C-47/R4D Units of the ETO and MTO (Combat Aircraft)
Contributors: Chris Davey (Illustrator)
Publisher: Osprey Publishing
Published: January 1, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 96
ISBN-13: 9781841767505
Subjects: Air forces & warfare; American history: Second World War; European history: Second World War; Second World War, 1939-1945; Military - World War II; History: World; History; Transportation; Military; Europe; The Americas; Aviation - General; Military - Aviation; History / Military / Aviation; Aerial operations, American; Douglas DC-3 (Transport plane); World War, 1939-1945
First sentence: In 1941, the US Army Air Corps (USAAC) and the US Navy, both unprepared for war, adopted as a transport the Douglas DC-3, an aircraft designed for peaceful commerce.