List of World War II military gliders

This is a complete list of Second World War military gliders. Only vehicles that reached at least the prototype stage are included in this list.

Australia

• DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders. ^[1]

Britain

An Airspeed Horsa

• Airspeed Horsa, 25 passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built.
• Baynes Bat, experimental light tank carrying glider
• General Aircraft Hamilcar, 7,000 kg of cargo and 2 crew. 412 built.
• General Aircraft Hamilcar Mk. X, Motorised version with 2x Bristol Mercury 31 of 965 hp. 22 examples converted
• General Aircraft Hotspur, trainer 8 passengers and 2 crew. more than 1,000 built.
• Slingsby Hengist, 15 passengers and 1 crew. 18 built.

Germany

• Blohm & Voss BV 40, fighter prototype.
• Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb.
• DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops.
• DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built.
• Gotha Go 242, transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built.
• Gotha Go 244, Motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted
• Gotha-Kalkert Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built.
• Messerschmitt Me 321, heavy transport, 120 troops. 330 built.
• Messerschmitt Me 323 as Motorised version of Me 321, 211 built
• Junkers Ju 322, heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built.

India

• Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider ^[1]

Italy

• A1-12P glider, 12 troops, 16 built. ^[1]
• TM-2 glider, 20 troops, 1 built. ^[1]

Japan

A Ku-7 glider.

Army

• Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew
• Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype ^[2]
• Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype ^[2]
• Maeda Ku-6, flying tank
• Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers
• Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew ^[3]
• Ku-13 "Akigusa" (Experimental "Shusui" Light Glider)
• Experimental "Shusui" Heavy Glider

Navy

• Yokosuka MXY-5
• Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider
• Yokosuka MXY8, unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M

Romania

• Gotha Go 242A-1

Soviet Union

Antonov A-7 glider

• Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced ^[1]
• Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype
• BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built. ^[1]
• Gribovski G-11, 20 troops ^[1]
• KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built. ^[1]
• SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle. ^[1]
• TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.^[1]

Sweden

• AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built. ^[1]

Turkey

• THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype. ^[1]

United States

A Waco CG-4A glider

• Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built.
• LRW-1, US Navy CG-4A equivalent
• Waco CG-13A
• Waco CG-15
• General Airborne Transport XCG-16A

See also

• List of Gliders

References

1. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l} Wood, Alan (1990). History of the World's Glider Forces. Patrick Stephens Limited. 
2. ^ ^{a b} Japanese flying wings, Wooldridge, E.T.
3. ^ Donaldson, Graham (2000). "The Japanese paratroopers in the Dutch East Indies, 1941-1942". Retrieved on 2007-04-29.