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03153aam a22004098i 4500 001 4F5E4F04EBD311ED93B94C7220ECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20230506010020 008 230505s2023 enkaf b 001 0 eng d 020 $a 1472852958 020 $a 9781472852953 020 $a 147285294X 020 $a 9781472852946 035 $a (OCoLC)1363814978 040 $a UKMGB $b eng $e rda $c UKMGB $d JVK $d VP@ $d QX7 $d T7L $d UKMGB $d OCLCF $d SILO 082 04 $a 940.544 084 $a 940.544 $b MCG 100 1 $a McGaugh, Scott, $e author. 245 10 $a Brotherhood of the flying coffin $h [Book] : $b the glider pilots of World War II / $c Scott McGaugh. 246 30 $a Glider pilots of World War II 246 30 $a Glider pilots of WWII 246 30 $a Glider pilots of World War 2 264 1 $a Oxford : $b Osprey Publishing, $c 2023. 300 $a 288 pages, 16 unnumbered leaves of plates : $b illustrations (black and white) ; $c 24 cm. 365 $a 01 $b 27.00 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Guts and gliders wanted -- Crashing is a lonely sound -- "Prepare to ditch" -- Pea patch savior -- Popcorn popping -- "The Germans are coming!" -- "Our men were lucky" -- Like hornets at a church cookout -- They were invisible -- The hole in the donut -- Beyond commendation -- World War II's orphans -- Epilogue. 520 $a "This book distills war down to individual young men climbing into defenseless gliders made of plywood, ready to trust the towing aircraft that would pull them into enemy territory by a single cable wrapped with a telephone wire. Based on their after-action reports, journals, oral histories, photos and letters home, The Brotherhood of the Flying Coffin reveals every terrifying minute of their missions. They were all volunteers, for a specialized duty that their own government projected would have a 50 percent casualty rate. None faltered. In every major European invasion of the war they led the way. They landed their gliders ahead of the troops who stormed Omaha Beach, and sometimes miles ahead of the paratroopers bound for the far side of the Rhine River in Germany itself. From there, they had to hold their positions. They delivered medical teams, supplies and gasoline to troops surrounded in the Battle of the Bulge, ahead even of Patton's famous supply truck convoy. These all-volunteer glider pilots played a pivotal role in liberating the West from tyranny, from the day the Allies invaded Occupied Europe to the day Germany finally surrendered. Yet the story of these anonymous heroes is virtually unknown. Here their story is told in full - a story which epitomizes courage, dedication and sacrifice."-- $c Back cover. 650 0 $a World War, 1939-1945 $x Aerial operations, American. 650 0 $a Gliders (Aeronautics) $x History $y 20th century. 650 0 $a Military gliders (Aeronautics) $z United States $x History $y 20th century. 776 08 $i ebook version : $z 9781472852960 941 $a 2 952 $l SXPC124 $d 20230722012158.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20230506010659.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=4F5E4F04EBD311ED93B94C7220ECA4DB 994 $a Z0 $b BUPInitiate Another SILO Locator Search