List of World War II military gliders

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This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list.

## Contents

* 1 Australia
* 2 Germany
* 3 India
* 4 Italy
* 5 Japan
* 5.1 Army
* 5.2 Navy
* 6 Soviet Union
* 7 Sweden
* 8 Turkey
* 9 United Kingdom
* 10 United States
* 11 See also
* 12 References

## Australia

* DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.[1]

## Germany

* Blohm & Voss BV 40 (1944), fighter prototype.
* Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. Not used operationally
* DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
* DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 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.
* Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
* Messerschmitt Me 321 (1941), heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built.
* Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942), motorised development of Me 321, 211 built
* Junkers Ju 322 (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.

## India

* Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider[1]

## Italy

* Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).[1]
* C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 2 built. See the italian page for the description of the glider.[1]

## Japan

A Ku-7 glider.

### Army

* Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
* Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
* Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
* Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
* Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew[3]
* Yokosuka Ku-13, experimental "Shusui" light/heavy glider

### Navy

* Yokosuka MXY-5
* Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
* Yokosuka MXY8"Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M

## Soviet Union

* Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced[1]
* Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
* BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.[1]
* Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built[4]
* KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.[1]
* SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.[1]
* TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.[1]

## Sweden

* AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.[1]

## Turkey

* THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.[1]

## United Kingdom

* Airspeed Horsa, 28[5] passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
* Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider
* General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 t (6.9 long tons) of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
* General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
* General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
* Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.

## United States

A Waco CG-4A glider

* Allied Aviation XLRA
* Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
* St Louis CG-5 prototype only
* Waco CG-3
* Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built, known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
* Waco CG-13A
* Waco CG-15
* General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
* Bristol XLRQ Amphibious assault glider[6]
* Douglas XCG-17 – prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
* Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" large transport glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.[7][8]
* Pratt-Read LBE
* Piper LBP
* Piper LNP
* Taylorcraft LBT
* Taylorcraft LNT
* Pratt-Read TG-32
* Schweitzer LNS

## See also

* List of gliders
* List of aircraft of World War II
* Glider snatch pick-up technique

## References

1. ↑ 1.00 1.01 1.02 1.03 1.04 1.05 1.06 1.07 1.08 1.09 1.10 Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260275-8.
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Japanese flying wings, Wooldridge, E.T.
3. ↑ Donaldson, Graham (2000). "The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941–1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. https://web.archive.org/web/20150708104829/http://www.dutcheastindies.webs.com/japan_paratroop.html. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
4. ↑ Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey (Reed Consumer Books). p. 82. ISBN 1 85532 405 9.
5. ↑ http://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day/pegasus-bridge.html
6. ↑ Popular Science, May 1943, An Amphibian Glider.
7. ↑ Daves Warbirds
8. ↑ "Aero Web". http://www.aero-web.org/specs/laiskauf/xcg-10a.htm.

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