After the Normandy invasion and the break out of the beach heads, the main German lines of resistance were the Siegfried line and the Rhine; one being a manmade defence line on the border, the other being a natural barrier that formed a defence line. After the failed attempt in 1944 to cross the Rhine River in Holland, Operation Market Garden, another Airborne Operation was planned to cross this river. This was operation Varsity. Again, IX Troop Carrier Command would play an important role, bringing in the paratroopers and flying in the gliders.

Although this book focuses on one group of the glider pilots, their stories are about nearly the same as of those of the other glider pilot who participated in the Rhine mission, especially the long flight, the hectic situation in the landing zone, and difficulties in assembling.

This book tells the story of the 435th Troop Carrier Group Glider pilots as they played a special role in the operation. Like Glider Pilots from other Troop Carrier Groups, they were assigned to form roadblocks to prevent retreating German forces from attacking the US glider troops from the rear. The 435th was the one that experienced such a large German attack. With the appearance of some war reporters, the story of the attack was picked up and appeared in some newspaper as the Battle of Burp Gun Corner.

With research and review of files written in 1945, it is possible to ascertain a very detailed account of what happened with this group of Glider Pilots on that Rhine mission. Using the pilots own words we can follow the battle, see it through photos, and bring events that occurred to life.

The goal of this book is to tell the story of the Burp Gun Corner battle and in the words of the men who were there that night. The story would not be complete without telling about the flight to Germany, the training before the mission, the evacuation after the mission was over and the search for those who participated to give due recognition from the past, the Bronze Star.

A Breathtaking Spectacle tells the story of the men and women of IX Troop Carrier Command from a point of view seldom heard before. It tells of their lives in England, their living conditions, and the daily stresses they endured in delivering Airborne forces, dropping supplies by parachute, evacuating critically wounded, and air-landing vital supplies to the front line on a near daily basis. Volume 1 of the three volume series focuses on Brigadier General Harold L Clark's 52nd Troop Carrier Wing, which contained some of the most experienced Troop Carrier Groups to operate in Europe in WWII. Read first-hand accounts from locals who remember their presence, from veterans themselves on their time in England, and of the losses each Group sustained both in training and in combat.

From September 17 till September 26, US Troop Carrier units were involved in he largest airborne operation in history. Operation Market Garden. Three airborne divisions were lifted from England to Holland. C-47 transport aircraft dropped paratroopers or towed Waco CG-4A gliders to the drop- and landing zones in Holland. This book series tell the stories from the Troop Carrier viewpoint. The missions flown, the airborne units carried. Personnel accounts of the men who flew the missions, often written down during the operation, or shortly after it was over. Numerous photos, most of them not published before, will give an insight on the situation encountered by the pilots and crew members. The book series an output of nearly 20 years of research into the Airborne Troop Carrier units.

WW2 Airborne Troop Carrier Nose Art in the European Theater of Operation, 1944-1945. A photographic journey through the Troop Carrier units that were based in England and France in 1944-1945 showing the different nose art of the C-47 aircraft and gliders. These Troop Carrier units were involved in all airborne operations in Europe, from the Normandy invasion to the Southern France operation, then to Operation Market Garden in Holland, and the Bastogne resupply missions in December 1944. To the last airborne operation, the crossing of the Rhine River. The American servicemen were far away from home. Cartoons and pin-ups improved morale. In the Air Force, the Nose Art was commonly seen, with planes being given names of girlfriends, wives, children, hometowns back at home.