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Waco CG-4A glider and C-47 Skytrains on the Big Springs Auxiliary Air Field, Big Springs, Texas, United States, 1942.A training accident ends the career of this Waco CG-4A troop glider, 1942-43.CG-4A glider making a training landing, possibly at Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, United States, May 1942-Jun 1943Hadrian glider in British markings, circa 1943.
Waco CG-4A glider and C-47 Skytrains on the Big Springs Auxiliary Air Field, Big Springs, Texas, United States, 1942.A training accident ends the career of this Waco CG-4A troop glider, 1942-43.CG-4A glider making a training landing, possibly at Sedalia Army Air Field, Missouri, United States, May 1942-Jun 1943Hadrian glider in British markings, circa 1943.
Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Note the CG-4A in tow taking off.Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 1 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 2 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 3 of 5
Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Note the CG-4A in tow taking off.Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 1 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 2 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 3 of 5
Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 4 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 5 of 5Aerial view of CG-4A gliders landing in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. One C-47 Skytrain tow plane is visible in the upper left.C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing CG-4A glider off an Algerian airstrip, Feb-Jun 1943
Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 4 of 5Aerial view of a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. Visible are C-47 Skytrain tow planes with Waco CG-4A gliders. Photo 5 of 5Aerial view of CG-4A gliders landing in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943. One C-47 Skytrain tow plane is visible in the upper left.C-47 Skytrain aircraft towing CG-4A glider off an Algerian airstrip, Feb-Jun 1943
One C-47 Skytrain tow plane on the taxiway at a glider training airstrip in Texas and one CG-4A glider on the ramp, 1943.With trucks lined up along the airstrip, CG-4A gliders land in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943.82nd Airborne load a 75mm howitzer into a CG-4A Troop Glider during training at Oujda, French Morocco, North Africa a month before the Sicily invasion, Jun 11 1943.Glider pilots of the US 52nd Troop Carrier Wing flying a Waco CG-4A glider above Comiso Airfield in Sicily, Italy, 1943; tow rope attached above the glider cockpit seen through the wind screen
One C-47 Skytrain tow plane on the taxiway at a glider training airstrip in Texas and one CG-4A glider on the ramp, 1943.With trucks lined up along the airstrip, CG-4A gliders land in groups of three at a glider training airstrip in Texas, 1943.82nd Airborne load a 75mm howitzer into a CG-4A Troop Glider during training at Oujda, French Morocco, North Africa a month before the Sicily invasion, Jun 11 1943.Glider pilots of the US 52nd Troop Carrier Wing flying a Waco CG-4A glider above Comiso Airfield in Sicily, Italy, 1943; tow rope attached above the glider cockpit seen through the wind screen
Waco CG-4A gliders lining up on an airstrip in Sicily, Italy, Aug 1943; note Jeeps in foregroundCG-4A glider #42-79211 in flight near Wilmington, Ohio, United States, late 1943; note tow line mounted to glider over the canopyWaco CG-4 with US 101st Airborne men; note BAR, M1 Garand, Thompson M1A1, M1A1 Bazooka, Springfield 1903; possibly a training jump due to peeling PFC stripes; circa early 1944CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress
Waco CG-4A gliders lining up on an airstrip in Sicily, Italy, Aug 1943; note Jeeps in foregroundCG-4A glider #42-79211 in flight near Wilmington, Ohio, United States, late 1943; note tow line mounted to glider over the canopyWaco CG-4 with US 101st Airborne men; note BAR, M1 Garand, Thompson M1A1, M1A1 Bazooka, Springfield 1903; possibly a training jump due to peeling PFC stripes; circa early 1944CG-4A and Horsa gliders at an English airfield preparing for the Normandy invasion, May 1944; note the application of invasion stripes still in-progress

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