Un-Armed, Un-Armored and Un-Escorted: A World War II C-47...
Johnson Jr, John R.
Merriam Press Aviation History 4. First Edition (2014). Inducted in 1942, Johnson went through pilot training, then airborne operations flight training with 27th Troop Carrier Squadron, 10th Troop Carrier Group, then with 49th Troop Carrier Sqdn, 313th Troop Carrier Wing, for training in Sicily. Assigned to 36th TCS, 316th TCG, for D-Day, Allied advance across Europe Operation Market Garden and his C-47 was shot down on this mission and he bec...