At Tarrant Rushton airdrome, 10.56 pm, operation 'TONGA' has begun, the main body of the 2nd Platoon boarded in the same 6 Horsa gliders (Chalk Number 91 to 96) as Major Howard's Ox and Bucks. They landed near the two bridge at 00.20 am of the 6th June and captured them intact.

At the same hour, the remaining of the 2nd Platoon, 'Rafting Party', airborne from Brize Norton airdrome in 3 gliders (between Chalk Number 37 to 45). Their mission was to help the 7th Parachute battalion to cross the two waterways if the bridges are blown. Just 2 gliders had reached the Landing Zone at 03.20 am, the 3rd glider (Chalk number 37, S/Sgt. Shepherd Sgt. Bullivant returned to base due to their glider being uncontrollable) had to be released at base and has landed in Normandy in the evening, during operation 'MALLARD'.