I'm just reading Liddel Hart's history of WW2. Spot on, Dave - the paratroopers were basically wiped out at Crete. Hitler pretty much refused to use them again.
As for "Screwball" Beurling, he was a great pilot, but an a$$ to fly with. A couple of his Sqn Comanders, JE Johnson and Hugh Godefroy dressed him down repeatedly for failure to be a team player.