The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment

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Stirling faced many obstacles within the British Army when he brought his idea of this clandestine outfit to the General's office. Fortunately he was determined and when someone finally listened, he began his recruitment, training, and put into action plans that hampered the Afrika Korps' drive to the Suez. The SAS: Savage Wars of Peace: 1947 to the Present, by Anthony Kemp, John Murray, 1994, pp. 88–89 [ ISBNmissing] Mike was the navigator for the first SAS unit – then known as L-Detachment – guiding raiding columns for hundreds of miles behind enemy lines in North Africa. The Phantom Mite (oz1404) was my first control-line kit and must have introduced hundreds of other Li people to aeromodelling, too. I always liked its Spitfire-ish lines and the idea of converting it to R/C appealed to me. As is, the model would need sub miniature gear which is both very expensive and not in common use, (I've never seen any in a model) so I drew it up to twice size plus a bit extra for the fin.

The most important thing was having a doctor capable of doing their work in an emergency. We did have some good doctors who could perform an operation right there in the sand.The small, red-faced major was sitting at a desk, writing. He looked up in surprise, then an expression of indignation crossed his face as he noticed the single star on the intruder’s shoulder. The hair-raising adventures of David Stirling, the madman behind the SAS". The Daily Telegraph. 31 October 2022 . Retrieved 14 November 2022. Mostly we didn’t remember killing people because, in our case at any rate in the SAS, we were mostly shooting in the dark at things, or putting bombs on targets and hoping not to disturb the people who were going to be the recipients of them.

Impressed by the success of German parachute units - particularly during the Battle of Crete in 1941 - Lewes endeavoured to set up his own small parachute raiding unit. Having obtained some equipment earmarked for India, he arranged with a few comrades, including Stirling, to make the first jump in the Middle East with little instruction or training. This was narrated by Robert Whitfield aka Simon Vance in 2001. He did a good job, but at times he spoke a little too fast for me. I wonder if he was shortening the time for cd purposes. BOOK REVIEW / A place for mad people: 'David Stirling' – Alan Hoe". Independent.co.uk. 12 September 1992. Stirling may be accompanied by up to 3 men (Veterans armed with anti-tank grenades and submachine guns, pistols or rifles/carbines as depicted on the model) for +19pts each Firestarter: In this quest where you and Alex infiltrate Hansen's meeting with the netrunner twins, you'll have the option to either escape with Songbird or help Reed capture her.No worries. Despite his capture, Stirling lived long and prospered, getting up to plenty more mischief along the way.) In fact, it was Bill Stirling, working in Cairo at the time, who wrote much of the memo and made sure it was read by senior officers. Mortimer notes: