June 3

  • GLIDER PHASE OF D-DAY BEGINS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 7 minutes

    RAF Aldermaston and Ramsbury Airfields, England • June 3, 1944 On this date in 1944 in Aldermaston, England, men of the 434th Troop Carrier Group and the 101st Air­borne Divi­sion (“Screaming Eagles”) began moving 52 CG‑4A engine­less combat gliders and C‑47 Sky­train tug planes onto the air­field to lead the glider phase of Oper­a­tion Over­lord, the in­va­sion…

  • GLIDER PHASE OF D-DAY BEGINS

    ByNorm Haskett Reading Time: 6 minutes

    RAF Aldermaston and Ramsbury Airfields, England · June 3, 1944 On this date in 1944 in Aldermaston, England, men of the 434th Troop Carrier Group and the 101st Air­borne Divi­sion began moving 52 CG‑4A gliders and C‑47 Sky­train tow planes onto the air­field to lead the glider phase of Oper­a­tion Over­lord, the in­va­sion of Nazi-occu­pied France….