aha here we are from the book on the subject
The Pilots were now into the last days of Deadstick, Calling on the British Movie industry for help, the Air Ministry had put together a film. by flipping through thousands of photographs each ever so slightly different the producers made a moving picture that depicted the actual flight the pilots would make on D Day ,there was a running commentary.
The Viewer felt as if he were in the cockpit and flying the thing Jim Wallwork recalls
the commentary told altitude, airspeed.location. when the glider cast off you got the whole sensation of diving a thousand feet and seeing the fields of France come up towards you, level off, turn, turn again, then the bridges were in view
you come into this fly in as Jim describes the film and you are still on this bearing and the next thing you see was the tower of the bridge getting nearer and nearer and the then the film cuts out as you crash.
The Pilots could see the film whenever they wanted, and they watched it often, it was absolutely fantastic Wallwork declares, Invaluable
Bear in mind that the heavily overloaded Glider was doing 90 miles per hour, no power assistance, no second chance
a simple stop watch and a compass plus the bank and turn indicator were Jims only guide ( and it wss at night)
Jim Wallwork and his Co Pilot John Ainsworth were the first troops to land on occupied soil, directly through the windscreen
at 00.16 hrs
Nails the lot of them