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Airlift and airborne operations in World War II

Contents Introduction 1 Early Airlift and Airborne Units 7 Pilots and Airplanes 13 DC-3/C-47 15 C 46 17 C-87 19 C 54 and C 69 20 Helicopters 23 Gliders 24 Airborne Operations in the Mediterranean 27 Special Missions 30 Frantic 30 Carpetbagger and the Balkans 31 The Assault on Europe 31 Overlord 31 Market-Garden 33 Bastogne and Varsity 36 Flying the Hump 38 Other Far East Missions 43 Legacies 45 Suggested Reading 50 Digitized by http://www.afhso.af.mil/ (no images). · Mode of access: Internet from the Air Force History web site. Address as of 4/30/04: http://www.airforcehistory.hq.af.mil/Publications/fulltext/airlift%5F & %5Fairborne%5Fops%5Fwwii.pdf; current access is available via PURL · Title from title screen (viewed Apr. 30, 2004) · Paper version available for sale by the Supt. of Docs., U.S.G.P.O · Includes bibliographical references

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