Airborne Missions In The Mediterranean, 1942-1945
Publisher: USAF Historical Division, Research Studies Institute, Air University
Published: 1955
Place of publication: [Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.]
Language: eng
Table of contents: title: Contents; title: I BACKGROUND; title: II THE NORTH AFRICAN MISSIONS; title: Plans and Preparations for TORCH; title: Extemporized Missions in the Race for Tunisia; title: III THE SICILIAN MISSiONS 21; title: Planning for HUSKY 21; title: Training and the Glider Crisis 26; title: Final Preparations 28; title: The First HUSKY Mission 29; title: The Second HUSKY Mission 37; title: LADBROKE, The Glider Mission Against Syracuse  41; title: FUSTIAN, The Bid for Catania . 47; title: Lessons Learned in Sicily 54; title: IV OPERATIONS IN ITALY 56; title: Plans for Invasion 56; title: Training 58; title: Salerno and the Sele Missions 60; title: Plans and Minor Missions, September 1943-May 1945 69; title: V THE INVASION OF SOUTHERN FRANCE 77; title: Birth. Death, and Resurrection of ANVIL 77; title: Planning for ANVIL-DRAGOON 80; title: Preparations for Airborne Missions 86; title: The Airborne Missions 93; title: VI CONCLUSION Ill; title: GLOSSARY 114; title: FOOTNOTES 116; title: INDEX  133; title: Maps; title: No, Page; title: 1 . Take -Off Points and Destination of Paratroop Task Force  4; title: 2. North Africa, Background for Airborne Missions 15; title: 3. Southeast Sicily 20; title: 4. Route of HUSKY 1 Mission 30; title: 5. Route of MACKALL WHITE (HUSKY 2) 38; title: 6. Route of LADBROKE Mission 43; title: 7. Vicinity of Landing Zones of LADBROKE Mission 44; title: 8. Route of FUSTIAN Mission 49; title: 9. Vicinity of Drop and Landing Zones for FUSTIAN Mission  50; title: 10. Proposed and Actual Missions in the Invasion of Italy  55; title: 1 1 . Salerno Beachhead and Vicinity , 67; title: 12. The Invasion Area, Operation DRAGOON 76; title: 1 3. Troop Carrier Route in Operation DRAGOON 85; title: 14. Area of Airborne Operations, Operation DRAGOON 94; title: Illustrations; title: Figure Page; title: Troop Carrier Serial in V of V's Formation Frontispiece; title: 1. Airborne Troops Hitch Tow Rope to Waco Glider in North Africa 31; title: 2. Paratroops aboard C-47 during Invasion of Sicily, 9 July 1943 32; title: 3. Troops Loading Parapacks for Salerno Drops, September 1943 63; title: 4. Final Briefing For First Salerno Drop, 13 September 1943 64; title: 5. British Paratroops Jump over Megara during Occupation of Greece, September 1944 75; title: 6. Paratroops Ready for Jump during Invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944 97; title: 7. Paratroops Jump near Le Muy in Southern France, 15 August 1944 98; title: 8. Waco Gliders Cross French Coast during Invasion of Southern France, 15 August 1944  105; title: 9. Waco Gliders Landing near Le Muy in Southern France, 15 August 1944 106