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Old 7th November 2010, 02:35
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Re: What did German Glider pilots do after landing??

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Originally Posted by marketc47 View Post
Anyway, the part that I am looking for is if the German glider pilots were trained and used as infantry just as the British glider pilots.
Not the British only -- the US ones as well. The USAAF GPs were trained the same as infantry, what is more many times they were trained like Special Forces, although not a hundred percent of them. And the USAAF glider aircrews fought as typical infantry in Operations Market Garden and Varsity.

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