How many men were killed during the initial capture of the Orne River and Caen Canal bridges?

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Sword Beach Injured and exhausted assault troops being helped ashore at Sword Beach on D-Day, June 6, 1944.

During the initial glider-borne assault to capture the bridges over the Orne River and the Caen Canal, the British forces suffered the loss of only two men dead.1

Led by Major John Howard, Company D of the 2nd Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry successfully seized both bridges within 10 minutes of landing. The Caen Canal bridge later became widely known as Pegasus Bridge.1