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RM2CGHFG8–D-Day WW2 invasion glider pilots and support troops returning after successfully and courageously flying and landing troops behind enemy lines. Returning across the channel on troop landing craft 1944 Operation Overlord D-Day World War II Second World War
RMT4YF0D–A crash helmet for sail- and glider pilots Black lacquered leather body with protective bulges, one of the 16 ventilation perforations damaged, ear- and neck guards of black leather. In the black imitation silk liner is a bordered white stamp 'LS' with Luftwaffe eagle. Leather sweatband with '55' size stamping. historic, historical, organisation, organization, organizations, organisations, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
RME02092–Beddingham, East Sussex, UK.29th April 2014.Para Glider pilots take advantage of the breeze on a glorious warm sunny afternoon in the Sussex countryside. Picture taken from Beddingham Church.
RFMY17DE–Benouville, France. 5th June 2018. A newly planted tree in honour of the Glider Pilots Regiment during D-Day commemorative events at the Pegasus Memorial, Benouville, France. Credit: Isergraph/Alamy Live News
RM2TC42EC–NORMANDY LANDINGS June 1944. Members of the Glider infantry of D Company, 2nd Battalion Ox and Bucks Light Infantry of the 6th Airlanding Brigade, 6th Airborne Division. Their unit captured 'Pegasus Bridge' the bridge over the Caen Canal at Benouville on 6th June. At centre is Captain Brian Priday who was John Howard's second in command.
RM2M99T1W–The final fighting north of the River Rhine during the last stages of Operation Market Garden was in and around the small Arnhem suburb of Oosterbeek. On 19th September 1944 Major Lonsdale, Second in Command of 11th Parachute Regiment, gathered together men coming from every direction and addressed them from the pulpit in the church (hence the church's name). There were men from the 1st, 3rd and 11th Battalions, the South Staffords and some glider pilots and they became known as the 'Lonsdale Force.' The church abounds with Memorials, both inside and outside, because it came to mean so much to
RME130DK–Feb. 26, 2012 - Glider for Young - Stars: Nobody can start to get the feeling of glider earlier as this four month old child Stephanie Cornelia. His Father Jurg Burg and his mother Eveline from Olten Switzerland are in her free time enthusiastic glider pilots.
RMB4485X–D Day Veteran Glider pilots Peter Boyle and Geoff Parkways glider centre where it landed at Pegasus Bridge
RM2BWBTC7–Great glider meeting at Lympne . Two Belgian pilots , Baron Georges Kervyn de Lettenhove and V Simonet ( shorter ) . 8 October 1923
RM2E26ET2–Glider pilot names on the Army Flying Memorial, Army Flying Museum, a Military Aviation Museum in Stockbridge, Hampshire, UK.
RMDD811N–Pilots boarding in glider plane ASH-25 on runway of Santa Cilia de Jaca aerodrome, Aragon, Spain
RFAF26N7–Two para glider pilots prepare their para glider craft filling their para gliders with wind getting ready to lift off
RMT4YF0F–A crash helmet for sail- and glider pilots Black lacquered leather body with protective bulges, one of the 16 ventilation perforations damaged, ear- and neck guards of black leather. In the black imitation silk liner is a bordered white stamp 'LS' with Luftwaffe eagle. Leather sweatband with '55' size stamping. historic, historical, organisation, organization, organizations, organisations, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
RMG715RR–HRH The Prince of Wales with Veterans of the Glider Pilots Regiment watch An Air Display by Three Army Helicopters over landing zone tracing the gliders approach paths at Pegasus Bridge,to mark the 60th Anniversery of D-Day .
RFHMBB8D–Brig. Gen. Anthony C. Mcauliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives his various glider pilots last minute instructions before the take-off on D plus 1. England, September 18, 1944. Klosterman. (Army) NARA FILE #: 111-SC-199803 WAR & CONFLICT BOOK #: 1064
RMJTW108–Firle, East Sussex, UK. 10th Aug, 2017. A stiff wind from the North brings hang glider pilots to Firle Beacon on the South Downs..
RME0MDR0–Oct. 25, 1954 - Pictured is the ''Schwobemaedle,'' the first machine of the Stuttgart Glider Pilot Club, which celebrated its 10th anniversary. Pictured on the right is Hanna Reitsch and on the left is American Betsy Woodwords, who held the record for glider pilots.
RMBP1X08–Glider Pilots Amador Rodriguez and Sarah Kelman, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial
RMPB8GYN–Burgdorf, Germany. 25th July, 2018. A glider of the Luftsportverein Burgdorf flying under a cloud over the airfield near Ramlingen. The persistent heat provies a good thermal for the glider pilots in Lower Saxony. (to dpa 'Heat inspires glider pilots - BFU: Accident figures rise ' from 27.07.2018) Credit: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa/Alamy Live News
RM2BTPP3M–Gluttons for gliding!. Record breakers go up again after 22 1/2 hours in the air. Having enjoyed a sleep after setting their new world glider duration record, Flight Lieutenant W B Murray and Mr Stanley Sproule took Stanley Sproule took out their record breaking Falcon III glider at Dunstable (Bedfordhire) and went for another flight today (Sunday). Flight Lieutenant Murray and Mr Sproule, who although only 22, is one of the leading British glider pilots, remained in the the air for nearly 22 1/2 hours, beating the exisiting German record of 21 hours 2 minutes. Photo shows, the record breaking
RME1CW63–Brig. Gen. Anthony C. McAuliffe, gives glider pilots last minute instructions on Sept. 18, 1944. This was the second wave of
![Training of young Japanese women at the glider airfield of Matsudo near Tokyo. [automated translation] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2H0J12D/training-of-young-japanese-women-at-the-glider-airfield-of-matsudo-near-tokyo-automated-translation-2H0J12D.jpg "Training of young Japanese women at the glider airfield of Matsudo near Tokyo. [automated translation] Stock Photo")
RM2H0J12D–Training of young Japanese women at the glider airfield of Matsudo near Tokyo. [automated translation]
RMC09GH6–Cockpit of a Dimona H36, motor glider, light aircraft, general aviation, private pilots license, over the Ruhrgebiet region
RMT4YF0G–A crash helmet for sail- and glider pilots Black lacquered leather body with protective bulges, one of the 16 ventilation perforations damaged, ear- and neck guards of black leather. In the black imitation silk liner is a bordered white stamp 'LS' with Luftwaffe eagle. Leather sweatband with '55' size stamping. historic, historical, organisation, organization, organizations, organisations, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
RMG7002K–Robbie Ham, 8, from Exeter, talks to veterans of the Glider Pilots Regiment as they wait for the Prince of Wales to arrive at Pegasus Bridge in north-west France to inaugurate a replica of one of the giant gliders used on D-Day 60 years ago. The prince was in Normandy, north west France, for a day of engagements meeting veterans, and remembering those who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Europe.
RMJTW0X7–Firle, East Sussex, UK. 10th Aug, 2017. A stiff wind from the North brings hang glider pilots to Firle Beacon on the South Downs..
RM2JXH56C–Colonel Herring, British Officer, Briefs American Glider Pilots For Another Invasion Operation To Be Carried Out Near Myitkyina, Burma.
RM2HX665D–Glider Pilots Train By Night -- Photo taken at R.A.F. station during night training for glider pilots shows in the brilliant floodlight the ***** as it taxes out. March 29, 1943. (Photo by British Official Photograph).
RM2H9NC8P–Bielsko, 1948-11. Oblatywanie nowych szybowców szkolnych typu IS-3 ABC skonstruowanych w Instytucie Szybownictwa w Bielsku. Nz. szybownicy Piotr M³ynarski i Kwiatkowski. wb PAP Dok³adny dzieñ wydarzenia nieustalony. Bielsko, Nov. 1948. The test-fly of IS-3 ABC training gliders made by the Gliding Institute in Bielsko. Pictured: glider pilots Piotr Mlynarski and Kwiatkowski. wb PAP
RMBP1WY0–Glider Pilots Amador Rodriguez and Sarah Kelman, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial
RMPB8GYK–Burgdorf, Germany. 25th July, 2018. Hans Pietsch, longtime glider pilot of the Luftsportverein Burgdorf, lands with a glider on an airfield near Ramlingen. The persistent heat provides a good thermal for the glider pilots in Lower Saxony. (to dpa 'Heat inspires glider pilots - BFU: Accident figures rise ' from 27.07.2018) Credit: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa/Alamy Live News
RM2BTPPJE–Gluttons for gliding!. Record breakers go up again after 22 1/2 hours in the air. Having enjoyed a sleep after setting their new world glider duration record, Flight Lieutenant W B Murray and Mr Stanley Sproule took Stanley Sproule took out their record breaking Falcon III glider at Dunstable (Bedfordhire) and went for another flight today (Sunday). Flight Lieutenant Murray and Mr Sproule, who although only 22, is one of the leading British glider pilots, remained in the the air for nearly 22 1/2 hours, beating the exisiting German record of 21 hours 2 minutes. Photo shows, Flight Lieutenant W
RMW6FG38–Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives his various glider pilots last minute instructions before the take-off on D plus 1. England.; General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1064 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
RMFFH252–Instructor pilot, Lt. Col. Charlie Freeman, pilots an L-23 Super Blanik glider during the Civil Air Patrol's Northeast Region Glider Academy in Springfield, Vt. On average, each cadet flies 20 sorties at the academy, with Civil Air Patrol instructors observing and teaching.
![During a flying competition on the Rhön, a glider flies over members of the Hitler Youth. Presumably a glider Heron. It bears the inscription Olympic Games Berlin 1936 and D commander. [automated translation] Stock Photo](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2T69C27/during-a-flying-competition-on-the-rhn-a-glider-flies-over-members-of-the-hitler-youth-presumably-a-glider-heron-it-bears-the-inscription-olympic-games-berlin-1936-and-d-commander-automated-translation-2T69C27.jpg "During a flying competition on the Rhön, a glider flies over members of the Hitler Youth. Presumably a glider Heron. It bears the inscription Olympic Games Berlin 1936 and D commander. [automated translation] Stock Photo")
RM2T69C27–During a flying competition on the Rhön, a glider flies over members of the Hitler Youth. Presumably a glider Heron. It bears the inscription Olympic Games Berlin 1936 and D commander. [automated translation]
RMTAEW7Y–A glider pilot's badge 'B' certificate in officer quality cloth issue Zwei silberne, handgestickte Schwingen im Kranz auf grauem Wollfilz-Grund. Leichte Trage- und Altersspuren. Durchmesser 40 mm. historic, historical, Air Force, branch of service, branches of service, armed service, armed services, military, militaria, air forces, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
RMG7003H–Robbie Ham, 8, from Exeter, waves a Union Flag as veterans of the Glider Pilots Regiment wait for the Prince of Wales to arrive at Pegasus Bridge in north-west France to inaugurate a replica of one of the giant gliders used on D-Day 60 years ago. The prince was in Normandy, north west France, for a day of engagements meeting veterans, and remembering those who lost their lives during the Allied invasion of Europe.
RMJTW0WR–Firle, East Sussex, UK. 10th Aug, 2017. A stiff wind from the North brings hang glider pilots to Firle Beacon on the South Downs..
RME14MA4–Apr. 05, 2012 - First flight of a glider with a passenger in 1922 Fokker the famous Dutch inventor created a sensation when he flew over an aviation field in Berlin carrying a passenger in his glider. here is the glider going up in the air. The German were pioneers of glider flying, this sport was later used by Hitler's regime to lure young men to their camp, and consequently to get early basic instructions as pilots.
RM2CFK8H2–An army pilot in a Hotspur military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. It was the glider in which all pilots belonging to the Glider Pilot Regiment received their initial instruction. Although relatively heavy with a high sink rate, the Hotspur exhibited good flying characteristics allowing novice pilots to quickly gain proficiency, but never saw operational use.
RM2K6REFY–Photograph of Army Glider Pilots on Their Way Back to EnglandArmy glider pilots, among the first to land in Normandy and disrupt enemy communications, are on their way back to England. They are shown in a LCVP, which is taking them to larger craft off invasion beachhead in France.
RM2HX5WN7–Pilots rest between flights in southern France. Glider pilots find vino and relaxation at a bar in a liberated French coastal town after strenuous hours of piloting gliders into France.U.S army pictorial service photo thru pwb. - serviced by rx to e list, NA., and it.) approved by appropriate military authority. August 19, 1944. (Photo by U.S. Office Of War Information Picture).
RM2H9HE4R–Wroc³aw, 1948-07-22. Powo³anie Zwi¹zku M³odzie¿y Polskiej (ZMP) przyniós³ zjazd zjednoczeniowy organizacji m³odzie¿owych. Towarzysz¹cy mu zlot zamyka³a defilada na placu Grunwaldzkim. Nz. szybownicy z Powszechnej Organizacji S³u¿ba Polsce (SP). mw PAP/Kondracki Wroclaw, July 22, 1948. The Polish Youth Union (ZMP) was set up during a unification congress of youth organisations. It was accompanied by a rally with ended with a parade in Grunwaldzki Square. Pictured: glider pilots from the Mass Organisation Service to Poland. mw PAP/Kondracki
RMBP1WXK–Glider Pilots Amador Rodriguez and Sarah Kelman, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial
RMPB8GYR–Burgdorf, Germany. 25th July, 2018. Astrid Angermann, longtime glider pilot of the Luftsportverein Burgdorf, flies in a glider over the landscape north of Hanover. The persistent heat provies a good thermal for the glider pilots in Lower Saxony. (to dpa 'Heat inspires glider pilots - BFU: Accident figures rise ' from 27.07.2018) Credit: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMCWAYH0–Nazi Germany, German pilots training in gliders because of Versailles treaty limitations on military aircraft, c. 1936.
RMTA2KED–The Flugsicherungsschiff (flight safety vessel) 'Krischan II' takes an easy school and training aircraft on board. The aircraft is probably a Heinkel He 42, a seaplane that was used for the training of glider pilots. At the time when the picture was made, the 'Krischan II' continued its operations from List auf Sylt. This photo must have been taken before May 1936, since the ship still has a black hull. This was changed in May 1936 to the colors of the Kriegsmarine. On 13.08.1936 it was also renamed 'Guenther Plueschow'.
RF2CTB774–Krefeld-Elfrath - View to Flight-Tower to coordinate the glider Pilots, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 21.09.2020
RMTAEW7X–A glider pilot's badge 'B' certificate in officer quality cloth issue Zwei silberne, handgestickte Schwingen im Kranz auf grauem Wollfilz-Grund. Leichte Trage- und Altersspuren. Durchmesser 40 mm. historic, historical, Air Force, branch of service, branches of service, armed service, armed services, military, militaria, air forces, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
RMGAC876–John Russell, 65, (centre) meets Flight Lieutenant Mark Haley (right) and Squadron Leader Roger Organ (left), the two tornado pilots who rescued him from a glider crash in Scotland last July.
RM2X159GP–KING, QUEEN & PRINCESS ELIZABETH WITH AIRBORNE TROOPS - The Queen talking to glider pilots British Army
RMJTW03E–Firle, East Sussex, UK. 10th Aug, 2017. A stiff wind from the North brings hang glider pilots to Firle Beacon on the South Downs..
RM2BFFK1D–Gliding 1940's style in England - take off, flight patterns,a glider of the time with a cutaway view of the pilots controls and plane dimensions
RMF5FWBG–1972 - Glider for Young - Stars: Nobody can start to get the feeling of glider earlier as this four month old child Stephanie Cornelia. His Father Jurg Burg and his mother Eveline from Olten Switzerland are in her free time enthusiastic glider pilots. © Keystone Pictures USA/ZUMAPRESS.com/Alamy Live News
RM2CFK8D4–The General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur was a military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. It was the glider in which all pilots belonging to the Glider Pilot Regiment received their initial instruction. Although relatively heavy with a high sink rate, the Hotspur exhibited good flying characteristics allowing novice pilots to quickly gain proficiency, but never saw operational use.
RMCAJWNJ–September 29th, 2007, San Diego, California, USA. DAVID JEBB (red shirt, hands up in middle), who runs the Torrey Pines Glider Port, talks to hang glider pilots about making their approach for landing into the Torrey Pines Glider Port on Saturday in San Diego, California. Mandatory Credit: photo b
RM2HX667W–Training Glider Pilots -- An interior view of a Horsa Glider with Airborne troops ***** either side all ready for towing. Britain is training glider pilots on a big scale in readiness for the Second Front. After pilots receive their initial training at an R.A.F. Glider School, they pass out at a heavy glider conversion unit. The function of the unit is to adapt pilots of the army airborne division to fly operational type of gliders, Horsas, after they have become proficient on the training type,
RM2R65RPM–Varese, Italy. 07th June, 2023. Varese, Italy Disabled in flight event in collaboration with the Niguarda Spinal Unit of Milan and the Adele Orsi Aero Club of Calcinate del Pesce allowed with its collaborators to bring some people with motor disabilities on gliders in flight. In the photo : Attilio Fontana President of R, Margherita Acquaderni, President ACAO, prof. Osvaldo Chiara Director of General Surgery Trauma Team at Niguarda hospital with glider pilots Credit: Independent Photo Agency/Alamy Live News
RMBP1WT5–Glider Pilots Sarah Kelman (left) and Amador Rodriguez, Andes Mountains, Chile, South America - aerial
RMPB8GYT–Burgdorf, Germany. 25th July, 2018. A glider of the Luftsportverein Burgdorf standing on an airfield near Ramlingen on the take-off site (photo with fisheye lens). The persistent heat provies a good thermal for the glider pilots in Lower Saxony. (to dpa 'Heat inspires glider pilots - BFU: Accident figures rise ' from 27.07.2018) Credit: Hauke-Christian Dittrich/dpa/Alamy Live News
RMW1B675–Brigadier General Anthony C. McAuliffe, artillery commander of the 101st Airborne Division, gives his various glider pilots last minute instructions before the take-off on D plus 1. England.; General notes: Use War and Conflict Number 1064 when ordering a reproduction or requesting information about this image.
RMS48JN4–Pov pilots view of LET Blanik glider sailplane showing instrument panel, joystick and controls.
RF2CTB74A–Krefeld-Elfrath - Close-Up to Flight-Tower to coordinate the glider Pilots, North Rhine Westphalia, Germany, 21.09.2020
RMTAEW7T–A glider pilot's badge 'C' certificate in officer quality cloth issue Drei silberne, handgestickte Schwingen im Kranz auf grauem Wollfilz-Grund. Trage- und Altersspuren. Durchmesser ca. 30 mm. historic, historical, Air Force, branch of service, branches of service, armed service, armed services, military, militaria, air forces, object, objects, stills, clipping, clippings, cut out, cut-out, cut-outs, 20th century, Editorial-Use-Only
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