combatglider

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Carl Gwartney Collection Image

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  • TVL1970 said:
    This crater appears to have once been a Luftwaffe munitions bunker or revetment, with several aerial bombs and other ammunition scattered about. Note the single CG-13A and several CG-4A assault gliders tied down nearby.

Carl Gwartney Collection Image

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  • TVL1970 said:
    Pilots seated in the cockpit of a Waco CG-13 assault glider.

Mayor of St. Louis, William D. Becker, Thomas Dysart (President, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce), Judge Henry Mueller, Lieut. Colonel Paul Hazelton, and Max Doyne (Director of Public Utilities)

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  • TVL1970 said:
    This photo was taken on August 1, 1943, at Lambert Airport (STL / KSTL) in St. Louis. From left to right, they are Mayor of St. Louis, William D. Becker, Thomas Dysart (President, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce), Judge Henry Mueller, Lieut. Colonel Paul Hazelton, and Max Doyne (Director of Public Utilities). These men, and five others - including William B. Robertson, the founder of St. Louis-based Robertson Aircraft Corporation (RAC) (and the builders of the WACO CG-4A troop transport glider pictured), are about to plunge to their deaths during a public demonstration flight. See: books.google.com/books?id=RVAEAAAAMBAJ&pg=PA30&lp...
  • SDASM Archives said:
    Per TVL1970: This photo was taken on August 1, 1943, at Lambert Airport (STL / KSTL) in St. Louis. From left to right, they are Mayor of St. Louis, William D. Becker, Thomas Dysart (President, St. Louis Chamber of Commerce), Judge Henry Mueller, Lieut. Colonel Paul Hazelton, and Max Doyne (Director of Public Utilities). These men, and five others - including William B. Robertson, the founder of St. Louis-based Robertson Aircraft Corporation (RAC) (and the builders of the WACO CG-4A troop transport glider pictured), are about to plunge to their deaths during a public demonstration flight. See: books.google.com/books?id=RVAEAAAAMBAJ&pg =PA30&lp... Thanks, TVL1970
  • SDASM Archives said:
    TVL1970 OH NO! Not a happy end....
  • DarkAngelDay said:
    Cool shot


  • Batman_60 said:
    Yes, correct. A famous and chilling image. I think there are pictures of the glider plunging to earth with one wing missing.