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 ...
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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.
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New. Series: Schiffer Military History Book. Num Pages: 176 pages, over 150 black and white and color photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; HBG; HBJD; HBWQ; JWG; JWMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1100. 2004. Hardcover.....We ship daily from our Bookshop.
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Good+ in Very Good dust jacket. 0764317695. Signed and inscribed by Jack Agnew (part of Filthy Thirteen), signed and inscribed by Jake McNiece (part of Filthy Thirteen), and signed by Lloyd Neblett, Ralph Manley and Charley Bonner on verso of front endpaper. All wrote their units and rank, except for Bonner. Two handwritten notes from Jack Agnew and a long letter from Jake McNiece are included. Quite a few pages have highlighting in yellow. Hard cover published by Schiffer Military History in 2003. Glossy pictorial covers. Corners are bumped some, with some wrinkling. Inside front cover has an address label from the prior owner, with Airborne insignia on it. Jack Agnew provided a correction on a yellow sticky note about a pathfinder that was misidentified. Book is in good condition. Dust jacket has slight creasing along top edges, slight scuffing and is in very good condition. 4to, 128 pages, 2.4 lb.; Schiffer Military History Book; 4to 11"-13" tall; 128 pages; Signed by Biographee.
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Very Good in Very Good dust jacket. 0764317695. Very good condition, both book and dust jacket. A clean and tight copy.; Schiffer Military History Book; 11.0 X 8.6 X 0.8 inches; 127 pages.
