The CG-4A was first delivered to the Glider Pilot Regiment in 1943 and, although the larger Horsa was preferred, used throughout the remainder of WWII. This exhibit is based around an original CG-4 frame that was obtained by the MoAF from France in 1985.

Cockpit section from an unidentified CG-4A, preserved at the Waco Air Museum.

This assault glider seems to be serial number 43-39705, which was towed to Sainte-Mère-Église by a C-47 on 7 June 1944. The fabric appears to be ripped near the roundel. On the right is a Fairchild UC-61K, almost certainly 43-14996. Photo from: Vejle Stadsarkiv

Composite built from an original fuselage.

The fuselage of a USAF glider from World War II. Later displayed indoors, falsely marked as 319764 (43-19764).

This is a composite reconstruction built from an original fuselage frame that was found in 1980 in a garden in Ormskirk. Its real identity is not known, it was previously marked as 237123 (also fake). The nose is a replica. It is painted with D-Day stripes. The Hadrian transport glider was operated in large numbers by the USAAF and RAF in WW2.

The CG-4A was the most widely used US troop/cargo glider of WWII. Constructed of fabric-covered wood and metal, the CG-4A was crewed by a pilot and co-pilot. It could carry 13 troops and their equipment or a jeep, a quarter-ton truck or a 75mm howitzer loaded through the upward-hinged nose section. Fifteen companies manufactured over 12,000 CG-4As and this survivor is on display at the National Museum of the USAF.

Interior of an ex USAAF WW2 transport glider, looking forward to the cockpit. Exibited at the Kalamazoo aviation museum.

This superb replica is being built by the Assault Glider Trust with financial help from the Lottery Heritage Trust. Already looking superb, it should be magnificent when completed

Previously displayed as 237123, a huge, troop-carrying glider. This is a composite reconstruction built from an original fuselage frame that was found in 1980 in a garden in Ormskirk. Its real identity is not known. The nose is a replica. The code 329 is on the nose and very small behind the cockpit.