__NOTOC__ The Briegleb BG-08 was a 1940s two-seat glider designed by William G. Briegleb.

Development

The BG-08 was a high-wing tandem two-seat glider with a steel-tube-and-fabric fuselage, wooden wings with fabric covering and a metal-and-fabric tail. The type certificate was approved on 31 December 1942.FAA Type Certificate GTC13
/ref> The glider was built by Briegleb's company, the

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. Three gliders were impressed into service with the

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in 1942.Andrade 1979, p. 170

Variants

;BG-08 :Company designation ;XTG-13 :United States Army Air Corps designation for one BG-8 which was impressed as training glider in 1942. ;TG-13 :United States Army Air Corps designation for two BG-8s which were impressed as training gliders in 1942.

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