Re: The GZG Digest V2 #1614

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>At least I didn't use the old term for early WW2 German troops that
would
>land on captured airfields (Air Landing IIRC...)  In those big Ju-352's
>(is that number right?) again IIRC.  Flying into an enemy airfiled the
>parachute guys had just captured in a air version of a LST (Beth, in
case
>this one is not on your list - Landing Ship Tank aka Large Slow
Target.) 
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Close, that's Ju-52 and they worked out OK  when the Germans invaded 
Norway but
took a pounding when the Germans invaded Create (?). Actually the glider

was the prefered
way for the air landing types and most nations during WWII had them. The

reason for
landing the Ju-52's at Norway and Crete (I wasn't sure if they did land 
there) was due
to the distance that the aircraft had to travel being to great for a 
glider towing Ju-52 to
be able to return after releasing it's tow.

Scott Siebold

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