Originally Posted by
kangaroota
Did glider pilots fly just one mission in WW2 and then join the fray so to speak after landing, or were efforts made to repatriate them so they could fly another mission?
"That evening (May 31, 1944), (Staff Sergeant) Wallwork and the other pilots were given a special set of orders. These said that the bearer was not responsible to anyone, that he was to be returned to the U.K. by the most expeditious means, and that this order overruled all other orders. It was signed "Bernard Law Montgomery’. (Brigadier) Poett also told Howard (commander of the Pegasus Bridge attack) privately, ‘Whatever you do, John, don’t let those pilots get into combat. They are much too valuable to be wasted. Get them back here." From, "Pegasus Bridge", by Stephen E. Ambrose, p. 84.