The Role Of Glider Artillery In Operation Market Garden
Glider Artillery in Operation Market Garden World War II
SSG Yurchak, SSG Hardesty, SSG Trinidad, SSG Abrams, SSG Liddle
FA Platoon Sergeant, Senior Leaders Course, Class #502-17, 1st Section
Glider Artillery in Operation Market Garden World War II
Operation Market Garden in 1944 September marked the largest airborne operation that had never been witnessed before. The Allies had laid out the plan to fly airborne troops across a number of Dutch towns and perform assaults to secure roads and bridges at the Belgian-Dutch border across the Lower Rhine. The offensive was carried out by “The All Americans,” 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st British Airborne Division known as the “Red Devils.” Even though the outcome of the operation …show more content…
Glider artillery units in Operation Market Garden included; The 101st Airborne Division, known as the “Screaming Eagles,” and the 82nd Airborne Division known as “The All Americans.” “The All Americans” were dropped on the 17th of September 1944 with the aim of seizing key bridges of Nijmegen and Grave in Dutch territory (Lunteren, 2014). These bridges would allow the British and American armor units to cross the Rhine River into Germany, avoiding the impenetrable fortifications blocking the advancement to the east and west. Companies and firing batteries were dropped at different sites in order to secure the bridges. Another objective was to seize the Grosbeak Heights so as to prevent further German attacks. Glider artillery units from the 82nd Airborne Division included the 319th GFAB and the 320th …show more content…
Walter K. Tuzeneu visualizes the approach. Weather was ideal for their decent to the bridge too far. Twelve gliders towed by C-47s approached two different landing zones. One landing zone, a farm, covered in beets. The other, a field recently plowed with no hazards to circumvent. The gliders were separated into two columns of six. Each pilot of every glider kept their eyes affixed on a colored light located on the C-47. Once the light illuminated from red to yellow the glider pilots would position their hand onto a release button awaiting the light to change from yellow to green. Upon the green light illuminating, each glider pilot would release their glider from the 11/16-inch nylon diameter line that was towing them behind the aircraft. Tuzeneu accounts for P-38 and Mustang fighters circling their formation, protecting the gliders approach from enemy fire (Tuzeneu,
SSG Yurchak, SSG Hardesty, SSG Trinidad, SSG Abrams, SSG Liddle
FA Platoon Sergeant, Senior Leaders Course, Class #502-17, 1st Section
Glider Artillery in Operation Market Garden World War II
Operation Market Garden in 1944 September marked the largest airborne operation that had never been witnessed before. The Allies had laid out the plan to fly airborne troops across a number of Dutch towns and perform assaults to secure roads and bridges at the Belgian-Dutch border across the Lower Rhine. The offensive was carried out by “The All Americans,” 82nd Airborne Division and the 1st British Airborne Division known as the “Red Devils.” Even though the outcome of the operation …show more content…
Glider artillery units in Operation Market Garden included; The 101st Airborne Division, known as the “Screaming Eagles,” and the 82nd Airborne Division known as “The All Americans.” “The All Americans” were dropped on the 17th of September 1944 with the aim of seizing key bridges of Nijmegen and Grave in Dutch territory (Lunteren, 2014). These bridges would allow the British and American armor units to cross the Rhine River into Germany, avoiding the impenetrable fortifications blocking the advancement to the east and west. Companies and firing batteries were dropped at different sites in order to secure the bridges. Another objective was to seize the Grosbeak Heights so as to prevent further German attacks. Glider artillery units from the 82nd Airborne Division included the 319th GFAB and the 320th …show more content…
Walter K. Tuzeneu visualizes the approach. Weather was ideal for their decent to the bridge too far. Twelve gliders towed by C-47s approached two different landing zones. One landing zone, a farm, covered in beets. The other, a field recently plowed with no hazards to circumvent. The gliders were separated into two columns of six. Each pilot of every glider kept their eyes affixed on a colored light located on the C-47. Once the light illuminated from red to yellow the glider pilots would position their hand onto a release button awaiting the light to change from yellow to green. Upon the green light illuminating, each glider pilot would release their glider from the 11/16-inch nylon diameter line that was towing them behind the aircraft. Tuzeneu accounts for P-38 and Mustang fighters circling their formation, protecting the gliders approach from enemy fire (Tuzeneu,