List of World War II military gliders

This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list.

Australia

DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.[1]

Germany

Blohm & Voss BV 40 (1944), fighter prototype.
Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. Not used operationally
DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built.
Gotha Go 242 (1941), transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built.
Gotha Go 244, motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted.
Gotha Go 345 (1944), troop glider prototype.
Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
Messerschmitt Me 321 (1941), heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built.
Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942), motorised development of Me 321, 211 built
Junkers Ju 322 (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.

India

Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider[1]

Italy

Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered).[1]
C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 2 built. See the italian page for the description of the glider.[1]

Japan

A Ku-7 glider.

Army

Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype[2]
Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew[3]
Yokosuka Ku-13, experimental "Shusui" light/heavy glider

Navy

Yokosuka MXY-5
Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
Yokosuka MXY8"Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M

Soviet Union

Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced[1]
Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built.[1]
Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built[4]
KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built.[1]
SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle.[1]
TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.[1]

Sweden

AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.[1]

Turkey

THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.[1]

United Kingdom

Airspeed Horsa, 28[5] passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider
General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 t (6.9 long tons) of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.

United States

A Waco CG-4A glider

Allied Aviation XLRA
Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes
St Louis CG-5 prototype only
Waco CG-3
Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built, known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1"
Waco CG-13A
Waco CG-15
General Airborne Transport XCG-16A
Bristol XLRQ Amphibious assault glider[6]
Douglas XCG-17 – prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain.
Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" large transport glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown.[7][8]
Pratt-Read LBE
Piper LBP
Piper LNP
Taylorcraft LBT
Taylorcraft LNT
Pratt-Read TG-32
Schweitzer LNS

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References

Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260275-8.
Japanese flying wings, Wooldridge, E.T.
Donaldson, Graham (2000). "The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941–1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey (Reed Consumer Books). p. 82. ISBN 1 85532 405 9.
http://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day/pegasus-bridge.html
Popular Science, May 1943, An Amphibian Glider.
Daves Warbirds
"Aero Web". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-11-12.

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[HistoryGliderForces-1] Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens. ISBN 978-1-85260275-8.

[centuryofflight-2] Japanese flying wings, Wooldridge, E.T.

[3] Donaldson, Graham (2000). "The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941–1942". The Netherlands East Indies 1941–1942. Archived from the original on 2015-07-08. Retrieved 2007-04-29.

[Russ-4] Gunston, Bill (1995). The Osprey Encyclopedia of Russian Aircraft 1875–1995. London: Osprey (Reed Consumer Books). p. 82. ISBN 1 85532 405 9.

[5] ttp://d-dayrevisited.co.uk/d-day/pegasus-bridge.html

[6] Popular Science, May 1943, An Amphibian Glider.

[7] Daves Warbirds

[8] "Aero Web". Archived from the original on 2011-11-30. Retrieved 2011-11-12.