Clarkair CA-1 Discussion Board

Once again, thanks to those who assisted in the research for One Stick and a Waco. I enjoyed being able to surprise my readers with something most readers (including myself) knew nothing about with the inclusion of a CA-1. In commemoration of the sacrifices of the soldiers of the 101st Airborne Divi...

Thanks to the members who assisted in the research and photo sources for One Stick and a Waco http://www.amazon.com/One-Stick-Waco-J-Taylor/dp/1879043254 . If you would like to read the prequel, Missing Sticks, the eBook is free for a limited time from Smashwords https://www.smashwords.com/books/vie...

Art Thanks for the link. One Stick and a Waco, the manuscript I mentioned with the CA-1, is set during Market Garden. I am now starting the next in the series set at Bastogne, still featuring the 101st Airborne. Next will be a novel set in the CBI with some of the same characters, especially the CA-...

Lex Thanks for your offer re: pics. I would like a good WWII or at least a better photo to go on my web page http://johnmtaylor.com/OneStick/onestick.htm . The manuscript is finished and out searching for an agent, with the ClarkAir playing a major (fictional) role. Let me know if you wold like to l...

If still available, would like a copy of the TM. I will PM my email. (PM apparently not available)

Regards

John

I see there have been a few lookers, but no input. Here is a extract from the draft manuscript: "Tech Sergeant Luke Dawson scrubbed the grit from his eyes in frustration. Machines weren't supposed to beat people, but this damn bulldozed was winning. The engineers prided themselves on being able...

I am writing a sequel to Missing Sticks, a novel set with the 101st Airborne on D-Day, and am researching the 326 Abn Engr Bn use of the CA-1 in Operation Market Garden. I can find references of it being taken in - I think in a Horsa - by the British, but no mention of it going in by Waco or C-47 wi...

I am researching the sequel to MISSING STICKS, a novel set with the 101st Airborne on D-Day. The new novel will be set during Operation Market Garden. I have four published novels, all with a military bent, and I try to keep them as technically accurate as possible. One of my favorite characters in ...