Corporal Michael Fitzpatrick MM was executed whilst serving with 2 SAS. 

On the night of 6-7 September 1944 he parachuted into a drop zone near Pexonne in the Vosges department of eastern France to reinforce Operation Loyton. He, and 2 others from 2 SAS, Private John Joseph Conway and Lance Corporal John Herbert Elliott (who had broken his thigh on landing), were separated from the rest of the stick. They were later captured and executed [2].

Almost immediately after landing at Vaagso, S Norway, Cpl Fitzpatrick was acting as leading scout to his section.

The advance was held up by a wire obstacle covered by heavy enemy fire. Cpl Fitzpatrick without hesitation moved forward alone & cut a gap through the wire thus allowing the advance to continue without loss of time. The moment was somewhat critical as a hold up in the early stages might have had a serious delaying effect on the operation as a whole. 

Cpl Fitzpatrick's coolness and presence of mind quite definitely prevented any such delays occurring [1a].