St Michael is the patron saint of paratroopers and his feast day on 29th September is celebrated by airborne forces across the world. To mark the occasion Father Paul McCourt, a chaplain serving with 16 Air Assault Brigade, reads The Prayer of the Paratrooper. It was written by Lieutenant Andre Zirnheld, a French paratrooper killed while serving with the SAS in Libya during the Second World War. | British Army