There were approximately 6000 individuals who were trained as glider pilots during WWII for one-way missions into enemy territory. Sylvan Ralph Lucier was one of these brave men, and was killed in the line of duty during a training accident. This website collects his family's research on his life and death.

Tuesday, December 25, 2007


Learning the controls.
Twenty-nine Palms School has acquired the services of some of the nation's leading glider experts in instructing the first few groups of Army glider cadets. Most of the initial group of power plane pilots, were selected to act as instructors in the most widespread glider-pilot instruction plan ever projected. Enlistment and selection for glider pilot training has already begun.

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