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  2. Timeline of British undercover forces in Operation Banner

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    As they prepared for a second assault, regular security forces converged on the scene; the three remaining IRA members pushed the M60 to the ground and 'ran up a white flag' in surrender – they were taken into custody unharmed. Westmacott was the most senior SAS man to be killed in action during Operation Banner. [39] [40]

  3. List of SAS operations - Wikipedia

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    Operation Samwest, 6 June 1944, 4th SAS Battalion (Free French) dropped in Côtes-du-Nord (Brittany) to hinder German troop movements; Operation Grog /Grog, 4 SAS in conjunction with Operations Dingson and Samwest 5 June 1944. Operation Dingson, 6 June 1944, 4th SAS Battalion (Free French) dropped to Morbihan (Brittany).

  4. Clonoe ambush - Wikipedia

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    The Clonoe Ambush was a military action between the British Army and the Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) that occurred during The Troubles in Northern Ireland.On 16 February 1992, an IRA unit attacked the Royal Ulster Constabulary (RUC) security base in the village of Coalisland in County Tyrone, and was ambushed shortly afterwards by the Special Air Service (SAS) in the grounds of a ...

  5. Category:Special Air Service - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Special Air Service" The following 69 pages are in this category, out of 69 total. ... Timeline of British undercover forces in Operation Banner;

  6. File:SAS banner2.jpg - Wikipedia

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  7. List of former Special Air Service personnel - Wikipedia

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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 ...

  8. Strabane ambush - Wikipedia

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    The Strabane Ambush was a British Special Air Service ambush against a three man Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA) unit. All three members of the IRA unit were killed in the ambush. At the time it was the most successful SAS operation against the IRA, until the Loughgall ambush two years later in 1987 in which eight IRA volunteers were ...

  9. Operation Banner - Wikipedia

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    Operation Banner was the operational name for the British Armed Forces' operation in Northern Ireland from 1969 to 2007, as part of the Troubles. It was the longest continuous deployment in British military history .