Milton Dank served as a glider pilot with the 91st TCS of the 439th Troop Carrier Group.



He sent this email to Howard Heeley of Newark Air Museum in 2003:

'Charles Young forwarded your email to a number of the men who served under his father at Balderton. It was our first station in England and quite an eye-opener. Imagine being next to Sherwood Forest!'



'You probably know of the write up on the Balderton airfield in "UK Airfields of the Ninth, Then and Now" which was published by AFTER THE BATTLE (London). Also Chapter 4 of my book, "The Glider Gang" (Cassell, London, 1978), recounts our arrival at Balderton.'



'We moved to Upottery (Somerset) for the Normandy landings and to France in early September, 1944, but came back to Balderton for the Holland mission. All our other missions were flown from French bases.'



'Personal memories? My favorite is the question-and-answer show we held for the children near the back fence. The subject was U.S. history and the prize a scarce sweet. I still remember the round-faced, chubby boy who won a chocolate bar with almonds for naming the first president of the U.S. This went on until we moved to Upottery.'