Bob;
There were two main types of gliders, the WACO and the Horsa. If I remember
right the smaller WACO only carried troops. In the age before helicopters
there wasn't much of a choice as to how men & equipment were delivered to
the battlefield-- land it or drop it. These were true gliders as opposed to
sailplanes; sailplanes are designed to gain altitude when possible but those
WW II gliders sure couldn't do that!
My dad had glider wings but although he was qualified he never had to use
that training-- fortunately.
Regards, Neil Tucson, AZ
-----Original Message-----
From: land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net
[mailto:land-speed-bounces+neil=dbelltech.com@autox.team.net] On Behalf Of
Doug Anderson
Sent: Saturday, September 29, 2007 11:02 AM
To: bwana343@aol.com; john.szalay@att.net; land-speed@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: [Land-speed] NON-LSR Maxton/Laurinburg 1944
of course, the whole point...
... was to get the jeep & Artillery 'TO' the scene of the combat...
those fellas had iron guts. I SALUTE them
cheers, "Dirt Track Doug" in exile in So. New York,
-who's dad went thru WWII in a Sherman of the 741st Tank Battallion, D-Day
to VE Day
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> From: BWANA343@aol.com
> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2007 11:56:24 -0400
> To: john.szalay@att.net; land-speed@autox.team.net
> Subject: Re: [Land-speed] NON-LSR Maxton/Laurinburg 1944
>
> In a message dated 9/29/2007 11:17:37 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
> john.szalay@att.net writes:
>
> I just could not believe that anyone would ride a glider
> into an invasion with a Jeep and artillery aboard into combat.. unreal.
>
> During the war, paratroops got jump pay, the glider troops got nothing.
>
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
>
> Everything I ever saw/read about these plywood beasts was horrible. Lousy
> handling, nasty landing stats, more injuries than actual combat. Your Sgt
was
> indeed a rarity! I wonder if Life/disability insurance was available back
then?
> That's one perfectly good airplane I'd have no problem jumping out of !
>
Bob, no death from splinters needed, W
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