A vast amount has been written about Assault Gliders, Airborne Troops, and associated operations. Some books are factual and are of great value in themselves. However, it is the personal stories told by those who experienced going into battle by glider that are the most memorable. If you would like to know more about the reasons why the Assault Glider Project exists, then the following books are recommended. Some may be out of print, but might be found either in public libraries or via second-hand book sellers on the internet. If you can recommend any books to add to the list, please send details by Email

Arnhem 1944, The Airborne Battle - By Martin Middlebrook - Published by Viking ISBN-0-670-83546-3

It Never Snows in September - Robert J Kershaw - Ian Allen Publishing ISBN 0-7110-2167-8

Arnhem Lift, A Fighting Glider Pilot Remembers - Louis Hagen - Redwood Books, Trowbridge, Wiltshire

Operation Freshman, The Rjukan Heavy Water Raid - Richard Wiggan - Garden City Press ISBN 0-7183-0571-X

Airborne Engineers, The Shiny 9th (9th Field Company RE) - Patrick Pronk - R N Sigmond ISBN 90-804718-3-6

Arnhem - Major General R E Urquhart - Pan Books ISBN 0-330-23273-8

The Cauldron, The story of the Oosterbeek Perimeter - Zeno - Pan Books ISBN 0-330-02089-7

Arnhem Sacrifice - Colin Cummings - Nimbus Publishing ISBN 0-9526619-1-8

Cloud over Arnhem - Kate A Ter Horst - Allan Wingate Publishers

Airborne Carpet, Operation Market Garden - Anthony Farrar-Hockley - McDonald & Co Publishers

A Tour of the Arnhem Battlefields - John Waddy - Pen & Sword Books Ltd ISBN 0-85052-571-3

Silent Invader (Alexander Morrison) - Airlife Classic ISBN 1-84037-368-7

Wot!.. No Engines? (Alan Cooper) - Woodfield Publishing ISBN 1-903953-18-9

Lion With Blue Wings (Ronald Seth) - probably out of print

Horsa Squadron (Will Morrison) - William Kimber, London ISBN 0-7183-0684-8

The Glider Soldiers (Alan Wood) - Spellmount Limited ISBN 0-946771-99-5

The Torn Horizon (CHRIS VAN ROEKEL) - the Airborne Chaplains at Arnhem -  ISBN 90 804 571 2 4

Online Publishers and Booksellers

Woodfield Publishing - Specialists for history, biography and personal memoirs

Uk Book World - Old and Out of Print Books - Direct links to British Booksellers

Icarus Books - New, Used, Out-of-Print, and Rare Aviation Books