"The British Army in the Normandy Campaign 1944" Horsa gliders near the Caen Canal bridge at Benouville, 8 June 1944, part of 6th Airborne Division's 'coup de main' force, carrying men of 'D' and 'B' Company, 2nd Battalion Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry, which captured the bridges over the Orne River and Caen Canal in the early hours of D-Day. In the foreground is glider No. 93, which carried Lieutenant David Wood's platoon, with behind, glider No. 91, which carried the force commander, Major John Howard, and Lieutenant Den Brotheridge's platoon.