Operation Uppercut -- C-47 Panes of the Troop Carrier Command of the 12th U.S, Air Force based in the Mediterranean, race into the clouds laden with tough and well trained paratroopers ready to hit the enemy behind the lines.These aircraft were used to carry paratroopers and to two gliders laden with airborne troops who made the initial landings in the South of France under General Sir Henry Maitland Wilson, Supreme Allied Commander of the ' Mediterranean Theater, August 15, 1944. September 25, 1944. (Photo by Mediterranean Allied Air Force Photo).