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General Aircraft Hamilcar – British Aircraft of World War II; Hamilcar Glider page on d-daytanks.org.uk – includes pictures of the Hamilcar Glider parked and being towed. "Hamilcar Glider: A Survey of the Mammoth British tank-carrying Transport Glider" Flight 14 December 1944 pp. 634–638, 646; Hamilcar X Flight 1945
Baynes Bat (RAF) tailless tank carrying glider; Boulton Paul P.92 (RAF) turret fighter half scale prototype; Bristol Type 138 (RAF) high-altitude research; Folland Fo.108 engine testbed (operated by engine manufacturers) General Aircraft GAL.56 (RAF) tailless swept wing glider; Gloster E.28/39 (RAF) jet propelled aircraft
DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops. DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built. Focke-Achgelis Fa 225, rotary wing glider. 1 built. Gotha Go 242 (1941), transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built. Gotha Go 244, motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted. Gotha Go 345 (1944), troop glider prototype.
Data from Fighting Gliders of World War II, [39] British Warplanes of World War II, [40] BAE Systems. General characteristics. Crew: Two; Capacity: 28 troops / 2x ¼ton trucks / 1x M3A1 Howitzer + ¼ton truck with ammunition and crew / (20–25 troops was the "standard" Mark I load) [17] Length: 67 ft 0 in (20.42 m) Wingspan: 88 ft 0 in (26.82 m)
The British glider development started in mid-1940, prompted by the assault on Eben Emael. Among the types developed were the 28 trooper Airspeed Horsa and the 7-ton capacity General Aircraft Hamilcar cargo glider. The Hamilcar could carry vehicles, anti-tank guns and light tanks into action.
The General Aircraft GAL.48 Hotspur was a military glider designed and built by the British company General Aircraft Ltd during World War II. When the British airborne establishment was formed in 1940 by order of Prime Minister Winston Churchill , it was decided that gliders would be used to transport airborne troops into battle.
List of World War II military gliders; List of aircraft of Canada's air forces; List of aircraft of the French Air Force during World War II; List of aircraft of Germany in World War II; List of aircraft of Japan, World War II; List of aircraft of Poland during World War II; List of aircraft of the Red Army Air Forces
British Aircraft Double Eagle: 2: British Aircraft Eagle [238] 4: British Aircraft Swallow [238] 9: some converted into gliders British Aircraft Company Drone: 1: 608 Squadron: Blackburn B-2: 31: No. 4 Elementary Flying Training School (EFTS) at Brough Boeing 247D [238] 1: Telecommunications Research Establishment, ex-RCAF: Cessna C-34 Airmaster: 1