(DOWNLOAD) "Tunner and the Luftwaffe Connection with the Berlin Airlift (William H. Tunner)" by Air Power History * eBook PDF Kindle ePub Free
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- Title: Tunner and the Luftwaffe Connection with the Berlin Airlift (William H. Tunner)
- Author : Air Power History
- Release Date : January 22, 2009
- Genre: Engineering,Books,Professional & Technical,
- Pages : * pages
- Size : 175 KB
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[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] On July 28, 1948, a Douglas C-54 "Skymaster" landed at Wiesbaden Air Base and forty-two year old Maj. Gem William H. Tunner stepped out. (1) Tunner was handsome, brilliant, and arrogant; an exceptional and inspiring leader; an efficiency expert, who understood how to make organizations work; and an innovative, original thinker: A workaholic, he labored long hours and drove his staff relentlessly. And he was one thing more. Tunner was the U.S. Air Force's preeminent authority on air transport. (2) During World War II, he had helped found Air Transport Command, the U.S.