Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII
Silent Wings - The American Glider Pilots of WWII by Robert Child
English | May 14, 2013 | ASIN: B00CT87L8A | 94 pages | AZW3 | 1.15 MB
English | May 14, 2013 | ASIN: B00CT87L8A | 94 pages | AZW3 | 1.15 MB
From the early race to build gliders to the D-Day invasion at Normandy and Nazi Germany's final surrender, Silent Wings, reveals the critical role gliders played in World War II offensives. Through interviews with glider vets as well as WWII war correspondents, Walter Cronkite and Andy Rooney, the book places the reader right at the center of the action in the dangerous world of the American glider pilot.
During WWII, 6000 young Americans volunteered to fly large unarmed cargo gliders into battle. For these glider pilots every mission was do-or-die. It was their task to repeatedly risk their lives landing the men and tools of war deep within enemy-held territory, often in complete darkness, using only a stopwatch to navigate. Thousands of lives were saved and battles won because of their efforts. In fact, one pilot interviewed said - the 'G' in their emblem didn't stand for glider; it stood for 'guts'.