WW2 Gliders.

[Sagaris]

What with the Airspeed Horsa being a Glider, I was wondering how many other Gliders were used in the war, and were any of them effective?

 

[Lightning Guy]

Glider's were designed an employed by Great Britain, the US, and Germany. The monster Me-323 started life as a glider. The gliders were rather dangerous to use but in general they proved to be effective.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

i love your siggy sagaris, and i think the horsa was the most widely used...................

 

[Sagaris]

Thanks. I didnt put the Sagaris on it, Pips done that for me, i only found the picture.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

yeah i read al that in the siggy thread..............

 

[Sagaris]

Ok. I just didnt want it to appear as though I was taking credit for something i didn't do.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

it does look good though.......

 

[Sagaris]

Established. What plane was used as a tug for the Horsa's? From the pictures I've seen they look like Lancasters.

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

lancasters were to busy bombing germany to tow gliders, halibags, stirlings and C-47s were used mainly.................

 

[Sagaris]

Ah ok, thanks.

 

[GermansRGeniuses]

Seeing as lanc doesn't like it, the real name is the Halifax, not Halibag...


Something else, weren't British C-47's called 'Dakotas'?

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

Seeing as lanc doesn't like it, the real name is the Halifax

i do like the halifax, and there's nothing wrong with using nicnames, i call the swordfish the stringbag but that doesn't mean i don't like it........................

 

[Sagaris]

I read somewhere that Horsa's were used in a mission somewhere in Scandinavia during the war, could anyone elaborate on that?

 

[cheddar cheese]

Oh, welcome to the site sagaris

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

he's been here a while now CC, get with the times.................

 

[cheddar cheese]

Jokes on you, I am/was Sagaris

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

mmmm, not sure about that one............

 

[cheddar cheese]

I am, i shall now log in as sagaris 8)

 

[the lancaster kicks ass]

ha!! you're a brummy!!

 

[Sagaris]

8)

You see lanc 8)