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This list includes notable individuals who served in the Special Air Service (SAS) – (Regular or TA). Michael Asher – author, historian and desert explorer; Sir Peter de la Billière – Commander-in-Chief British Forces in the Gulf War; Julian Brazier TD – MP for Canterbury; Charles "Nish" Bruce QGM – freefall expert; Charles R. Burton ...
Al Slater MM – SAS soldier † Sir James Spicer; Richard Todd – actor; Steve Truglia – world record-breaker and stunt performer; John Waddy Ex commander SAS, advisor on the film A Bridge Too Far. Dean Ward – Winter Olympic bobsleigh bronze medalist; Michael Willetts – George Cross recipient † Levison Wood – Author and Explorer.
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James Darren, the teen idol who famously played dreamy surfer Moondoggie in the "Gidget" films of the 1950s and 1960s and segued into roles behind the camera, has died. He was 88. He was 88.
Stirling also pioneered the use of small groups to escape detection. Finding it difficult to lead from the rear, Stirling often led from the front, his SAS units driving through enemy airfields in the Jeeps to shoot up aircraft and crew. [13] Members of the 'French Squadron SAS' (1ere Compagnie de Chasseurs Parachutistes) in Tunisia.
On 15 April 2007, G squadron of the SAS assaulted a house near Taji containing a suspected Sunni insurgent leader in the early hours, whilst inserting by helicopter two RAF Pumas collided, two SAS personnel and an RAF crewman were thrown from one of the Puma and crushed by it as it rolled onto its side, two died but one SAS soldier was saved ...
They Who Dare is a 1954 British Second World War war film directed by Lewis Milestone and starring Dirk Bogarde, Denholm Elliott and Akim Tamiroff. [2] It was released by British Lion Films and in the United States by Allied Artists.
The film had advisers who had worked in the SAS which led to some concerns from the Ministry of Defence that the film could breach the Official Secrets Act. [3] However, Lloyd said the ministry eventually gave its "tacit approval" to the film after two small changes to the story [ further explanation needed ] were made, providing much wider ...