011047 - A BREATHTAKING SPECTACLE: A Written and Pictorial History of IX Troop Carrier Command in England During WWII: Volume 2: The 53rd Troop Carrier Wing (two books)

By Adam G R Berry and Hans Den Brok

A Written and Pictorial History of IX Troop Carrier Command in England during WWII.  Volume 2: The 53rd Troop Carrier Wing  (3 volume series)

A Breathtaking Spectacle Volume 2: Book III & IV takes the reader into the story of the men and women of  IX Troop Carrier Command  in a unique way. The story is told through the lives of the veterans, the living conditions in England at the time and the daily stress of carrying out their many tasks. These tasks consisted of transporting  Airborne units to the  drop zones during Operation Overlord (D-Day)  and Operation  Market Garden , supplying these troops in enemy territory, evacuating seriously wounded from the front area, but also transporting vital supplies to the front area by air.  Volume 2  (of a series of three volumes in total!) focuses on the  53rd Troop Carrier Wing  – led by Colonel Maurice M. Beach  . From the baptism of fire on D-Day to the move to France just before Operation Varsity in 1945. The Wing had its hands full transporting paratroopers and gliders to the various drop zones behind enemy lines.

A BREATHTAKING SPECTACLE – A written and pictorial history of IX Troop Carrier Command in England during WWII | Volume 2: The 53rd Troop Carrier Wing Book III & IV  (ISBN Book III: 9789083486208 & ISBN Book IV: 9789083486260) is a luxurious 2-part colour edition, provided with a hard cover, dust jacket and ribbon marker. The books measure 210 x 297 mm (A4 format), have a total of  1,080 pages  and are richly illustrated with more than  1,500 images , drawings, maps and documents – many of which have never been published before. The retail price of the 2-part edition is  €95.00  including shipping costs (within the Netherlands).

Book specifications:

 A BREATHTAKING SPECTACLE – A written and pictorial history of IX Troop Carrier Command in England during WWII | Volume 2: The 53rd Troop Carrier Wing

Book III:

• A4 size
• Hardcover
• Dust wrap
• Bookmark
• Full color
• 512 pp.
• 730 images
• ISBN: 9789083486208
• Contents: Foreword • Introduction • 53rd Troop Carrier Wing • 434th Troop Carrier Group • 435th Troop Carrier Group

Book IV:

• A4 size
• Hardcover
• Dust wrap
• Bookmark
• Full color
• 576 pp.
• 800 images
• ISBN: 9789083486260
• Contents: 436th Troop Carrier Group • 437th Troop Carrier Group • 438th Troop Carrier Group • Acknowledgments • Glossary • Bibliography • Index

This will be a three-volume series.  Please contact East Anglia Books to register your interest.