- Design and development
- Specifications
- See also
- References Note Bibliography
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The Christopher AG-1 was a proposed Second World War American assault glider part of a United States Army assault glider project, none were built and the programme was cancelled in September 1943. Design and developmentThe United States Army had an idea to procure an assault glider, an armed glider that would land first and help secure the landing site for the use by transport gliders. Specifications {{Aircraft specs
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}}ReferencesNoteBibliography- {{cite book |last= Andrade |first= John |title= U.S.Military Aircraft Designations and Serials since 1909|year=1979 |publisher=Midland Counties Publications|isbn=978-0-904597-22-6}}
- {{cite book|first=James E.|last=Mrazek|title=Airborne Combat - The Glider War/Fighting Gliders of WWII|publisher=Stackpole Books|year=2011|location=Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, United States|isbn=978-0-8117-0808-1}}
{{USAAF glider aircraft}} 2 : United States attack aircraft 1940–1949|United States military gliders 1940–1949 |