Tiger Mate, that's absolutely not the case. While RAF Glider Pilots wore khaki battledress (although many wore the Denison Para smock), they flatly refused to wear army headress (and they were entitled to the red Airborne Forces beret) eschewing this for the std RAF blue/grey beret.
I remember my late Father telling me that this was probably not very sensible because, in the field, it made them look similar to Panzer Grenadiers!
Chevron, my late Father hated being towed behind a Whitley because, if it lost a donk, they would cut the glider free, no matter at what stage of T/O. A number of glider fatalities happened as a result of this.
The only thing worse than a Whitley according to him, was the Albermarle, where you could see the tail twisting in flight.
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