us army glider pilot training in ww2
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Sicily, Normandy, Arnhem, the crossing of the River Rhine, the Burma campaign .... many famous world war two battleground where the us forces used gliders. This paper explains how the american glider pilots were trained, the training schools and the equipment shortfalls. Nearly 6500 american glider pilots were trained during the war.The Silent Wings Museum in Lubbock (Texas) preserves and promotes the history of the World War II military glider programTRANSCRIPT
