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  • Glider Pilot Regiment
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  • The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European Theatre of World War II in support of Allied airborne operations. Established in 1942, the regiment was disbanded in 1957.
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Commander
  • The Rt Hon Alan Francis , 1st Viscount Alanbrooke, KG
Branch
  • 23
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  • Army Air Corps 1942-1949
  • Glider Pilot and Parachute Corps
Role
  • Air transport and airborne infantry
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  • 100
Type
  • Army Aviation
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  • Emblem of the British Airborne Forces
Caption
  • Cap Badge of the Glider Pilot Regiment
Dates
  • --12-21
Unit Name
  • Glider Pilot Regiment
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Motto
  • "Nothing is Impossible"
  • Nihil est Impossibilis
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  • Colonel Commandant
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  • The Glider Pilot Regiment was a British airborne forces unit of the Second World War which was responsible for crewing the British Army's military gliders and saw action in the European Theatre of World War II in support of Allied airborne operations. Established in 1942, the regiment was disbanded in 1957.
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