Oh yes it was Kicks.
My old man was a matlot in L.C.A,s and on D-Day he saw at least 10 in his sector alone (Arromanche) loose the C47 tugs due to ack ack and the poor sods came down right into enemy lines like sacks of sxxx cos the was no where to land and the 88's peppered them with air burst's.
Once you are cut loose there's only one way you are going to head and that ain't up!
One other thing, (Cheddar) it was normal procedure to link arms and lift feet as the Germans liked to erect little obsticals like danet wire between post's or low walls just for the benifit of glider borne troops.
ps if you dont think that thats the worst howbout the AVRO ROTA