Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Component Breakdown of a CG-4A WACO glider, ca. WWII

CG-4A gliders were manufactured so that each could be taken apart and packed into five wooden crates for shipment to overseas destinations. This diagram, copied from an army publication entitled "Your Glider", shows the how the glider was broken down into components for transport.

Creator: U.S. Army Air Corps
Publisher: "Your Glider", Courtesy Nick Linsmayer, Villaume Industries, Inc.
Dates: 1944–1945

Component Breakdown of a CG-4A WACO glider, ca. WWII