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List of World War II military gliders

This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list.

Australia

  • DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.[1]

Germany

India

  • Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider[1]

Italy

  • Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).[1]
  • C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 2 built. See the italian page for the description of the glider.[1]

Japan

A Ku-7 glider.

Army

  • Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
  • Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
  • Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
  • Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
  • Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew[3]
  • Yokosuka Ku-13, experimental "Shusui" light/heavy glider

Navy

Soviet Union

  • Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced[1]
  • Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
  • BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.[1]
  • Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built[4]
  • KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.[1]
  • SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.[1]
  • TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.[1]

Sweden

  • AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.[1]

Turkey

  • THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.[1]

United Kingdom

United States

A Waco CG-4A glider
  • Allied Aviation XLRA
  • Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
  • St Louis CG-5 prototype only
  • Waco CG-3
  • Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built, known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
  • Waco CG-13A
  • Waco CG-15
  • General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
  • Bristol XLRQ Amphibious assault glider[6]
  • Douglas XCG-17 – prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
  • Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" large transport glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.[7][8]
  • Pratt-Read LBE
  • Piper LBP
  • Piper LNP
  • Taylorcraft LBT
  • Taylorcraft LNT
  • Pratt-Read TG-32
  • Schweitzer LNS

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260275-8.
  2. ^ a b Japanese flying wings, Wooldridge, E.T.
  3. ^ Donaldson, Graham (2000). "The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941–1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
  4. ^ Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey (Reed Consumer Books). p. 82. ISBN 1 85532 405 9.
  5. ^ http://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day/pegasus-bridge.html
  6. ^ Popular Science, May 1943, An Amphibian Glider.
  7. ^ Daves Warbirds
  8. ^ "Aero Web". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-11-12.
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