Operation Carpetbagger was a World War II operation to provide aerial supply of weapons and other matériel to resistance fighters in France, Italy and...
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In the history of the United States, carpetbagger is a largely historical pejorative used by Southerners to describe allegedly opportunistic or disruptive...
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August 1944 and assumed the personnel, equipment, and the Carpetbagger special operations mission of the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) that was...
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Party (TACP). 1st Air Commando Group: Late 1943 – November 1945 Operation Carpetbagger: Early 1944 – July 1945 Air Resupply and Communications Service:...
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the Civil War. Carpetbagger or The Carpetbaggers may also refer to: Operation Carpetbagger, a World War II operation The Carpetbaggers, a 1961 novel The...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator aircraft operating from RAF Harrington (see Operation Carpetbagger). The OSS sought to be involved since, in a single swoop, this would...
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to replace the 788th Bombardment Squadron, which was engaged in Operation Carpetbagger, dropping agents and supplies behind German lines, primarily in...
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surrender. Notes Air offensive or defensive operations does not include cargo operations such as Operation Carpetbagger or reconnaissance from air. Citations...
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wilderness between Kaafjord and Alta on 8 September by an American Operation Carpetbagger Liberator. During the drop the agents became separated from most...
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Consolidated B-24 Liberator (section "Carpetbaggers")
Air Forces and the Office of Strategic Services (OSS) code-named Operation Carpetbagger, pilots and crews flew specially modified B-24Ds painted with a...
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The OSS called this effort to supply anti-Nazi resistance groups Operation Carpetbagger. Holme is a small village and there are few services for its population...
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bomber group was withdrawn from combat 858th began to engage in Operation Carpetbagger, dropping agents and supplies behind German lines, primarily in...
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Group, that was part of Operation Carpetbagger and was based at USAAF Station 179 at RAF Harrington. As part of these operations, Borden flew specially...
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788th Bombardment Squadron (section Special operations)
to the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) engaging in Operation Carpetbagger operations. After V-E Day, the squadron returned to the United States...
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This was the beginning of Operation Carpetbagger. The purpose of the Carpetbagger project was to fly special operations missions which entailed delivering...
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857th Bombardment Squadron (section Special operations)
to replace the 850th Bombardment Squadron, which was engaged in Operation Carpetbagger, dropping agents and supplies behind German lines, primarily in...
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Operation Instructions to Oran, Casablanca, Algiers, and Tunis/Report on Coast Landing Operations for Morocco/General Military Orders for Operation Torch"...
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recognized by Russia, Sweden, Germany and France. 1944 – World War II: Operation Carpetbagger, involving the dropping of arms and supplies to resistance fighters...
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856th Bombardment Squadron (section Special operations)
to replace the 36th Bombardment Squadron, which was engaged in Operation Carpetbagger, dropping agents and supplies behind German lines, primarily in...
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Wilno (Vilnius) Canuck (1945) – SAS operation near Turin to train and organise Italian resistance fighters. Carpetbagger (1943) – US airdrops to several national...
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Group (Provisional) and the 492d Bombardment Group. As part of Operation Carpetbagger, this unit had air dropped agents, weapons and supplies to resistance...
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taken off normal operations and moved on paper to replace the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) on Operation Carpetbagger operations. As a result, the...
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attached to the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) to perform Operation Carpetbagger missions. It used its B-24s to drop personnel and supplies to the...
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taken off normal operations and moved on paper to replace the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) on Operation Carpetbagger operations. As a result, the...
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taken off normal operations and moved on paper to replace the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) on Operation Carpetbagger operations. As a result, the...
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de Guerre with Palm for support of the French Resistance during Operation Carpetbagger in the summer of 1944. At the time the 859th was based at RAF Harrington...
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taken off normal operations and moved on paper to replace the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) on Operation Carpetbagger operations. As a result, the...
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taken off normal operations and moved on paper to replace the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional) on Operation Carpetbagger operations. As a result, the...
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fly Operation Carpetbagger missions with the 801st Bombardment Group (Provisional). The remaining three squadrons of the group began combat operations on...
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sinister roles, such as Oberon in A Midsummer Night's Dream (1935) and carpetbagger Jonas Wilkerson in Gone with the Wind (1939). From 1959 to 1961, he had...
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