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PublisherBloomsbury Publishing USA

ISBN-101846030463

ISBN-139781846030468

eBay Product ID (ePID)52610301

Product Key Features

Book TitleC-47/R4d Skytrain Units of the Pacific and Cbi

Number of Pages96 Pages

LanguageEnglish

TopicMilitary / World War II, Modern / 20th Century, Military / Aviation

Publication Year2007

IllustratorYes, Davey, Chris

GenreHistory

AuthorDavid Isby

Book SeriesCombat Aircraft Ser.

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.2 in

Item Weight9.9 Oz

Item Length9.7 in

Item Width7.2 in

Additional Product Features

Intended AudienceTrade

Dewey Edition22

Reviews"David Isby has done a superlative job of piecing together what really is quite a complex history of those units that operated in the Pacific... This unique title is also ably illustrated by Chris Davey, who provides 11 pages of superb color profiles. There is material that will stir the building juices of any eager modeler. When you combine the superb prose, oustanding profiles and some of the best period photos around, this makes a book that you simply must have." -- Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com "A specific, important title military collections will relish." -- California Bookwatch (July 2007), "A specific, important title military collections will relish." -California Bookwatch(July 2007) "David Isby has done a superlative job of piecing together what really is quite a complex history of those units that operated in the Pacific... This unique title is also ably illustrated by Chris Davey, who provides 11 pages of superb color profiles. There is material that will stir the building juices of any eager modeler. When you combine the superb prose, oustanding profiles and some of the best period photos around, this makes a book that you simply must have." -Scott Van Aken,modelingmadness.com, "A specific, important title military collections will relish." - California Bookwatch (July 2007) "David Isby has done a superlative job of piecing together what really is quite a complex history of those units that operated in the Pacific... This unique title is also ably illustrated by Chris Davey, who provides 11 pages of superb color profiles. There is material that will stir the building juices of any eager modeler. When you combine the superb prose, oustanding profiles and some of the best period photos around, this makes a book that you simply must have." -Scott Van Aken, modelingmadness.com

Series Volume Number66

Dewey Decimal940.544973

Table Of ContentChapter 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

SynopsisC-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.

LC Classification NumberD790