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C-47 Skytrain In Action (# 149) #SSSFT0198
 
C-47 Skytrain In Action (# 149)
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$11.99
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NA
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Used
Genre:
Aviation
Company:
Squadron/Signal Publications

    The book, C-47 Skytrain In Action (# 149) represents an authoritative and concise pictorial study of the military version of the Douglas DC-3 airliner as flown by pilots of the Allied Air Forces during World War II.  The C-47 was the World War II military cargo and troop transport version of the legendary Douglas DC-3 twin-engine airliner.  It was made famous for its use in the Allied Normandy Invasion on June 6, 1944 among many other airlift operations during World War II and in the post-war Berlin Airlift in 1948.  Despite being over 60 years old, many of these reliable propeller-driven aircraft are still in service throughout the world.  The major sections of C-47 Skytrain In Action (# 149) are as follows: 1) Introduction; 2) DC-1; 3) DC-2 Variants; 4) The Douglas Bombers; 5) Digby Mk-1; 6) B-18 B; 7) B-23 Dragon; 8) DC-3 / C-47 Variants; 9) Foreign built Variants; 10) Special Operations Aircraft and 11) Super DC-3 / C-117 D.  In addition to an informative narrative, "C-47 Skytrain In Action (# 149)" includes the following features: 1) Approximately 145 black and white photographs; 2) About 31 black and white illustrations; 3) 10 color illustrations; 4) 10 color side aircraft profile illustrations; 5) 1 three-view Douglas C-33 black and white illustration with specifications; 6) 1 three-view Douglas B-18 Bolo black and white illustration; 7) 1 three-view Douglas C-47 A black and white illustration with specifications; 8) 1 three-view Douglas C-117 black and white illustration with specifications and 9) 3 color cover aircraft paintings.  This book is 58 pages and is in good condition.  The author is Larry Davis with Don Greer & Tom Tullis (colorists) and Joe Sewell (illustrations).  Edition published in 1995. 

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