Home  > Categories > Modeling Books > Product List > C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI

C-47/R4D Skytrain Units of the Pacific and CBI
96 page book.

 Other products to consider

US Army Air Force Vol. 2
Osprey Books
$18.95 $13.69
B-24 Liberator Units of the CBI
Osprey Books
$24.00 $17.29
DISCONTINUED This product has been discontinued
and is no longer available.
List price: $24.00
You pay: $17.29
(All prices in U.S. Dollars)

Manufacturer: Osprey Books
Stock Number: OSP COM66
View all products of type "DC-3/C-47"
View all products of type "Air Groups"
Author: David Isby
Illustrator: Chris Davey

About this book
From Pearl Harbor to VJ-Day, the humble Douglas C-47/R4D carried out missions every bit as strategically important, and as dramatic for the aircrew involved, as those of the fighters and bombers in the vast Pacific/CBI theatres. The C-47's wartime operations paved the way for post-war military and civil air transport, proving that aircraft could safely conduct routine flights from the USA, Australia and India throughout the Pacific and South-east Asia. The flights also demonstrated how the USAAF was able to invest in, and carry out, a mission that it had barely prepared for in terms of doctrine pre-war. In addition to linking theatres, the C-47 found itself in the vanguard of combat operations on virtually a daily basis in New Guinea, Burma, the Philippines, the SWPA and China. The importance of these missions, and the dangers faced by crews tasked with carrying them out, is chronicled in numerous first-hand accounts from the aircrew involved in this unique volume on the Allies' favourite transport aircraft of World War 2.

Contents
  • 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
Paperback; February 2007; 96 pages; ISBN: 9781846030468







We accept paypal, as well as mastercard, visa, american express and discover cards. We ship via UPS and US Postal Service.

Copyright © 2005-2024 Scale Hobbyist, all rights reserved