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Carl Gwartney Collection Image

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  • TVL1970 said:
    Laister-Kauffmann Corporation manufactured Waco CG-4A assault glider (CG-4A-LK), USAAF Ser. No. 42-73562. As per the Joe Baugher site: www.joebaugher.com/usaf_serials/1942_4.html
    29th Troop Carrier Squadron, 313th Troop Carrier Group, Ninth Air Force, Folkingham (Station 484). Crashed at Folkingham 24 Jul 44.

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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.

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  • A30yoyo said:
    Very interesting...the gliders are the nosewheel WACO CG-13A only small numbers reached Europe in WWII and reportedly never saw combat
  • philippe drouin said:
    hi I leave in achiet le grand, the airfields was knowed as B54 and it was situated closer to Grevillers than Achiet. if anyone can contact me I would be very interested to get some photos or any records. I have some pictures that was transfer to me and I have been in touch some years ago with a pilot who stayed in our village while he had to flew from here. drouinphilippe@yahoo.fr