Glider Pilot Regiment

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Reference WMO/110647

Address:

Memorial Garden opposite Olympic House

Manchester Airport

Manchester

M90 1QX

England

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Status: On original site
Type: Freestanding
Location: External
Setting: Within a garden/park/churchyard/enclosure/Marketplace
Description: Pillar/column
Materials:
  • Metal Metal (any)
  • Stone Stone (any)
Lettering: Raised
Conflicts:
  • Second World War (1939-1945)
About the memorial: The Airport Memorial Garden (called the 'Stanley Forest') is just across the road from Olympic House, the MAG headquarters building, near Terminal 1. This is the first memorial from the ramped entrance.
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Here at Manchester Airport the first trials of gliders for military purposes were carried out in 1940. This led to the formation of the Glider Pilot Regiment Army Air Corps in 1942.The motto of the Regiment was “Nothing is Impossible”.

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