Two surviving members of the Second World War Glider Pilot Regiment (GPR) have stressed the importance of the wooden aircraft on D-Day, saying “it couldn’t have been done another way”. Gliders, used ...
IT looks like there may be a misprint in the ‘Father’s wartime service honoured’ story. Where Robert’s glider is spelled Hauser it should be Horsa. After the Germans had successfully used gliders in ...
17:48, Wed, Jun 5, 2024 Updated: 17:56, Wed, Jun 5, 2024 It is an often overlooked fact that the first Allied soldiers to see action on D-Day 80 years ago did not arrive as part of the massive Navy ...
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