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Charles DayCharles is an historian, author
and an Executive Board member of the National WWII Glider Pilot's Association. A graduate of The Ohio State Univerity, Charles
is erudite in the science of WWII gliders; manufacturing and use of the cargo (combat) gliders.
As a young boy living in Wilmington, Ohio, Charles watched gliders and tugs from Clinton County Army Air
Field, the Glider Branch Engineering Test and Experiment base from 1942 to November 1945.
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In 1997, Charles”s interest in the WWII glider test base was piqued by the Director of the Clinton County, Ohio Historical
Society. This renewed interest resulted in the writing of the book titled
Silent Ones, WWII Invasion Glider Test & Experiment, published in 2001, and the
continued research of the various USAAF gliders.
Charles has also written various articles including:
The XCG-17 Glider,
VOO DOO was My Name, The Gibson Girls, The Fighting Falcons and CG-4A Glider Communications Systems (posted on this site). In 2009 Charles received the Bickett Ellington Memorial Award for outstanding service in the interest of the National World War II Glider Pilots Association, Inc. Charles has contributed to this website in the areas of Glider Tow communication, Glider Training, and the technical information on the evolution of the WWII Cargo Glider. | |