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Green light! : a troop carrier squadron's war from Normandy to the Rhine by Wolfe, Martin, S/N 008-070-00680-4 is a book available to read on EtoBox.

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In Green Light! Martin Wolfe gives us the big picture of World War II airborne warfare in Europe through the lens of one unit, a squadron typical of some sixty others. Troop carrier squadrons delivered paratroopers behind enemy lines, tugged gliders into battle zones, and, between combat operations, freighted up to the front everything from food to artillery shells and carried back wounded infantrymen and newly freed slave laborers. Wolfe's firsthand account is an engaging and informative narrative that goes beyond the facts to investigate the feelings of the tightly knit unit. He also describes the management and training techniques that prepared the squadron for its role in four of the five main invasions of Nazi Europe.In all the literature about World War II, this is the first account to show how all levels of a squadron functioned-clerks as well as pilots, maintenance mechanics as well as flying crew chiefs, the mess hall as well as headquarters. In addition, Wolfe's is the first book to show the interplay between unit experience and high command theory—what units like the 81st Troop Carrier Squadron could actually accomplish and how concepts of airborne warfare changed at Sup

Author

Wolfe, Martin, S/N 008-070-00680-4

Publisher

Center for Air Force History, 1993.

Published

1993

Language

EN

ISBN

9780812281439

Subjects

Memoir, History, Biography