Chris Davey has become Osprey's principal illustrator of RAF aircraft, having produced the profiles for over a dozen books since 1994. His most recent work includes Aircraft of the Aces 38 and Combat Aircraft 31. He is particularly adept at 'big' aircraft like the Halifax and Sunderland.
