"Airlifts" Topic
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| Whirlwind | 18 Mar 2016 9:00 a.m. PST |
Does anyone know of any detailed books about the big air supply operations undertaken during WW2 and afterwards? I am thinking of the various German operations on the Eastern Front, the support to 14th Army, the relief operations to Dutch Civilians, the Berlin Airlift and the Biafra Airlift (and anything else similar which I haven't thought of)? I am particularly interested in the technical aspects of these operations as much as the politics behind them. |
 ColCampbell  | 18 Mar 2016 10:02 a.m. PST |
These from just a quick Google search "book Berlin airlift" link As far as the relief flights to the Dutch civilians, any history of the US 8th Air Force will cover those missions. My father's B-17 was involved in two right at the end of the war. Jim |
| Dave Jackson | 18 Mar 2016 12:02 p.m. PST |
Might want to look up anything on the "Demyansk Pocket", can start with Osprey Campaign #245 |
| Major Mike | 18 Mar 2016 4:51 p.m. PST |
There was the Congo airlift of 1960 link |
| boy wundyr x | 18 Mar 2016 10:36 p.m. PST |
Don't know if they're big enough for what you're looking for, but Dien Bien Phu and Khe Sanh, and other aerial re-supplying of firebases and units in Vietnam. Khe Sanh has an Osprey, and there's a book of scenarios for (ground) action: link |
| Gozerius | 19 Mar 2016 6:19 p.m. PST |
The Allies during the Kokoda campaign in New Guinea relied heavily on aerial resupply |
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