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.
You have to click on the title above and you will get a broadcast about the WWII glider being built right now for the Minnesota Historical Society by the company and workers determined to complete it in a year. To think its almost in my back yard! What appeared to be lost to history appears to be coming back, thanks to glider pilots, mechanics and historians. Thank you so much.
You have to click on the title above and you will get a broadcast about the WWII glider being built right now for the Minnesota Historical Society by the company and workers determined to complete it in a year. To think its almost in my back yard!
ReplyDeleteWhat appeared to be lost to history appears to be coming back, thanks to glider pilots, mechanics and historians. Thank you so much.