21.07.2009, 04:12
Hi i have a request that i really hope gets made. THE Waco CG 4A Hiag glider
![[Image: Waco_CG-4A_USAF.jpg]](http://i887.photobucket.com/albums/ac71/Bully_Boii/Waco_CG-4A_USAF.jpg)
Here is some info i got.
The CG-4 could carry 13 troops and their equipment. Cargo loads could be a quarter ton truck (Jeep), a 75 mm howitzer or a 1/4 ton trailer, all loaded through the upward-hinged nose section. Also, a small bulldozer was loaded into some of these gliders. C-47s were usually used as tow aircraft. A few C-46 tugs were used during and after Operation Plunder.
CG-4As went into operation in July 1943 during the Allied invasion of Sicily. They participated in the American airborne landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, and in other important airborne operations in Europe and in the China-Burma-India Theater. Although not the intention of the Army Air Force, gliders were generally considered expendable by high-ranking European theater officers and combat personnel and were abandoned or destroyed after landing. While equipment and methods for extracting flyable gliders were developed and delivered to Europe, half of that equipment was rendered unavailable by certain higher-ranked officers.
I really hope this gets made because i would be really cool if we could use the to do a historic normandy campiagne and also i don't like the G-11
Thankx in advance
Bully
Here is some info i got.
The CG-4 could carry 13 troops and their equipment. Cargo loads could be a quarter ton truck (Jeep), a 75 mm howitzer or a 1/4 ton trailer, all loaded through the upward-hinged nose section. Also, a small bulldozer was loaded into some of these gliders. C-47s were usually used as tow aircraft. A few C-46 tugs were used during and after Operation Plunder.
CG-4As went into operation in July 1943 during the Allied invasion of Sicily. They participated in the American airborne landings in Normandy on 6 June 1944, and in other important airborne operations in Europe and in the China-Burma-India Theater. Although not the intention of the Army Air Force, gliders were generally considered expendable by high-ranking European theater officers and combat personnel and were abandoned or destroyed after landing. While equipment and methods for extracting flyable gliders were developed and delivered to Europe, half of that equipment was rendered unavailable by certain higher-ranked officers.
I really hope this gets made because i would be really cool if we could use the to do a historic normandy campiagne and also i don't like the G-11
Thankx in advance
Bully
