The two types of glider that would have been used were the Horsa and the Hamilcar, here is a link to some info. http://www.raf.mod.uk/dday/ac_gliders.html#horsa

Ozzy

Here's a photo taken on D-Day. It shows Horsa gliders on the ground after they landed. They're not broken or damaged as many people think. The rear fuselage was attached by explosive bolts & jettisoned to allow rapid deployment of men & equipment.



I believe the Stirling & Halifax were used for paratroops on D-Day. The Albemarle & C-47 would be the most likely glider tugs. Some of these aircraft could could tow 2 or more gliders.

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You could be right Woody. I also hesitate to argue with Tempest but I'm only going on what it says on the RAF history site. http://www.raf.mod.uk/dday/ac_trans_index.html

Thanks Felix.

Omag. You might find this interesting. http://www.fiddlersgreen.net/aircraft/WWII/horsa/info/info.htm

Unfortunately these gliders were mostly of wooden construction & very few examples survive. They were intended for one-way trips & any not used on operations were sold off as scrap after WWII. Many ended up as garden sheds, workshops or even garages. I don't think the Hamilcar was used on the Pegasus bridge attack. To give you some idea of size of this glider it was later fitted with 4 engines & evolved as the Blackburn Beverley. http://www.beverley-association.org.uk/history/history.htm
The Me 323 Gigant was also developed from a glider & even bigger. http://www.constable.ca/me323.htm

You might also be interested in the gliders used out in the jungles of Burma by the Chindits. These were usually the smaller American Waco CG-4A. http://www.wpafb.af.mil/museum/air_power/ap26.htm
Some were retrieved by an amazing pick-up system involving a hook trailed behind a C-47 flying low over a hurriedly prepared airstrip. The hook picked up a loop in the towrope draped over a structure resembling a limbo pole. This method was used successfully to evacuate casualties from far behind enemy lines.