List of World War II military gliders

This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list.

Argentina

 * I.Ae. 25 Mañque, 13 soldliers and 2 crew. 1 built

Australia

 * DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.

Germany

 * Blohm & Voss BV 40 (1944), fighter prototype.
 * Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. Not used operationally
 * DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
 * DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built.
 * Focke-Achgelis Fa 225, rotary wing glider. 1 built.
 * Gotha Go 242 (1941), transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built.
 * Gotha Go 244, motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted.
 * Gotha Go 345 (1944), troop glider prototype.
 * Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
 * Junkers Ju 322 (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.
 * Messerschmitt Me 321 (1941), heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built.
 * Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942), motorised development of Me 321, 211 built

India

 * Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider

Italy

 * Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).
 * C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 2 built. See the italian page for the description of the glider.

Army

 * Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype
 * Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype
 * Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
 * Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew
 * Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
 * Nihon Kogata Ku-11, troop transport, 12 passengers and 2 crew
 * Yokosuka Ku-13, experimental "Shusui" light/heavy glider

Navy

 * Yokosuka MXY-5
 * Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
 * Yokosuka MXY8, "Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M

Poland

 * Polikarpov BDP-2, 20 troops and 1 pilot, 2 built.

Soviet Union

 * Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced
 * Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
 * BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.
 * Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built
 * KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.
 * SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.
 * TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.

Sweden

 * AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.

Turkey

 * THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.

United Kingdom

 * Airspeed Horsa, 28 passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
 * Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider
 * General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 tonne of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
 * General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
 * General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
 * Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.

United States

 * Allied Aviation XLRA
 * Bristol XLRQ, amphibious assault glider
 * Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
 * Douglas XCG-17, prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
 * General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
 * Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" large transport glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.
 * Piper LBP
 * Piper LNP
 * Pratt-Read LBE
 * Pratt-Read TG-32
 * Schweitzer LNS
 * St Louis CG-5, prototype only
 * Taylorcraft LBT
 * Taylorcraft LNT
 * Waco CG-3
 * Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built, known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
 * Waco CG-13A
 * Waco CG-15