@UserNamesAreOverrated
You've clearly gone off the deep end after the 20th chapter,22 uploads total six years ago,but was last scene on the 17th of May 2024,so probably not dead(maybe you live on with a alt account?),but otherwise,just one thing.
"Senpai" and "kouhai" are basically "upperclassman" and "underclassman" for educational settings,and "senior" and "junior" for most other settings.
So I understand the RAF and USAF work together but... are the airborne troops from a British glider solely American???
Considering that the two
C-47s were US,I reckon this is just a US airborne mission.
Specifics,though,reveal some interesting aspects.
Both the US and UK made gliders and gave 'em to each other,the US mainly making
Waco CG-4("Hadrian[Mk.I for European use,Mk.II for those sent directly to India and SEA,exact same craft renamed for ease of logistics]"for the Brits)and the UK mainly making the
Airspeed Horsa.
What we see here,though,are two examples of the
General Aircraft Limited GAL.49 Hamilcar.
Used only three times by the British and no one else,this bad boy could carry the
Mk VII (A17) Tetrach...
...and,due to many issues with the Tetrach(including not being built for airborne use),the just as bad
M22 Locust,built specifically for airborne use.
Tetrachs and Locusts saw little combat,none of which actually benefitted from their presence.
However,this does mean that what we're seeing here isn't part of those three Hamilcar uses as historically seen,this could be a fun lil' change to
Operation Varsity,the only action Locusts took part in during WWII.
Of the eight sent in a Hamilcar each,upon reaching the landing zone,ones' Hamilcar broke free from tow,fell apart,and sent the tank on a one way trip to the Earth,of another three that crashed upon landing due to heavy German fire,one came loose during the landing and flipped onto its' turret,one smashed into a house,knocking out its' radio and 37 mm gun,and the third damaged its' machine gun,the latter two were intact enough and with the four that landed without issue,six were ready to head to the objective...
...as one broke down trying to tow a jeep out of a glider and becoming a supporting pillbox,one attempted to help some US troops against a German self-propelled gun which quickly knocked the Locust out,and of the four that actually made it to objective,the two hard landing survivours could only provide cover as the two intact ones went up some high ground...
...which caused them to be engaged by German troops,requiring a nearby infantry company to support them,the tanks then becoming magnets for anti-tank and artillery fire,neither getting hit but causing casualties to the infantry company for the several hours they stayed up there before they retreated back to other two tanks,and these four plus the remaining infantry repelled several German attacks on their position before finally being relieved.
Either all of the above is happening elsewhere or this isn't a play on Operaton Varsity,being a completely original bridgehead establishing task with an all female US airborne...well,if the two C-47s were fully loaded,that's a total of 54 troops,with another six being the Locust crew(four of them being the pilots for the two Hamilcars),so it's one big platoon,unless these we see are the only troops involved.