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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...
Private Benjamin Aitken, son of Benjamin and Annie Aitken, of Dundee, served with 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion. He took part in the Greek campaign during Op Manna in winter 1944-5.Private Aitken died on 4 January 1945, aged 21 years old. He is now buried at Phaleron War Cemetery, Greece.
Grave image by Dave Finch.
Service History
- 1944 5th (Scottish) Parachute Battalion (Private)
