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Operation Thursday


Gliders of the First Air Commando Force, having made a night landing at “Broadway” name for the rendesvous, prepare for the forward aair movement under command of Maj. Gen Orde Charles Wingate. Daylight after the night landing. Noat all the gliders landed without a crack-up. Logs and other natural obstacles were the causes of some crashes. The men awaited daylight to begin work on the airstrip.
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CG-4A gliders of the 1st Air Commando Force redy for action at Lalaghat, India
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The first gliders of the 1st Air Commando Force take off from Lalaghat, India for the flight to Broadway, Burma.
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Smashed Gliders at “Broadway&rquo; - invasion Field X, the morning after the night landing. National Archives 50813AC



Tow ropes which had been lined on racks boardering the field at Lalaghat, India, were placed in position in front of 1st Air Commando gliders so that as each transport moved into position, the tow line could be attached to the tow plane and the glider easily.
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C-47s of the 1st Air Commando at Chanyi:

Courtesy of the National Archives - Photo by L. Raczkowski / NWWIIGPA Collection CBI-44-66303:
C-47’s of the 1st Air Commando Group, 10th Air Force unload horses and men at chanyi, China after flying them over the hump from Nansin, Burma. 23 Dec. 1944.



Myitkyina

Courtesy of the National Archives / NWWIIGPA Collection CBI-44-21057 Photographer unknown:
Glider Pilots and Airborne Engineers await H-hour in the shade of a gliders wing at a Northern Burma airport prior to the original assault on the Jap heald airdrome at Myitkyina - largest city in Northern Burma.




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