A rapidly growing collection of historically important documents, photographs, uniforms, equipment, and ephemera primarily relating to the Glider Pilot Regiment

Leeds, England
Joined July 2018
By trade, I'm a graphic designer and even I can see that A.I. has a place IF used correctly... this is an example of it being used so incorrectly that its actually laughable... unless you're fool enough to spend money on something like this - and of course, its available on Ebay!
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Our presentation ‘The British Horsa Glider’ is now FREE to watch on our brand new YouTube channel: youtu.be/ZIJJcIPaDug?is=qwgf…
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Found this great advert in a 1955 Eagle publication! 'Too ••• Dicey Up There' 😎 @6thairborne @MikeHistorian Support us at: patreon.com/thechalkcollecti…
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FREE Factsheet! patreon.com/TheChalkCollecti… Free to use 'Brief History of the Glider Pilot Regiment' in A4 format. Please consider supporting us by becoming a paid up Patron. @MikeHistorian @Horsa44 @HorsaProject
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The invasion of Sicily, July 1943. Find this article, and more, on our Patreon. patreon.com/TheChalkCollecti…
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Whitley Tugs and Horsas Training Photograph. Circa 1943. patreon.com/TheChalkCollecti…
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Look what arrived at @ChalkCollection in time for my birthday no less! @Barber1944
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Note: these won't be our final findings, we're learning all the time so watch this space, and our Patreon patreon.com/thechalkcollecti…
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3/4 …and overhead cover... but No.1 H.G.S.U. worked through all this to patch up and fly out complete gliders along with several thousand spare parts!
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2/4 …so we stuck our noses into the archive and found some pretty interesting details. The hundreds of wrecked gliders which lay strewn across Normandy were subject to storms, shelling, tank action, British soldiers and French civilians ripping them apart for firewood…
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