You know I hate to:
a. Go off thread
b. Spoil an argument with facts
but I'm about to do both. Crab-in-Cab should not mock glider pilots - and anyway many were RAF. The Glider Pilot Regiment lost 90% of its strength at Arnhem, and was bolstered for the Rhine crossing operation by 1500 (not a misprint - one thousand five hundred) RAF pilots.
See the
Assault Glider Project Website for more gen on these amazing people. Just imagine: every landing's an EOL, and then (if you survive) you're an instant pongo. And they did engine-off take-offs too, sometimes from tactical locations!
And just to quell further familiar banter, the RAF pilots attached to the GPR were of all ranks from Sgt to Sqn Ldr ......
Respect!!