WebSite Links - Gliders
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Life Expectancy of Pilots in Combat:
Bomber Pilots...........1 hour, 46 minutes
Fighter Pilots.......................19 minutes
Glider Pilots........................17 seconds
The Assault Glider Trust
A UK project to record the use of Gliders in warfare. Photos and information about several regiments but nothing obvious about the forebears of KORBR. However, plenty of photos of gliders and well worth a visit.
These guys are based at RAF Shawbury and it looks very much like they have built a Hawser Glider from scratch.
Royal Air Force Shawbury is situated in North Shropshire, 55 miles northwest of Birmingham. The nearest large towns are Shrewsbury, 6 miles to the south-south-west, and Telford, 12 miles to the south-east.
Checkout the website for details of open days and stacks of photos.
The Glider Pilot Regiment
This site is a tribute to the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment. Information, pictures, forum, operations, and a book list.
Wings of Pegasus Group
National WWII Glider Pilots Association Inc.
American glider pilots, along with airborne forces, spearheaded all the major invasions, landing behind enemy lines in their unarmed gliders in Sicily, Normandy, Southern France, Holland, Bastogne, Rhine Crossing, Luzon in the Philippines, and Burma.
Those Damned Glider Pilots
The U.S. combat glider program was initiated during World War II. These men had been engaged in the risky activity of flying unarmed and unpowered aircraft built of steel tubing, cloth and plywood across enemy lines.
A Tribute to American WWII Glider Pilots
A mine of information about glider operations in WWII. A whole page of links to other pages and websites. Also information on the "towed-target infantry. Containes a bibliography of books about glider operations.
Website: The Glider Pilots of UK
Another contribution by the excellent website www.regiments.org. All the usual listings of like chronology, history, bravery, etc. and a great bibliography and links to other resources.
The Silent Wings Museum
This links to the Silent Wings Museum's website and has photos of gliders and an explanation their first use by the Germans in WWII.
Operation Varsity Commemoration
An MOD report on the commemoration of the Crossing of the Rhine when British and American troops flew into battle in gliders.
Silent Wings Museum (Lubbock, Texas)
Dedicated to the legacy of WWII Glider Pilots. Only a home page with location and emal details so far. Looks like an impressive place to visit.
Operation Freshman
A detailed account of Operation Freshman was an operation mounted during the night of 19/20 November 1942, using gliders and Royal Engineer commandos. The purpose of the raid was to destroy a heavy water plant at Rjukan in Norway.
The Chindits
Information about the Chindits in Burma. Details of the Boder Regiment, The Kings Own Regiment, and the Kings (Liverpool) Regiment. A comprehensive bibliography and links to many websites of interest.
The Memorial Gates Trust (Historical details of the war in Burma)
When you go home, tell them of us, and say: For your tomorrow, we gave our today. Kohima War Memorial.
Try these Search Engines for more information on The Kings Own Royal Border Regiment.
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