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bob48

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on: September 25, 2024, 06:36:59 AM
The huge Me 321 'Gigant'



Around 200 were produced, and the design was also used as a basis for the powered Me323.

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Reply #1 on: September 25, 2024, 08:45:57 AM

“O Lord God, let me not be disgraced in my old days.”

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Reply #2 on: September 25, 2024, 12:04:09 PM
Paratroopers were absolutely, certifiably insane.  Jumping out of perfectly good planes is always suspect.  Gliders are only marginally more sane.
When the British para troops landed on the eastern edge of Normandy, brigadier Richard Gale promptly "liberated" A white horse and rode it for the next few weeks.  Apparently the German troops thought it was so funny that no serious attempt was made to snipe him.

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Reply #3 on: September 25, 2024, 01:16:28 PM
My pop-in-law was a para, although he was not quite old enough to serve in WW2, but he did serve in Palestine at the end of the war.

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Reply #4 on: September 25, 2024, 01:18:07 PM
Another workhorse of the period;


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Reply #5 on: September 26, 2024, 03:44:10 PM

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Reply #6 on: September 26, 2024, 05:53:06 PM
Assault planning officer:  "Hey guys, we want to stuff you in an airplane with no engine and minimal steering"

Troopie:  "But I don't want to parachute out of a plane!"

Assault planning officer:  "Don't worry, we've got that covered, too."

Troopie:  "Do tell."

Assault planning officer:  "We're gonna crash-land you, and then you get out and fight"

Troopie:  "Oh fuck right the hell off with that bollocks!"  (probably)

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Reply #7 on: September 26, 2024, 06:11:33 PM
One of the things that is interesting between the UK and US glider forces was the the Brit pilots belong to the Glider Pilots Regiment and were trained, on landing, to form a cohesive fighting unit. US pilots, apparently, enjoyed(?) no such organisation, and were pretty much left to do their own thing.

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Reply #8 on: September 26, 2024, 07:28:11 PM
Quote from: bob48 on September 26, 2024, 06:11:33 PM
One of the things that is interesting between the UK and US glider forces was the the Brit pilots belong to the Glider Pilots Regiment and were trained, on landing, to form a cohesive fighting unit. US pilots, apparently, enjoyed(?) no such organisation, and were pretty much left to do their own thing.

Weren't the American glider pilots also all officers?


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