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Lalaghat Airfield Assam, India, March 5, 1944. A squad of British Chindit soldiers board an American glider preparing to take off for LZ Broadway which is located 165 miles behind Japanese lines in Burma. Imperial War Museum

March 6, 1944. Glider pilots of the 1st Air Commando Group take a break during salvage operation on LZ Broadway 165 miles behind Japanese lines in Burma. The two gliders in the background had crashed together during landings made in total darkness the preceding night. U.S. Air Force

Burma, March6, 1944. A wrecked CG-4A at Broadway. This glider's nose section has been smashed in by a teakwood log that on the LZ. Neal J. Blush

England, May 1944. Lt. William K. Snyder and the glider that he will have to land in Normandy at 4:00 a.m. on D-Day. Snyder's CG-4A is one of the 228 gliders that were modified just prior to D-Day with a life-saving Griswold nose device and Carey skid. Note standard landing skid (lower right) affixed to bottom of glider. Hance a. Lunday

Behind Japanese lines in Burma, May 1944. Soldiers of the 3rd West African (Nigerian) Brigade of Chindit lower the nose section of CG-4A that will soon be picked up and returned to India. Several wounded Nigerians have just been placed aboard the glider. The medic at right can be seen folding a stretcher that was used to carry wounded out of the jungle. Thomas Hight

Tarrant Rushton Airfield, England. A glider fleet consisting of two Horsas and 30 immense Hamilcars stands marshalled on the centre runway for D-Day in Normandy. Parked on both flanks of the gliders are their 4-engine Halifax bomber tow-planes. A lone Halifax sits on the main runway well forward of the leading Horsa gliders. Imperial War Museum

England, May 25, 1944. The Fighting Falcon. Manufactured in 1943 by the Gibson Refrigeration Company of Greenville, Michigan, this glider (and three others) was purchased by student in the Greenville school system and donated to the U.S. Army. Standing (left to right) Lt. John L. May (aide to Gen. Pratt), General Pratt, (Deputy Commander, 101st Airborne Division), Lt. Col. Michael C. Murphy (chief pilot), and Lt. Robert M. Butler (copilot). Only Murphy and May survived the crash of The Fighting Falcon in Normandy. U.S. Air Force