Just ran across this article about US Army Air Corps Glider Pilots.....and having flown Gliders in the past it prompted me to consider what it must have been like to be a Glider Pilot headed to France at night over the English Channel knowing it was a one way trip and the reception you were going to face upon landing was not going to be a friendly one.
I tip my Hat to those Men...of both the American and British Glider Pilots as they certainly were Bold as Brass! When one looks back to those Nights such as at Pegasus Bridge and other assaults in which Gliders played such a role....it makes one step back and salute.
https://www.asme.org/engineering-top...f-world-war-ii