In an interview posted to the U.S Army website, retired WWII glider pilot Lt ... The force consisted of 144 gliders, with the majority consisting of American CG-4As and the rest being the British ...

Managers at a country estate are preparing to host a special commemorative service to honour pilots who flew on a major World War Two mission. The ceremony at Markshall Estate near Braintree in Essex ...

British, Canadian and American forces took off mostly from Essex airfields on 24 March 1945, to be dropped directly on top of the German lines at the River Rhine. Paratroopers and gliders packed ...