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With every flight you become more convinced that a combat mission in this ship is nothing short of suicide. This :suicide ship is the Army Air Forces' CG- 4A Cargo Glider, commonly referred to as the "Whisper Ship," "Flying Coffin," "G-Bird," or "One-way Johnnie." Just looking at the glider, crouched in its own grotesque manner on the runway, makes you say to yourself, "How will it ever stay in one piece during the flight-not to speak of the landing shock?" Approaching the ship, you can not help noticing the flimsy fabric, the wooden skids beneath the repulsive, stubby nose, and the celluloid window enclosing the pilot's compartment.
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Demlow, Jack
(1945)
"Winged Suicide,"
Manuscripts: Vol. 13
:
Iss.
2
, Article 8.
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https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/manuscripts/vol13/iss2/8
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