German Support Aircraft & Gliders

"German Support Aircraft & Gliders" is an hour-long program available on DVD.
The title is accurately descriptive, and the program consists of German wartime
footage (in black and white), with narration by an Englishman. Much of the
time is devoted to the German air transport service, and its use of the classic
tri-motor Junkers Ju-52 cargo aircraft.

The bits that deal with gliders describe the use of gliders in the assault on
the Belgian fortress Eben Emael, and also in the invasion of Crete. The workhorse
gliders of the Germans were the conventional DFS-230 and the twin-boom Gotha 242.
The program also dwells on the huge Me 321 Gigant glider, big enough to transport two light tanks.

The DVD is available on Amazon,
and on Netflix. Worth a place in your queue for the coverage of the Me 321.

-- Johan Larson