Glider Attack On D-Day

Published: April 8, 2018, 4:53 p.m.

They are known as America's first military stealth aircraft. Under cover of darkness, the Waco CG-4A combat glider carried U.S. troops and materiel into battle during World War II.\xa0\xa0William Horn and Leo Cordier, pilots who flew these unarmed and un-powered planes, landed behind enemy lines before the invasion troops arrived in Europe on D-Day.\xa0Their courageous stories are a little known chapter in the Allied march to victory during WWII.\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices