435th Operations Group

by Lucy Shaninghale, Brendan Davis (Editor), Georgy Musky (Translator)

Overview

The 435th Operations Group is an inactive United States Air Force unit. Its last assignment was with the 435th Airlift Wing at Rhein-Main Air Base, Germany, where it was inactivated on 1 April 1995. The unit was first activated during World War II as the 435th Troop Carrier Group, a Douglas C-47 Skytrain transport unit that saw combat with IX Troop Carrier Command in Western Europe. The group flew paratroopers on airborne assaults on Normandy (Operation Overlord); Southern France (Operation Dragoon); the Netherlands (Operation Market Garden), and Germany (Operation Varsity).

Product Details

BN ID:	2940156711321
Publisher:	Euprint press Limited
Publication date:	07/18/2016
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
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