Originally Posted by Dan Gerous
I'm sure I read somewhere that on D Day, after surviving the landing, the Pilots were expected to head for the beaches, get a lift back to the UK, and do it all again!
That's correct for the American Glider pilots, who were not trained infantry, as opposed to our Glider Pilot Regiment who were fully trained as infantry, with in effect the ability to fly a Glider on a one-way trip, as their secondary function.
The GPR at Arnhem, suffered the highest casualty rate among all the 1st AB units during Market Garden, at around 90%.....
This is a famous photo of two members of the GPR house clearing during the fighting at Arnhem
