Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Allies sun fara amfani da gliders a Operation Husky, mamayewar Sicily
a shekara ta 1943. Wannan gwaji na farko ya kasance bala'i. Rashin kyakkyawan shiri da kuma mummunan yanayi ya haifar da rarraba jiragen sama a cikin iska. Da yawa sun sauka a cikin teku kuma mutane 200 sun nitse. Dozensan gliders da jiragen sama masu jan hankali sun lalace ko harbe su ta hanyar wuta. 'Yan gliders kaɗan ne suka isa wuraren da aka shirya don saukowa, kuma mutane 73 ne kawai (daga mafi yawan brigade) suka isa makasudin da aka nufa, gadar Ponte Grande kudu da Syracuse.