Minnesota's Greatest Generation

Military glider plane, ca. 1945.

More than 1,500 glider planes were manufactured in Minnesota during the war. This photograph shows two 50-foot long CG-4A gliders, finished and ready for delivery to the military.

Creator: Bruce Sifford Studio
Publisher: Minnesota Historical Society
Date: 1945
Identifer: location HE1.1 p38

Military glider plane, ca. 1945.