World War Ii Glider Pilots
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World War II Glider Pilots
Author | : Anonim |
Publsiher | : Turner Publishing Company |
Total Pages | : 170 |
Release | : 1991 |
Genre | : Air pilots, Military |
ISBN | : 9780938021957 |
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Airborne Combat
Author | : James E. Mrazek |
Publsiher | : Stackpole Books |
Total Pages | : 514 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780811708081 |
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"Long pursued by civilian thrill seekers and dare devils, airborne gliding came of age during World War II as one of that conflict's most dangerous combat operations. The armed forces of Axis and Allied nations developed gliders ... and flew them into battle at Eben Emael, Crete, Normandy, Arnhem, and Bastogne. [The author's] account brings to life both the men who carried out these perilous missions and the gliders that proved vital to the success of airborne attacks"--Page 4 of cover.
To Fly the Gentle Giants
Author | : J. Norman Grim |
Publsiher | : AuthorHouse |
Total Pages | : 342 |
Release | : 2009 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 9781438904849 |
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Life, love, heartache and love again. Some real, some imagined - all with very real emotion.
Silent Wings
Author | : Gerard M. Devlin |
Publsiher | : W H Allen |
Total Pages | : 530 |
Release | : 1985 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UOM:39015012864016 |
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Silent Wings at War
Author | : John L. Lowden |
Publsiher | : Smithsonian Books (DC) |
Total Pages | : 250 |
Release | : 1992 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : UCR:31210009712512 |
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The pilots were known as "suicide jockeys" and the aircraft they flew were called "flak bait." Towed behind modified bombers or transport aircraft, Allied combat gliders were used in some of the riskiest missions of World War II, landing miles behind enemy lines with specially trained assault forces. In "Silent Wings at War," John L. Lowden combines his own recollections with those of fellow veterans to create a vivid, gritty, jocose memoir of war as he and other glider pilots and their passengers knew it. These true tales of courage, as well as command blunders, make a substantial contribution to WWII literature.
History of the Glider Pilot Regiment
Author | : Claude Smith |
Publsiher | : Pen and Sword |
Total Pages | : 336 |
Release | : 2014-01-09 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781473815070 |
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The untold story of this tiny, little-known British Army regiment and the daring men who piloted engineless aircraft to WWII’s major battlefields. The Glider Pilot Regiment, having been raised as the first element of the new Army Air Corps in 1942 and disbanded in 1957, can probably claim the dubious distinction of having been the smallest and shortest-lived regiment ever to form part of the British Army. Nevertheless, in those few years the regiment gained as much distinction as it has taken other units hundreds of years to achieve. Yet, strangely enough, the story of these heroic men who piloted their flimsy gliders to most of the important battlefields of the Second World War has never before been told. It is indeed a remarkable story, and no one is better qualified to tell it than Claude Smith, who himself served with the regiment and took part in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, June 6, 1944, and later in the ill-fated landing at Arnhem, where he was taken prisoner. Smith tells the story of these supremely brave men factually and dispassionately, but it is impossible to read this book without being moved by their courage. As General Sir John Hackett says in his foreword: “Those who went to battle in gliders and above all those who got them there, the Glider Pilots, deserve our enduring esteem.” Includes maps and illustrations
The Glider Gang
Author | : Milton Dank |
Publsiher | : Lippincott Williams & Wilkins |
Total Pages | : 280 |
Release | : 1977 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : STANFORD:36105081203429 |
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Describes the glider missions in European airborne operations during World War II and the exploits of the pilots who participated in them.
Glider Pilots at Arnhem
Author | : Mike Peters,Luuk Buist |
Publsiher | : Casemate Publishers |
Total Pages | : 826 |
Release | : 2014-09-19 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9781844683482 |
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The fierce struggle between the British 1st Airborne Division and the superior German forces in and around Arnhem is well documented. This book tells of the role played in the battle for Oosterbeek and the bridge at Arnhem itself by the men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR). These men were already experienced soldiers who volunteered to join the airborne forces and take the fight to the Germans in a totally new regiment.The men of the GPR were predominantly SNCOs trained to fly wooden assault gliders into occupied territory. Once on the ground they were expected to go into battle with the troops they had delivered onto the Landing Zone. During the Arnhem operation they were involved in the initial defense of the LZs, before fighting house to house leading mixed groups of infantrymen, engineers and medics. In so doing they suffered extensive losses from which the Regiment never fully recovered. This book tells their story in their own words from the moment they landed on Dutch soil through the fierce fighting all around the ever shrinking perimeter until the survivors of the GPR proudly marked the route out for the battered survivors of 1st Airborne Division as they escaped over the Rhine.