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Originally Posted by brewerjerry
Can anyone suggest what advantage a stirling may have had over a b-17.
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Triple tow!
Remember please that the USAAF glider pilots were trained in triple tow, whereas their British colleagues from the GPR not. Remember also that since late 1920s the US military aviation VIPs hated gliders and nothing changed during WWII. The USAAF's decision-makers responsible for bombers have never agreed to detach them for gliders towing, although in the ZI all bombers were tested successfully as towing planes.
Most likely Stirling would be able to tow three such light gliders as the CG-4As. That's very interesting what you mentioned about the US-marked Stirling. Before D-Day various untypical tests were done as, for instance, parachute jumps from the gliders in double tow.
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