My wife and I took a trip to Normandy, France in 2000. One of the places we visited was Pegasus Bridge, where the D-Day fighting began for the British (notwithstanding any paratroopers who had already landed). They had plaques showing where Major John Howard's gliders landed, some as close as 50 yards from the bridge, without knowledge of the Germans guarding the bridge! They had a diorama in the museum showing where the gliders left the UK and took a circuitous route to the bridge area. Truly amazing "dead stick" flying!