American Airborne Pathfinders in World War II

Jeff Moran (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2003
Schiffer Publishing Ltd (Verlag)
978-0-7643-1769-9 (ISBN)

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Trained in the use of the Eureka radar, holophan lights, and colored ground panels, the pathfinders dropped thirty minutes before the main airborne landing to provide ground guidance for successive airborne jumps. The concept of the pathfinders proved successful and they were used during the remainder of World War II. The story of the airborne pathfinders and the vital part they played in airborne operations during the Second World War has rarely been told. In this new book, Jeff Moran tells the story of the operations they led, the equipment used – much of it unique to the pathfinders – and has memorialized them by noting, in many cases, the individual teams of pathfinders.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	10.9.2004
Zusatzinfo	over 150 black and white and color photographs
Verlagsort	Atglen
Sprache	englisch
Maße	216 x 279 mm
Gewicht	1225 g
Themenwelt	Natur / Technik ► Fahrzeuge / Flugzeuge / Schiffe ► Militärfahrzeuge / -flugzeuge / -schiffe
	Geschichte ► Allgemeine Geschichte ► 1918 bis 1945
	Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
ISBN-10	0-7643-1769-5 / 0764317695
ISBN-13	978-0-7643-1769-9 / 9780764317699
Zustand	Neuware