Waco glider PRE-INVASION GLIDER PRACTICE A glider being towed by a C-47 transport of the Ninth U.S.

Waco glider PRE-INVASION GLIDER PRACTICE A glider being towed by a C-47 transport of the Ninth U.S. Air Force Troop Carrier Command during manoeuvers just preceding the actual Allied invasion of Nazi-held Europe on June 6, 1944. On the second day of the invasion, five seperate waves of gliders forming a sky train 50 miles long crossed the Channel to carry reinforcements of men and equipment to the initial airborne assault forces.