A Halifax aircraft towing a Hamilcar Glider near Blandford, Dorset in 1944/5 I joined 298 Squadron based in Dorset in September 1944. I was a pilot flying a 4 engine Halifax Bomber. I was first ...

As a glider pilot, Peter Davies was in charge of making sure his Hamilcar landed safely. He witnessed those who did not. The Hamilcar was a heavy transport glider, designed to deliver tanks and ...

Peter Davies, 101, of Bollington in Cheshire, flew a Hamilcar glider as part of Operation Varsity, which targeted the Rhine in Germany in 1945. He said of the glider: “It’s very different from flying ...