Green Light A Troop Carrier Squadrons War From Normandy To The Rhine

Author : Martin Wolfe
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Total Pages : 518 pages
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Download or read book Green Light! written by Martin Wolfe and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 518 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In World War II, the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron dropped paratroopers onto the battlefield, often in the face of heavy fire. This book relates the exploits of the 81st, which mirrored the combat experience of World War II troop carrier units.

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Publisher : DIANE Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1428915311
Total Pages : 516 pages
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Download or read book Green Light!: A Troop Carrier Squadron's War From Normandy to the Rhine written by and published by DIANE Publishing. This book was released on with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

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Download or read book Green Light written by Gordon Press Publishers and published by . This book was released on 1994-11 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Martin Wolfe
Publisher : CreateSpace
ISBN 13 : 9781478111832
Total Pages : 516 pages
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Download or read book Green Light! a Troop Carrier Squadron's War from Normandy to the Rhine written by Martin Wolfe and published by CreateSpace. This book was released on 2012-06-22 with total page 516 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this manuscript, Martin Wolfe tells the story of the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron who, as its name implies, carried and dropped paratroopers onto the battlefield, often in the face of heavy enemy fire. Despite sometimes heavy losses in this hazardous and demanding job, the 81st TCS never wavered. This book relates the exploits of the 81st, which mirror the combat experience of all World War II troop carriers.

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Total Pages : 511 pages
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Download or read book Green Light! A Troop Carrier Squadron's War from Normandy to the Rhine written by and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 511 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The history of air warfare is replete with accounts of derring-do and courage by fighter pilots, bomber pilots, and crews. Their exploits are exciting, often very colorful, and capture the imagination of the public. But air warfare does not consist of only fighter and bomber combat. It is a melange of disparate elements-- fighters, bombers, airlifters, tankers, and a remarkable variety of ground support activities combining to form an effective whole. For example, during the recent Gulf War, F-117, F-15, and F-111 combat operations received well-deserved praise; however, these operations would not have been nearly as successful had it not been for the extraordinary support of the U.S. Air Force's tanker and airlift fleet supporting these operations. In Green Light!, Martin Wolfe tells the story of another organization in an earlier war whose activities never received much publicity yet had a great impact on various combat operations. During World War II, the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron, as its name implies, carried and dropped paratroopers onto the battlefield, often in the face of heavy enemy fire. Despite sometimes heavy losses in this hazardous and demanding job, the 81st TCS never wavered. This book relates the exploits of the 81st, which mirror the combat experience of all World War II troop carrier units. The term "troop carrier" as an official organizational name is now obsolete, but the direct descendants of the troop carriers are still flying today. The new C-I7, the older C-S and C-141, and especially the workhorse C-130 of Air Mobility Command, the Air Force Reserve, and the Air National Guard fly troops all over the world. These airlifters and their forebears make possible today's "Global Reach-Global Power."

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Author : James T. Controvich
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
ISBN 13 : 9780810850101
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Download or read book United States Air Force and Its Antecedents written by James T. Controvich and published by Scarecrow Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This bibliography lists published and printed unit histories for the United States Air Force and Its Antecedents, including Air Divisions, Wings, Groups, Squadrons, Aviation Engineers, and the Women's Army Corps.

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Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1472852966
Total Pages : 279 pages
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Download or read book Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin written by Scott McGaugh and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2023-03-02 with total page 279 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first major history of the American glider pilots, the forgotten heroes of World War II, by a New York Times bestselling author. A story of no guns, no engines and no second chances. This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a cable wrapped with telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, and letters home, this book reveals every terrifying minute of their missions. They were all volunteers, for a specialized duty that their own government projected would have a 50 percent casualty rate. None faltered. In every major European invasion of the war they led the way. They landed their gliders ahead of the troops who stormed Omaha Beach, and sometimes miles ahead of the paratroopers bound for the far side of the Rhine River in Germany itself. From there, they had to hold their positions. They delivered medical teams, supplies and gasoline to troops surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge, ahead even of Patton's famous supply truck convoy. These all-volunteer glider pilots played a pivotal role in liberating the West from tyranny, from the day the Allies invaded Occupied Europe to the day Germany finally surrendered. Yet the story of these anonymous heroes is virtually unknown. Here it is told in full – a story which epitomizes courage and sacrifice.

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Total Pages : 984 pages
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