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History Of The Glider Pilot Regiment

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Author : Claude Smith
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2014-01-09

History Of The Glider Pilot Regiment written by Claude Smith and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-01-09 with History categories.

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 History Of The Glider Pilot Regiment

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Author : Claude Smith
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2014

The History Of The Glider Pilot Regiment written by Claude Smith and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with World War, 1939-1945 categories.

Glider Pilots At Arnhem

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Author : Mike Peters
language : en
Publisher: Casemate Publishers
Release Date : 2014-09-19

Glider Pilots At Arnhem written by Mike Peters and has been published by Casemate Publishers this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-09-19 with History categories.

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.

Glider Pilots In Sicily

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Author : Mike Peters
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2013-01-19

Glider Pilots In Sicily written by Mike Peters and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-01-19 with History categories.

The British Airborne landings on Sicily are the least known and, without doubt, the most fraught with political and technical strife. Newly formed Air landing troops were delivered into battle in gliders they knew little about. The men of the Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR) had self-assembled the gliders while living in the empty packing cases. They accomplished this complex and technically challenged task while living on fly ridden, dusty North African airfields. After only a few hours of conversion training they took off for a night flight across the Mediterranean Sea that was to end in near-catastrophe.With over three hundred soldiers drowned off Sicily that night in July 1943, the first major operation attempted by the British using gliders almost ended in total disaster. In fact a few Airborne troops reached dry land and attacked their objectives. Shining examples of collective and individual acts of courage rocked the Italian and German defenders. This book tells the controversial story of that first mass glider operation and the men who proved the GPR motto Nothing is Impossible.This is the first account of the Sicily air landing operation.

The Story Of The Glider Pilot Regiment 1942 1945

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Author : Ronald Seth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

The Story Of The Glider Pilot Regiment 1942 1945 written by Ronald Seth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.

The Glider Gang

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Author : Milton Dank
language : en
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins
Release Date : 1977

The Glider Gang written by Milton Dank and has been published by Lippincott Williams & Wilkins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1977 with History categories.

Describes the glider missions in European airborne operations during World War II and the exploits of the pilots who participated in them.

Nothing Is Impossible

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Author : Victor Miller
language : en
Publisher: Pen and Sword
Release Date : 2015-06-30

Nothing Is Impossible written by Victor Miller and has been published by Pen and Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-06-30 with History categories.

Battle is the severest test a man can be called upon to undergo; it can bring out the best in a man _ and the worst... The author of this book, Victor Miller, joined the Queen's Royal Regiment, at Guildford, upon the outbreak of the Second World War. He volunteered for the elite Glider Pilot Regiment upon its formation and passed, with above average marks, the RAF pilot training programme. From here, he was to take part in three of the most iconic airborne operations of the entire conflict. The invasion of Sicily, the Allies first attack in to Europe, where he was wounded and temporarily taken prisoner; Arnhem, where the 1st Airborne Division struck sixty-four miles behind enemy lines only to clash with two SS Armoured Panzer Divisions resulting in 80% losses in nine days; and the assault crossing of the Rhine, into Germany proper, with 'only' 30% losses. This remarkable story, jotted down shortly after each operation when the events were still vivid in the author's mind, is an astonishing record of skill, bravery, comradeship and resourcefulness which represents a fitting tribute to many fallen friends and colleagues. The book was published initially in 1994, before the author's death. This posthumous edition comes with brand new supplementary content, drawn together by the author's sons and family.

The Glider Pilot Regiment

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Author :
language : en
Publisher: Pen & Sword
Release Date : 2010-11-30

The Glider Pilot Regiment written by and has been published by Pen & Sword this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-30 with History categories.

Format: PAL* In depth analysis of the famous Horsa Glider from its construction, size and flying characteristics using a full scale replica built at RAF Shawbury.* Interviews with GPR veterans and their insights into what being in this prestigious regiment was like from their initial training to numerous battles.returncharacterreturncharacter* Packed with extra material including pictures, diagrams, chapters taken from Pen and Sword books and exclusive money off vouchers.returncharacterreturncharacterSelection and training for the Army's Glider Pilot Regiment was both rigorous and thoroughly demanding. GPR veterans recall their experience of training to be members one of the British Army's new elite regiments. Once they had survived the initial toughening up, it was onto elementary fixed wing flying with the RAF and then on to gliding in a variety of aircraft including the Horsa Glider.returncharacterreturncharacterUsing a exact full scale replica of the Horsa glider built at RAF Shawbury, the team gain an insight into the construction, size and flying characteristics of this iconic airplane. Veterans explain how the aircraft handled and the controls they used in their five mile glide from six thousand feet.The operations of the Glider Pilot Regiment are covered from the first small scale attempt to destroy the German Heavy Water plant in Norway through to the near disastrous first major commitment at night to the invasion of Sicily in July 1943.returncharacterreturncharacterAfter the war the GPR fought as infantry alongside 6th Airborne Division in Palestine but the helicopter was now on the scene; with gliding into battle a thing of the past, the Regiment was disbanded after a short but illustrious history. But their spirit and the achievements live on in today's Army Air Corps.

Silent Wings

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Author : Gerard M. Devlin
language : en
Publisher: W H Allen
Release Date : 1985

Silent Wings written by Gerard M. Devlin and has been published by W H Allen this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1985 with History categories.

Lion With Blue Wings

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Author : Ronald Seth
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1955

Lion With Blue Wings written by Ronald Seth and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1955 with categories.