Here we honor
219 Glider Pilots Killed in Action during WWII
and 181 Glider Pilots who died in the line of duty while serving their country During World War II.
WE PRESERVE TROOP CARRIER/GLIDER PILOT FILES AND PHOTOS IN PERPETUITY.
At the Silent Wings Museum, in the library/archive room, there are file cabinets holding biographical files on all the glider
pilots. The names on each of the biographical folders were added from the database created by the men who flew the gliders
as well as the names of those killed in action or died in the line of duty.
In this database are the names of 7,302 individuals who were trained as glider pilots and earned their wings with MOS 1026.
The WWII veteran glider pilots, with the help of their Research Team, are making an effort to update and add to those files.
You can be a part of preserving the Troop Carrier history. If you have documentation,
photos or stories for those names listed on this site please contact us. The information you provide to our Committee or the museum goes into
the biographical file of the veteran’s folder at the Silent Wings Museum for Perpetuity. Any original photos you donate go into a cold storage facility
for photo preservation. Please help our veterans with this endevour by providing any information that you have regarding any of the names listed in our
KIA or LOD lists.
A Sincere thank you from the Committee's Executive Council,
Contact: nww2gpcrt@gmail.com**
When contacting the team please add the Glider Pilots name in the Subject Heading **With this email address you are able to send a message to all members of the research team, including the curator, of the Silent Wings Museum.
Although you will not likely receive a reply from all of them, you will have the benefit of their receiving your email to initiate your request.
You may also send a single email to our project manager, Gary Stripling with this address nww2gpcrt@gmail.com. .
Our goal is to help families discover their WWII Troop Carrier relative. We do this at no charge other than asking you to share information and photos you may have so that we may continue our goal of preserving Troop Carrier history and original material for the Silent Wings Museum. We look forward to helping you discover your WWII Troop Carrier relatives history
Please add the Glider Pilots name in the Subject Heading
National WWII Glider Pilot Association Research Team's purpose is to provide and preserve Glider Pilot and
Troop Carrier information in order to perpetuate the memory of those men, their service to country, and to keep alive
the information of the relatively unknown glider program of WWII.
Killed in Action In the Line of Duty
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