Winged Lions

This story follows a member of the Glider Pilot Regiment through WWII. The character is a civil glider enthusiast before the war and joins the army after the outbreak of hostilities. When there is a call for soldiers with experience of gliders he volunteers and becomes one of the founding members. Operations: 1943 July 9-10: Operation Landbroke airborne element of Operation Husky (Sicily landing) 1944 February: Operation Bunghole transport Soviet military mission to meet Tito 1944 June: Operation Tonga airborne component of Operation Overlord (6th Abn Div) 1944 August: Operation Mallard transporting French SAS armed jeeps behind enemy lines 1944 September: Operation Market airborne element of Operation Market Garden (1st Abn Div) 1945 March: Operation Varsity airborne lift of 6th Abn Div over the Rhine