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ISBN: 9781847910769, Author: CIGS and Chief of Air Staff, Publisher: The War Office, First Edition Published: 1945, original: Printed pamphlet, Reprinted: 2007, Pages: 123, Illustrations: 8, Indexed: Yes, Book Description This is the fourth pamphlet in a series which was issued at the end of the Second World War. The aim of the series was to consolidate lessons learned and, in the case of this pamphlet, to produce guidelines for future airborne operations. The pamphlet covers airborne and airtransported operations, airborne forces and airtransported forces, and looks at organisation, training, operations ands supply. It is illustrated with a number of line drawings of signals networks and loading plans for aircraft. It contains the basic format for airborne operations which was the product of such operations as the D-Day landings and Operation Market Garden.