Talk:Military glider

Single use only?
In the article it says (about military gliders): "These craft were used for a single flight only." I think that's not true, because I remember reading about allied parties that recovered gliders after Operation Market Garden. Can't find a reliable source at the moment though. Muijz 10:45, 7 Aug 2004 (UTC)

(moved from Talkpage of Glider) Muijz 14:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)


 * On a forum the son of a C47 pilot writes his fathers plane was used to retrieve those gliders that were still airworthy enough for re-use, and that his father has a copy of his orders to retrieve gliders. See also this page where it says retrieving gliders by means of a technique called The Snatch was used extensively in the China-Burma-India Theater. Muijz 14:42, 23 December 2005 (UTC)

I was in the 325th Airborne Infantry Regiment in the late 90's, while looking thru old log books and other materials from their participation in WWII (325th Glider Infantry Regiment)there were records of how many gliders were recoverable after the landings during Operation Market Garden. Of 60 gliders used, 4 were still serviceable. 13 were damaged but repairable, the rest were unrecoverable. Doctrine of the time also stated that gliders were to be re-used. --82nd Paratrooper 20:25, 6 April 2006 (UTC)

Impossible
'Neither Lord Gilbert nor the other politicians present appeared to be aware that this would have been impossible.

Why would this have been impossible? Range? Anti-aircraft fire? Non-existence of suitable gliders?

Assault Glider Merge
Interesting. When I looked for gliders, I did not find the Military Glider section. Need to make sure links are in place. Cheer. --Flightsoffancy (talk) 15:04, 14 July 2008 (UTC)

What happens to the soldiers flying the glider?
are they a part of the fighting force or just "drivers"? were regular GI's trained for this type of job or airmen? it should be mentioned. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.138.67.25 (talk) 03:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * They were pilots but they did fight I have some paper sources on the subject and will add something this week... RP459 (talk) 03:48, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * In the British case (Glider Pilot Regiment) they were experienced soldiers who were then trained as pilots. Once on the ground they formed up as units and fought. A number received MM (eg look up Louis Edmund Hagen at [this site and DFCs at Arnhem. [[User:GraemeLeggett|GraemeLeggett]] (talk) 09:04, 30 September 2009 (UTC)
 * Could you add that to the article? I will add to it later this week...   RP459 (talk) 13:44, 30 September 2009 (UTC)

Landing
How was a descent and landing initiated? Did they crash while landing?Lestrade (talk) 17:45, 27 August 2010 (UTC)Lestrade

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