The below nominal roll is taken from the late Denis Edwards's book "Devils Own Luck" and information given to me by veterans.
Glider Number 1 – Target: The Caen Canal Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Wallwork Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Ainsworth Horsa Co-Pilot 25 PLATOON, D COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Brotheridge Sjt Ollis Cpl Caine Cpl Webb Cpl Bailey L/Cpl Packwood L/Cpl Minns Pte Baalam Pte Bates Pte Bourlet Pte Chamberlain Pte Edwards Pte Gray Pte Gardner Pte O’Donnell Pte Parr Pte Tilbury Pte Watson Pte White Pte Windsor Pte Jackson 08
COMPANY HQ, D COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION. THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Major Howard Officer Commanding, Coup de Main Force Cpl Tappenden Wireless Operator, Company HQ
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS Cpl Watson Sapper Danson Sapper Ramsay Sapper Wheeler Sapper Yates
Glider Number 1, together with gliders 2 and 3 landed very close to its target, the Caen canal bridge, now named Pegasus Bridge. All three gliders landed within a few minutes of each other.
Glider Number 2 – Target: The CaenCanal Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Boland Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Hobbs Horsa Co-Pilot
24 PLATOON, LETTER D COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Wood Sjt Leather Cpl Godbold Cpl Cowperthwaite Cpl Ilsley L/Cpl Roberts L/Cpl Drew Pte Chatfield Pte Lewis Pte Cheesley Pte Waters Pte Clarke 33 Pte Musty Pte Dancey Pte Harman Pte Warmington Pte Leonard Pte Weaver Pte Radford Pte Clark 48 Pte Pepperall Pte Malpas L/Cpl Harris RAMC Medic
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS A/Capt Neilson Sapper Conley Sapper Lockhart Sapper Shorey Sapper Haslett
Glider Number 2, together with gliders 1 and 3 landed very close to its target, the Caen canal bridge, now named Pegasus Bridge.
All three gliders landed within a few minutes of each other.
Glider Number 3 – Target: The Caen Canal Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Barkway Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Boyle Horsa Co-Pilot
14 PLATOON, LETTER B COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Smith Sjt Harrison Cpl Higgs Cpl Evans Cpl Aris L/Cpl Madge L/Cpl Cohen L/Cpl Greenhalgh Pte Wilson Pte Hook Pte Stewart Pte Keane Pte Noble Pte Crocker Pte Basham Pte Watts Pte Anton Pte Tibbs Pte Slade Pte Burns Pte Turner Pte Golden
Captain Vaughan RAMC Medical Officer
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS L/Cpl Waring Sapper Clarke Sapper Fleming Sapper Green Sapper Preece
Glider Number 3, together with gliders 1 and 2 landed very close to its target, the Caen canal bridge, now named Pegasus Bridge.
All three gliders landed within a few minutes of each other.
Glider Number 4 – Target: The Orne River Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Lawrence Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Shorter Horsa Co-Pilot
22 PLATOON, LETTER D COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Hooper Sjt Barwick Cpl Goodsir Cpl Reynolds Cpl Bateman L/Sjt Rayner Cpl Ambrose Cpl Hunt Pte Allwood Pte Wilson Pte Hedges Pte Everett Pte St. Clair Pte Waite Pte Clive Pte Timms Pte Whitford Pte Johnson Pte Lathbury Pte Hammond Pte Gardner 08 Pte Jeffrey
COMPANY HQ, LETTER D COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Capt Priday Company 2IC L/Cpl Lambley Company Clerk
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS L/Sgt Brown Sapper Deighton Sapper Guest Sapper Paget Sapper Roberts
Glider Number 4 was scheduled to land first, but was pulled off course by its tug aircraft and landed by a bridge over the River Dives some 8 miles to the east. Although losing some men in skirmishes along the way, the crew and Airborne Infantry and Engineers successfully fought their way through the flooded Dives valley and back to Herouvillette, to rendezvous with the Regiment on 7th June.
Glider Number 5 – Target: The Orne River Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Pearson Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Guthrie Horsa Co-Pilot
23 PLATOON, LETTER D COMPANY 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Sweeney Platoon Commander Sjt Gooch Cpl Murton Cpl Howard Cpl Jennings Cpl Stacey L/Cpl Porter Pte Allen Pte Bowden Pte Buller Pte Bright Pte Bleach Pte Clark 46 Pte Galbraith Pte Jackson 59 Pte Roach Pte Roberts 94 Pte Read Pte Tibbert Pte Wixon Pte Wood Pte Willcocks
Lt Macdonald 7PARA Liasion Officer
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS Cpl Straw Sapper Bradford Sapper Carter Sapper Field Sapper Wilkinson
Glider Number 5 landed in a field adjacent to the Orne River Bridge, not exactly where planned but very well positioned for the job that was to be done.
Glider Number 6 – Target: The Orne River Bridge
THE GLIDER PILOT REGIMENT S/Sgt Howard Horsa Pilot S/Sgt Baacke Horsa Co-Pilot
17 PLATOON, LETTER B COMPANY, 2ND (AIRBORNE) BATTALION, THE OXFORDSHIRE AND BUCKINGHAMSHIRE LIGHT INFANTRY Lt Fox Sjt Thornton Cpl Lally Cpl Burns L/Cpl Loveday Pte Collett Pte Hubbert Pte Clare Pte Peverill Pte Pope Pte Whitehouse Pte Whitbread Pte Lawton Pte Rudge Pte O’Shaughnessy Pte Annetts Pte Summersby Pte Woods Pte Wyatt Pte Ward Pte Storr
L/Cpl Lawson RAMC Medic
249 (AIRBORNE) FIELD COMPANY ROYAL ENGINEERS Lt Bence Sapper Burns Sapper C.W. Larkin Sapper C.H. Larkin Sapper Maxted
Glider Number 6 landed on schedule, close to the river bridge.
The original Pegasus Bridge now resides in the grounds of the memorial Pegasus museum.
In 2009 on the 65th Anniversary six memorial stones carved with the names of those who took part in the coup de main operation were unveiled.