K. Fletcher | ParaData

Private K Fletcher enlisted into the King’s Royal Rifle Corps and then volunteered for airborne forces.

He qualified as a military parachutist on course 81 which ran at RAF Ringway from 9 to 16 September 1943 and served in A Company, 7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion. His course report read: ‘Keen, hardworking and attentive, a good performer.’

Pte Fletcher was wounded on the Rhine drop on 24 March 1945.

Date not known
7th (Light Infantry) Parachute Battalion (Private)

Operations

Event

Ardennes

After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in stalling the Allied offensive along their line of defence at the German border - the ‘Siegfried Line’.

Event

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division for the first time.

Event

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by glider and parachute into western Germany. Around 8000 of those came from the British 6th Airborne Division, flying aboard 243 C47 aircraft and 440 gliders.

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Private K. Fletcher

Service History

Operations

Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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Private K. Fletcher

Service History

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Ardennes

Normandy (Operation Overlord)

Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)

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