Description: The 1st Independent Squadron of the Glider Pilot Regiment, otherwise known as the Horsa Squadron, operated a unique service in the Second World War. It was able to ferry large equipment, such as anti-tank guns and jeeps, and troops to areas where landing for conventional aircraft was either too difficult or the noise of the operation would attract attention. The role played by glider pilots on D-Day is well known yet the Squadron’s achievements in the Mediterranean theatre have hitherto received little attention. Now this book reveals its vital role in North Africa, Sicily, Italy, southern France, Greece and Yugoslavia.

The author was a member of the squadron, making history when he was on the first daylight operation by British glider pilots into an occupied country.  This was into the heart of Yugoslavia to assist Tito’s Partisans to maintain their stronghold against the Germans. In these memoirs he recounts the full story of this and his many other missions, including the flying of bulldozers to Megara for the liberation of Greece, an operation in which the author survived a crash landing. He book highlights a little-known facet of aviation history during World War II.

.