{"product_id":"un-armed-un-armored-and-un-escorted-a-world-war-ii-c-47-airborne-troop-carrier-pilot-remembers-9781494709051","title":"Un-Armed, Un-Armored and Un-Escorted: A World War II C-47 Airborne Troop Carrier Pilot Remembers","description":"Merriam Press World War 2 Memoir Series\u003cp\u003e First Edition 2014\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Inducted in 1942, Johnson went through pilot training, followed by airborne operations flight training with the 27th Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Troop Carrier Group. Assignment to the 49th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Wing, for training in Sicily in late 1943 came next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Assigned to the 36th Troop Carrier Squadron, 316th Troop Carrier Group, in November 1943, for training for the Normandy D-Day invasion, followed by support for the invasion and Allied advance across Europe during the summer of 1944.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Also during this period, he trained for Operation Market Garden, as part of the armada that dropped the 82nd Airborne Division. His C-47 was shot down during this mission and he became a POW. In addition to detailing his life as a POW, from capture and interrogation to life in Stalag Luft 1A, through liberation, Johnson includes details of what it was like back home for his family, particularly after he was listed as Missing in Action after being shot down, including his parents' efforts at trying to get more details from politicians, the Army and members of his unit in England.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e A detailed personal account by a C-47 pilot who flew Un-Armed, Un-Armored and Un-Escorted over the skies of Europe, delivering men and materiel where it was needed to defeat the enemy. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eContents \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrelude: 18 September 1944 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 1: The Beginning: It All Started Here \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 2: Induction: U.S. Army, Fort Thomas, Kentucky \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 3: Loneliness and Mournful Sounds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 4: Casey Jones School of Aeronautics \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 5: A Prophecy Unfolds \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 6: Aviation Cadet Days: Part 1, Classification\/Pre-Flight\/Primary \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 7: Aviation Cadet Days: Part 2, Basic -Advanced \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 8: Prepare for Combat: Bergstrom Field, Austin, Texas, June-July 1943 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 9: Dunnellon, Florida \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 10: This One is for the Birds: Dunnellon, Florida, September 1943 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 11: Off to War \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 12: Rain Clock: A Jungle Jaunt, 11 October 1943 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 13: Sicily: Trapani\/Milo and Castelvetrano, October 12, 1943-February 15, 1944 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 14: Emerald Isle Interlude \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 15: Settling In: Preparing for D-Day \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 16: First with the Best: Operation OVERLORD: Airborne Mission, NEPTUNE: Boston-Freeport, June 5-6, 1944 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 17: Between Major Combat Missions \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 18: Operation MARKET GARDEN \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 19: From Hot Pilot to POW \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 20: Interrogation: A Psychological Experience 175 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 21: Dulag Luft Transit Camp, October 1944 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 22: Stalag Luft 1A, Part 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 23: Meanwhile Back Home, Part 1 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 24: Stalag Luft 1A, Part 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 25: At Last, Homeward Bound \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter 26: Meanwhile Back Home, Part 2 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Author\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e 35 photos and documents\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Createspace Independent Publishing Platform","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50416388407570,"sku":"9781494709051","price":11.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_77a707f5-82cd-4a84-8b5e-ed4dd400862d.jpg?v=1729416872","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/un-armed-un-armored-and-un-escorted-a-world-war-ii-c-47-airborne-troop-carrier-pilot-remembers-9781494709051","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}