Monique Taylor

Monique Taylor is a historian, genealogist and daughter of a WWII glider pilot. Her book Suicide Jockeys: The Making of the WWII Combat Glider Pilot, is the only work of its kind which deeply into the WWII glider pilot program. It dispels many myths surrounding the glider pilots and exposes the challenges they faced on their one-way missions deep into enemy territory.

Monique is also a researcher with The National WWII Glider Pilots Association and regularly does public speaking engagements nationally and internationally on the glider pilots and the glider pilot program. She has also appeared on You Tube, on podcasts and has written many articles for publications such as:

Beans, Bullets and Bandages: Glider Pilots as the Critical Supply Line in WWII

The Flying Mules of the CBI

Suicide Jockeys: Why American Glider Pilots were the Unsung Heroes of WWII

WWII Glider Pilots: Pioneers in Vertical Envelopment

Whisper Ships: The Evolving of the WWII Glider

She is currently engaged in research on the glider pilots of the China Burma India Theater of WWII and the glider pilots in the Battle of the Bulge.