AVRoe
Airman 1st Class
A tribute to glider aircrew.They had to rely on the tug crews for nav,take lots of flak, early releases, then land in UNKNOWN enermy territory.RESEPECT!
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Arsenal VG-33
Senior Airman
Yeah, I wouldn't have wanted to be a glider trooper for those reasons you stated, plus they were paid less than regular paratroopers too. They're either effective or a disaster, D-Day glider operations being a little bit of a combination of the two.
Gotta agree with you.
Some successful and daring Glider Raids though:
German assault of the Eben Emael fortress in May 10, 1940.
Operation Eiche, the German rescue of Mussolini.
The initial landings of Operation Market Garden.
Some successful and daring Glider Raids though:
German assault of the Eben Emael fortress in May 10, 1940.
Operation Eiche, the German rescue of Mussolini.
The initial landings of Operation Market Garden.
Marshall_Stack
Senior Airman
I believe that glider pilots (and Grasshopper observation plane pilots) didn't get the extra pay that other pilots get above regular army officers. Flying a flimsy plywood aircraft made by a an ex-coffin maker into combat zones should warrant something extra....
