
With the 6th Airborne Division in Normandy
WW2 Pod: We Have Ways of Making You Talk
00:00
Glider and Touareg - A Brief History
We had run into a small local storm in the channel. Griffiths was having a ticklish time, and the glider was all over the place. There is an intercommunication line so that the two pilots can talk to one another. In this bumping, we received, the intercommunication line broke. The problem of cast off would have to be solved by judgment. I shall never forget the sound as we rushed down in our final steep dive. We landed on an extremely rough stubble field. With a bang, we hit a low embankment. The forward under carriage wheel stove up through the floor. And as one wing hit one of those infernl stakes, we drew
Transcript
Play full episode