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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 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. Zusammenfassung C-47 is a popular aircraft, 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. This book examines these popular and vital units. Inhaltsverzeichnis Chapter 1 - Opening 1941-42 Chapter 2 - Build-up 1941-43 Chapter 3 - Pacific 1942-43 Chapter 4 - CBI 1942-43 Chapter 5 - Pacific 1943-44 Chapter 6 - The CBI 1944-45 Chapter 7 - The Pacific 1944-45 Chapter 8 - Victory and Conclusion ...
