Rudy Opitz was a member of Nutmeg Soaring and one of my instructors. It does not say it in his obituary but he flew one of the gliders to land troops on Fort Eben-Emael.
Obituary for Paul Rudolf Opitz ¬ Riverview Funeral Home
He was an awesome pilot but no warrior. The story I heard was he stayed in the glider and let the soldiers do the fighting.