Day, and participated as  Capt. Todd of the 7th Parachute Battalion, 5th Parachute Brigade,  British 6th Airborne Division. His battalion actually went into  action as reinforcements, via a parachute jump (after the gliders  had landed and completed the initial coup de main assault). Capt.  Richard Sweeney Todd was moved from the plane he was originally  scheduled to jump from, to another. The original plane was shot  down, killing everyone on board.