General Airborne XCG-16A 44-76193
General Airborne XCG-16A at Clinton County Field, Wilmington, OH.. Designed by Hawley Bowlus and Albert Criz, the sole General Airborne Transport Co. (GATC) MC.1A - XCG-16 42-troop lifting body glider, was delivered to the United States Army Air Force on 25 July 1944. Flight trials were successful, but problems with mission capability and availability of other assault gliders forced cancellation on 30 November 1944.del MC.1A 42 troop lifting body glider designed by W.H. Bowlus
Picture No
13156221
Media ID
47773394
Size
5433px x 2308px
(2.9MB)
Credit
(c) The Peter Butt Aviation Collection / Mary Evans
Source
scanned from original negative by Ed Deigan
Date
1944
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