"USAAF Glider Aerial Retrieval System" Topic
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| Kaoschallenged | 22 Dec 2012 3:47 a.m. PST |
This article has some good information and drawings.There might be some good ideas for a rescue scenario. Robert
PDF link |
ScottWashburn  | 22 Dec 2012 4:20 a.m. PST |
To see it in action watch the Errol Flynn movie "Objective Burma" :) |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Dec 2012 5:54 a.m. PST |
I had forgotten that! LOL. I haven't seen that movie for years. Robert |
| MAD MIKE | 22 Dec 2012 10:10 a.m. PST |
This system mentioned in John Master's "The Road Past Mandalay" relating what a morale booster it was to the Chindits, as they no longer had to abandon their wounded to their fate. |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Dec 2012 2:18 p.m. PST |
It would certainly make me feel better some of the areas in that Theater were really rough . Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 22 Dec 2012 5:10 p.m. PST |
Here is a good thread from a few years back on the subject,
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Robert |
79thPA  | 23 Dec 2012 7:07 a.m. PST |
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| Kaoschallenged | 23 Dec 2012 12:10 p.m. PST |
Thanks 79thPA. I can't remember how I came across it LOL. Robert |
| Kaoschallenged | 24 Dec 2012 10:35 p.m. PST |
All American Aviation and the US Army Glider Pick-ups
YouTube link |
| Legion 4 | 25 Dec 2012 8:10 p.m. PST |
I was going to say the same thing, see the Errol Flynn movie, "Objective Burma" … |
| Kaoschallenged | 25 Dec 2012 9:57 p.m. PST |
Wish I could find the video clip of that scene. Robert |
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