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Author : Martin Wolfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : UOM:39015053121771
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-06-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9781428915312
Author : Gordon Press Publishers
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,8 Mb
Release : 1994-11
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0849058074
Author : Martin Wolfe
Publisher : CreateSpace
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 55,9 Mb
Release : 2012-06-22
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1478111836
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 511 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:74285660
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."
Author : Martin Wolfe
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 518 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : World War, 1939-1945
ISBN : MSU:31293010783136
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 1828 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UIUC:30112063915083
Author : James T. Controvich,Martin Gordon
Publisher : Scarecrow Press
Page : 200 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : History
ISBN : 0810850109
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.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Air bases
ISBN : WISC:89121571210
Author : Scott McGaugh
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 278 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2023-03-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9781472852960
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 single 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.
Author : Martin Wolfe
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 516 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2016-11-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781512808735
In Green Light! Martin Wolfe gives us the big picture of World War II airborne warfare in Europe through the lens of one unit, a squadron typical of some sixty others. Troop carrier squadrons delivered paratroopers behind enemy lines, tugged gliders into battle zones, and, between combat operations, freighted up to the front everything from food to artillery shells and carried back wounded infantrymen and newly freed slave laborers. Wolfe's firsthand account is an engaging and informative narrative that goes beyond the facts to investigate the feelings of the tightly knit unit. He also describes the management and training techniques that prepared the squadron for its role in four of the five main invasions of Nazi Europe. In all the literature about World War II , this is the first account to show how all levels of a squadron functioned-clerks as well as pilots, maintenance mechanics as well as flying crew chiefs, the mess hall as well as headquarters. In addition, Wolfe's is the first book to show the interplay between unit experience and high command theory—what units like the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron could actually accomplish and how concepts of airborne warfare changed at Supreme Headquarters. He explains why and how it was not until the last airborne invasion, in March 1945, that the full potential of the troop carrier was reached. Wolfe melds the recollections of ninety veterans of this squadron with a general history of Allied airborne forces in World War II. Through their words, Green Light! paints vivid portraits of the real men of the war, not the Rambos or Sad Sacks of popular culture. And through the retelling of their experiences, the book shows that the truism "war is hell" does not hold for all soldiers all the time.
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Government publications
ISBN : WISC:89117117382
Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 60 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Government publications
ISBN : UCSD:31822030252043
Author : Steven J. Zaloga
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 97 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2011-03-15
Category : History
ISBN : 9781846035593
A highly illustrated and detailed study of the Utah Beach & the US Airborne Landings. On their western flank, the Allied landings on D-Day combined a parachute drop by the 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions with an amphibious assault on “Utah” Beach by the US 4th Infantry Division. The landings came ashore in the wrong place but met weaker German resistance as a result. The heaviest fighting took place inland where the badly scattered paratroopers gradually gathered in small groups and made for their objectives. This book traces the story of D-Day on Utah beach, revealing how the infantry pushed inland and linked up with the Airborne troops in a beachhead five miles deep. Now the battle to break out and seize the key port of Cherbourg could begin.
Author : James S. Naney
Publisher : Pickle Partners Publishing
Page : 33 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2015-11-06
Category : History
ISBN : 9781786255709
This history summarizes the Army Air Forces (AAF) medical achievements that led to the creation of the Air Force Medical Service in July 1949. When the United States entered World War II, our nation’s small aviation force belonged to the U.S. Army and relied on the Army medical system for support. The rapid expansion of the AAF and the medical challenges of improved aircraft performance soon placed great strain on the ground-oriented Army medical system. By the end of the war, the AAF had successfully acquired its own medical system oriented to the special needs of air warfare. This accomplishment reflected the determined leadership of AAF medical leaders and the dedication of thousands of medical practitioners who volunteered for aviation medical responsibilities that were often undefined or unfamiliar to them. In the face of new challenges, many American medics responded with hard work and intelligence that contributed greatly to Allied air superiority.