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.
Argentina I.Ae. 25 Mañque, 13 soldliers and 2 crew. 1 built
Australia DHA-G1 and G2, experimental transport gliders.
Germany Blohm & Voss BV 40 (1944), fighter prototype. Blohm & Voss BV 246, glide bomb. Not used operationally DFS 230, light transport, 10 troops. DFS 331, heavy freight glider prototype, 1 built. Focke-Achgelis Fa 225, rotary wing glider. 1 built. Gotha Go 242 (1941), transport, 23 troops. 1,528 built. Gotha Go 244, motorised version of Go 242, 43 built and 133 Go 242B converted. Gotha Go 345 (1944), troop glider prototype. Gotha Ka 430, transport, 12 troops. 12 built. Junkers Ju 322 (1941) heavy transport prototype, 140 troops. 2 built. Messerschmitt Me 321 (1941), heavy transport 120 troops. 330 built. Messerschmitt Me 323 (1942), motorised development of Me 321, 211 built
India Hindustan Aircraft Limited G-1, prototype glider
Italy Aeronautica Lombarda AL.12P, 12 troops, 16 built (other source claims 2 prototypes, 6 on order, no delivered). C.A.T. TM-2 glider, 20 troops (other source claims 10 troops), 2 built. See the italian page for the description of the glider.
Japan
Army Kayaba Ku-2, tailless single seat, prototype Kayaba Ku-3, tailless single seat, prototype Kokusai Ku-7 Manazuru "Buzzard", heavy transport, 32 passengers Kokusai Ku-8-II "Goose", troop transport 18 passengers and 2 crew Maeda Ku-1-I Type 2, troop transport, 8 passengers and 2 crew Nihon Kogata Ku-11, troop transport, 12 passengers and 2 crew Yokosuka Ku-13, experimental "Shusui" light/heavy glider
Navy Yokosuka MXY-5 Yokosuka MXY-6, testing Motor Glider Yokosuka MXY8, "Akigusa", unpowered trainer for Mitsubishi J8M
Poland Polikarpov BDP-2, 20 troops and 1 pilot, 2 built.
Soviet Union Antonov A-7 (RF-8), 8 troops, 400 (approx) produced Antonov A-40, flying tank, prototype BDP (S-1) glider, 20 troops, 7 built. Gribovski G-11, 11 troops, about 100 built KT-20 glider, 24 troops, 1 or possibly 2 built. SAM-23 glider, 16 troops or a vehicle. TS-25 glider, 25 troops or a vehicle. 6 built.
Sweden AB Flygindustri FI-3, 11 troops, 5 built.
Turkey THK-1 glider, 11 troops, prototype.
United Kingdom Airspeed Horsa, 28 passengers and 2 crew or equivalent weight of cargo including small vehicles. 3,655 built. Baynes Bat, (1943) experimental glider for testing design of a tank carrying glider General Aircraft Hamilcar, (1942) 7 t (6.9 long tons) 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.
United States
Aeronca TG-5 Allied Aviation XLRA Bristol XLRQ, amphibious assault glider Cornelius XFG-1, fuel carrier, 2 prototypes Douglas XCG-17, prototype based on de-engined C-47 Skytrain. Frankfort TG-1 General Airborne Transport XCG-16A Laister-Kauffman TG-4 Laister-Kauffman XCG-10A "Trojan Horse" large transport glider. Some confusion as to the differences between the XCG-10 and the XCG-10A. 2 prototypes built and flown. Piper LBP Piper TG-8 Pratt-Read LBE Pratt-Read TG-32 Schweizer TG-2 Schweizer TG-3 St Louis CG-5, prototype only Taylorcraft LBT Taylorcraft TG-6 Waco CG-3 Waco CG-4A Hadrian, 13 troops and 2 crew. More than 12,000 built, known in US Navy service as "Waco LRW-1" Waco CG-13A Waco CG-15
See also List of gliders List of aircraft of World War II Glider snatch pick-up
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