What must also be remembered is that many of the gliders were destroyed in landing accidents during the night of June 5th. Many of the soldiers were killed or injured during the landings that were being taken to areas inland of the beaches due to the flight crews not being able to see anything on the ground. IIRC, the German glider borne troops landed during the daylight hours so they didn't suffer the casualties of the Allies for that reason but the lightly armed Germans were, as stated above, decimated by the defending troops and never used again in any operation as airborne troops