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Charles Micklewright joined Airborne Forces after completing Parachute Course 77 in mid-August 1943, his pass comments stating 'Good jumper, a reliable performer'.He served with 7 Platoon, A Company, of 6th (Royal Welch) Parachute Battalion.

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Private Charles Micklewright

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Palestine
Arab intransigence over the surge of Jewish immigration that followed the Holocaust in Europe led to the forming of extreme d...

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Italy
The Italians had capitulated while the force was still at sea. The sinking of HMS Abdiel by a mine in the harbour, however, r...

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South France (Operation Dragoon)
The airborne assault was mounted alongside five US Parachute Battalions and one US Air Landing Brigade. The 51st US Troop Car...

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Greece (Operation Manna)
One company of the 4th Para Battalion was dropped in high winds at Megara airfield 40 miles from Athens suffering numero...
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Charles B Micklewright
Charles B Micklewright

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7 Platoon, A Company, 6th Para Bn, Greece 1944.
7 Platoon, A Company, 6th Para Bn, Greece 1944.