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Douglas DC-3 and C-47 in Latin American Military Service
This book examines in detail one aspect of the DC-3/C-47 history which is not that well known, the fact that DC-3s and their military equivalents and derivatives have been in continuous service in that geographically diverse region of the world known as Latin America for more than 75 years, longer than anywhere else in the world.
The DC-3 and C-47 came upon the scene at precisely the right moment in every nation. They were in use from the Rio Grande south all the way to Antarctica and from the remote Galapagos in the Pacific to the Antilles chain in the Caribbean. As always, they were used as workhorses and heavy-lifters, but a significant number, surprisingly, saw combat service in a number of most exotic circumstances, both as ad hoc bombers and combat aircraft. C-47s were not only the most numerous type in some national inventories, but often the most heavily utilised and valued.
Richly illustrated, with tables describing the often extraordinary individual services lives of each-and-every known aircraft, this is a testament to the men and women who, for three-quarters of a century, have sweated, cursed and yet loved these magnificent aircraft.
Details
Autor:
Dan Hagedorn, Mario Overall
Ausführung:
320 Seiten, 28 x 21.5 x 2.5 cm, gebunden
Abbildungen:
200 farbige und s/w-Abbildungen
Verlag:
Crecy Publishing (GB, 2021)
ISBN:
9781910809471
Douglas DC-3 and C-47 in Latin American Military Service
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.
Contents: 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 and MTO - Appendix 2: The Aircraft.
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