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SILENT WINGS MUSEUM: Newsletter the Legacy of the World War II Glider Pilots Vol SILENT WINGS MUSEUM: Newsletter The Legacy of the World War II Glider Pilots Vol. 19 No. 3 Spring 2020 General Information 6202 N. I- 27 Lubbock, Texas 79403 - 9710 Direct Line 806.775.3049 Information 806.775.3796 Fax 806.775.3337 Web www.silentwingsmuseum.com Directions Driving: North Lubbock, I-27 at Exit 9. The museum is located in the historic old airport terminal building just two blocks east of I-27. Look for the silver “G” wings on the tower above the entrance. Flying: The museum is accessible by taxi or rental car from the airport terminal. The museum is adjacent to and within easy walking distance of Lubbock Aero, FBO at Lubbock Remembering Operation Varsity 75th Anniversary Preston Smith International Aiport. GPS March 24, 1945 Coordinates for the museum are: N 33” 39.467’ IN THIS ISSUE W101”49.911’ Around the Museum 2 Upcoming Changes Admission Fees Combat Training for Glider Pilots 3 General Admission $8.00 Welcoming Dorothy Svgdik 4 Senior Citizens (60+) $6.00 Children (ages 7-17) $5.00 National WWII Glider Pilots Association 5 Students (w/ college id) $5.00 Children (6 & under w/ family) Free Research & News Museum Members Free The Leon B. Spencer Research Team 7 The Rhine Crossing Active Duty Military Free The Flying Pipeline 12 In Memoriam 20 Museum Hours New Membership Program 21 Tuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Upcoming Exhibits 22 Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM Call For Holiday Hours 1 2 AROUND THE MUSEUM Museum Staff Directory Director of the Municipal Museums Jacqueline Bober Assistant Municipal Museums Manager Museum Curator Eddy Grigsby Sebastian Forbush Museum Curator Museums Store Manager Sharon McCullar David Seitz Marketing and Special Events Coordinator Education and Volunteer Coordintor Jacqueline Marchildon Dorothy Svgdik UPCOMING CHANGES: Going Digital Silent Wings Museum Newsletter is Going Digital! SILENT WINGS Help bring the Silent Wings Museum newsletter into the digital MUSEUM: Newsletter age! We are preparing to transition to a digital newsletter by the The Legacy of the World War II Glider Pilots Vol. 18 No. 4 Summer 2019 Fall 2020 issue, continuing to bring you the latest information General Information about the activities of the Silent Wings Museum and the 6202 N. I- 27 Lubbock, Texas 79403 - 9710 National World War II Glider Pilots Committee. If you did Direct Line 806.775.3049 Information 806.775.3796 not receive a welcome email from us on February 28, 2020, we Fax 806.775.3337 Web www.silentwingsmuseum.com would very much appreciate a quick email to our Marketing and Directions Driving: North Lubbock, I-27 at Exit 9. The Special Events coordinator Jacqueline Marchildon so we can add museum is located in the historic old airport terminal building just two blocks east of I-27. you to the list. The next issue ( Summer 2020) will be a paper Look for the silver “G” wings on the tower above the entrance. issue as we work to compile a complete list of emails. Flying: The museum is accessible by taxi or rental car from the airport terminal. The museum is adjacent to and within easy walking distance of Lubbock Aero, FBO at Lubbock 2019 D-Day Commemoration Ceremony Preston Smith International Aiport. GPS Thank you for your support! Your membership is greatly Coordinates for the museum are: N 33” 39.467’ IN THIS ISSUE W101”49.911’ appreciated and is vital to the ongoing work of preserving the Around the Museum 2 A Delicate Balance 2 legacy of the World War II Glider Program and telling its story Admission Fees Research & News 4 General Admission $8.00 Reunion Chair: 49th Annual Reunion 4 Senior Citizens (60+) $6.00 to future generations. The Leon B. Spencer Research Team 7 Children (ages 7-17) $5.00 Articles 9 Students (w/ college id) $5.00 Children (6 & under w/ family) Free The First Normandy Glider Snatch That Al- Museum Members Free most Wasn't 9 Jacqueline's email is [email protected] Active Duty Military Free A Soldier's Pain 16 In Memoriam 17 Museum Hours New Membership Program 18 Tuesday - Saturday 10 AM - 5 PM Whisper Ships Roar! 19 Sunday 1 PM - 5 PM Call For Holiday Hours 1 3 AROUND THE MUSEUM Combat Training for Glider Pilots Sharon McCullar, Curator As most WWII glider history buffs know, American glider pilots received infantry training in addition to their flight training. American glider pilots adopted the nickname “Winged Commandos," knowing that they would be in the combat zone for an undetermined length of time after landing. Airborne infantry had a great respect for the glider pilots, knowing that once they hit the ground – for better or worse – they were all in it together. Many glider pilots distinguished themselves by pitching in wherever they were needed. They dug into foxholes in Normandy, Southern France and Holland, fighting their way back to gathering points. They fell in and fought alongside infantry units as situations demanded. Others accepted the responsibility of guarding check points, hospitals, and perimeters. Many glider pilots guarded captured enemy combatants and escorted them back behind the American lines for transport to POW facilities. A Fortune Magazine article in October 1943 explained how the US Army Air Forces (USAAF) Glider Pilot Combat Training Unit at Bowman Field in Kentucky prepared them for this duty. Notes F/O Elbert D. Jella of the 77th TCS, Glider pilots, many waiting in pools for their slot 435th TCG took during his infantry training describes in Advanced Glider Training, learned how to use a the weapons that he and his fellow glider pilots used range of weapons, developed hand-to-hand combat to good effect after their landings near Wesel Germany skills, practiced the art of camouflage, and underwent during Operation Varsity. They show that he was survival training. The article states “when a glider learning the relative merits of different weapons and pilot graduates from Bowman Field he believes he related tactics and studying how best to apply them in is the best-trained and toughest all-round ground combat. soldier in the Army, as well as an accomplished airman with perfect mastery of the difficult job of Further training of selected elements of the setting any motorless craft safely down over any 435th Troop Carrier Group took place late in 1944 as obstacles on any available spot.” A tall order indeed the USAAF refined the role of glider pilots as infantry. and one that glider pilots knew they had to fill once The result was the 435th Troop Carrier Group Glider on the ground. Pilot Company. Commanded by a glider pilot officer, the 435th TCG was attached to the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne. During Operation 4 AROUND THE MUSEUM Varsity the glider pilots of the 435th TCG were assigned the task of defending a strategic crossroads Dorothy's Bio northeast of Wesel. My name is Dorothy Svgdik, and I’m excited to join the Silent Wings Museum as the new Education Jella fired a Bazooka for the first time in and Volunteer Coordinator! I’m originally from combat at an oncoming German armored vehicle Memphis, TN, but I spent the last two years in Seattle, during what would come to be known as the Battle WA, pursuing my master’s degree in Museology at of Burp Gun Corner, defending this crossroads. He the University of Washington and visiting as many and his fellow glider pilots managed to hold this museums as I could in my spare time. While I loved chokepoint, allowing time for Airborne Infantry the Pacific Northwest, I’m happy to be back in the troops to secure surrounding areas and stop German South and excited to work with visitors and volunteers forces from advancing towards the Allied-held at the Silent Wings Museum! territory. I’m a storyteller at heart with a lifelong love of history. I admire the power and potential of museums to educate, inspire, and connect people to the past Welcoming Dorothy Svgdik and to each other. I’m passionate about education, interpretation, and museum evaluation and strive to make museums welcoming to all. I’ve been lucky The Silent Wings Museum is so happy to welcome enough to work with some amazing organizations, like our new Education and Volunteer Coordinator the National Civil Rights Museum, the Burke Museum of Natural History and Culture, and the Woodland Dorothy Svgdik. Park Zoo. I’m looking forward to using my degree and experience to support and grow educational programs at the SWM and getting to know and work with our amazing volunteers. Outside of work, you can find me with my nose stuck in a book, at a concert, or working on a new puzzle. 5 NATIONAL WWII GLIDER PILOTS COMMITTEE NEWS, RESEARCH AND HISTORY REUNION CHAIR Research Team. Milton wrote several other books, 50TH ANNUAL REUNION including what I found to be the most complete accounting of the various French resistance groups NATIONAL WWII GLIDER PILOT during the war, the French Against the French. I asked COMMITTEE him how a glider pilot was able to obtain so much WILL BE HELD IN LUBBOCK, TX detailed information on this subject after the war. As usual, his answer was a little unusual. Ask me about it October 8th, 9th, and 10th at our next reunion in Lubbock and I’ll tell you what he said. The hotel has been confirmed MCM Eleganté Hotel & Suites --R. Bruce Overman, Lubbock, TX National Chair -- Mary Roemer, NATIONAL SECRETARY National Reunion Chair mailto:[email protected] Dues notices will be going out by email for those who we have email addresses for and those that we do not NATIONAL CHAIR’S REPORT will be mailed.
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