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- catalog abstract ""The Glider Pilot Regiment, having been raised as the first element of the new Army Air Corps in 1942 and disbanded in 1957, can probably claim the dubious distinction of having been the smallest and shortest-lived regiment ever to form part of the British Army. Nevertheless, in those few years the regiment gained as much distinction as it has taken other units hundreds of years to achieve. Yet, strangely enough, the story of these heroic men who piloted their flimsy gliders to most of the important battlefields of the Second World War has never before been told. It is indeed a remarkable story and no one is better qualified to tell it than Claude Smith, who himself served with the regiment and took part in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and later in the ill-fated landing at Arnhem, where he was taken prisoner"--Jacket.".
- catalog contributor b3465838.
- catalog created "1992.".
- catalog date "1992".
- catalog date "1992.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1992.".
- catalog description ""The Glider Pilot Regiment, having been raised as the first element of the new Army Air Corps in 1942 and disbanded in 1957, can probably claim the dubious distinction of having been the smallest and shortest-lived regiment ever to form part of the British Army. Nevertheless, in those few years the regiment gained as much distinction as it has taken other units hundreds of years to achieve. Yet, strangely enough, the story of these heroic men who piloted their flimsy gliders to most of the important battlefields of the Second World War has never before been told. It is indeed a remarkable story and no one is better qualified to tell it than Claude Smith, who himself served with the regiment and took part in the invasion of Normandy on D-Day, 6 June 1944, and later in the ill-fated landing at Arnhem, where he was taken prisoner"--Jacket.".
- catalog description "Early days -- Formation of the Regiment -- Operation Freshman -- Assault on Sicily -- Mediterranean Operations -- Reorganization -- Operation Overlord -- Air Armada into Holland -- Operation Varsity -- India -- The Run-down of the Regiment -- Roll of Honour -- Honours and Awards -- Colonels, Commandant, Commanding Officers, Battalion/Wing/Squadron Commanders.".
- catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 177) and index.".
- catalog extent "184 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0850523265".
- catalog issued "1992".
- catalog issued "1992.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "London : Leo Cooper,".
- catalog spatial "Great Britain.".
- catalog subject "940.54/4941 20".
- catalog subject "D786 .S6 1992".
- catalog subject "Great Britain. Army. Glider Pilot Regiment History.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Aerial operations, British.".
- catalog subject "World War, 1939-1945 Regimental histories Great Britain.".
- catalog tableOfContents "Early days -- Formation of the Regiment -- Operation Freshman -- Assault on Sicily -- Mediterranean Operations -- Reorganization -- Operation Overlord -- Air Armada into Holland -- Operation Varsity -- India -- The Run-down of the Regiment -- Roll of Honour -- Honours and Awards -- Colonels, Commandant, Commanding Officers, Battalion/Wing/Squadron Commanders.".
- catalog title "The history of the Glider Pilot Regiment / by Claude Smith ; with a foreword by Sir John Hackett ; with illustrations by Alan Richards.".
- catalog type "History. fast".
- catalog type "text".