Ormeside, please may I join Chugalug in asking for details of the glider pilot's course? Having the basics from the Tiger Moth, did you start with dual instruction on tow? What were the basics of the Horsa handling?
As a little lad at Binbrook I still remember the Horsa delivered by Dakota to land as part of the Battle of Britain display in September 1949. I have the most vivid memory of its snail-slow descent, and realising even at eight years old that any missile whatever would penetrate its flimsy plywood fuselage.
Much later I enjoyed many glider launches as both tug and glider pilot, and often thought of the Horsa crews who never knew when the tow might be dropped and had brief moments to pick a landing site, ample time to collect lumps of flying metal. The bravery and skill of the glider pilots is not always appreciated.