Consolidated›Glider Reclamation -- Two Weeks Time Was All That The 82Nd Service Group, 9Th Troop Carrier Command Engineers Required To Place 60% Of The 1300 Gliders In Flyable Condition After The Rees-Wesel Airborne Invasion. Shown Here Ready For Servicing Is A Group

Publication:

US, Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II

Theater Number:

12

Theater:

Europe

Place:

Germany

Category:

Aircraft, Ground

Sub Category:

Consolidated

Short Caption:

Glider Reclamation -...

Caption:

Glider Reclamation -- Two Weeks Time Was All That The 82Nd Service Group, 9Th Troop Carrier Command Engineers Required To Place 60% Of The 1300 Gliders In Flyable Condition After The Rees-Wesel Airborne Invasion. Shown Here Ready For Servicing Is A Group

Photo Series:

WWII

Updated Subject:

GERMANY,GLIDERS

History:

Original 4" x5" negative (A-18-19) received 17 October 1952 from Headquarters IX Troop Carrier Command thru Air Adj. Gen., Records Branch.

NARA Reference Number:

342-FH-3A20158A-A82860AC

Conflict Period:

World War II

About US, Black and White and Color Photographs of U.S. Air Force and Predecessor Agencies Activities, Facilities, and Personnel - World War II

This series of photos documents an important era in US military aviation history, especially activities of the US Air Force during World War II.