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Operation Howard was a British special forces operation by B and C Squadrons, 1st Special Air Service led by Paddy Mayne that took place from 6 to 29 April 1945. It was to provide reconnaissance for the Canadian 4th Armoured Division in its advance towards Oldenburg in north-western Germany.
Lieutenant Colonel Robert Blair Mayne, DSO & Three Bars (11 January 1915 – 14 December 1955), best known as Paddy Mayne or familiarly as Blair, was a British Army officer from Newtownards. He was an amateur boxing champion , qualified as a solicitor and was capped for Ireland and the British and Irish Lions at rugby union before becoming a ...
Paddy Mayne placed a bomb in the engine of a parked bomber before withdrawing. [11] The raiders destroyed or damaged around 40 Luftwaffe aircraft, though the SAS claimed 25 as it was customary to under-report Axis losses.
But as I make clear in my recent biography of Stirling, The Phoney Major, based on two decades of research, he was a master at twisting the truth to suit his own ends", adding that Paddy Mayne "was not the borderline psychopath depicted in Rogue Heroes. I know because I've interviewed scores of men who served under Mayne in the SAS."
The Canadians were supported by B and C squadrons SAS with Operation Howard led by Paddy Mayne, who were acting as reconnaissance. [22] The division advanced a further 25 km (16 mi) to Sögel, which the 1st Battalion of The Lake Superior Regiment (Motor) [Note 2] captured on 9 April. The following day it repulsed several German counter-attacks ...
It's a good read if you like those old yarns; Paddy Mayne saved from a court-marshall by founder David Stirling, hand-picked men, operational deniability. But apart from those parallels it was more obviously people in whose countries the war was actually happening who fought in small groups.
As Paddy Mayne was born in 1915, should Ireland be put as his country of birth or Northern Ireland? I assume the former but a certain individual keeps reverting this to Northern Ireland despite Northern Ireland not existing until 1921. What is wikipedia's policy on this matter? Stevenbfg 04:15, 12 June 2019 (UTC)
Robert Blair "Paddy" Mayne, SAS co-founder, was born and lived in Newtownards and attended Regent House Grammar School. A bronze statue of him stands outside the town hall. He played rugby for Ireland and for the Lions in the 1938 British Lions tour to South Africa. [51] Barry McClements, Commonwealth Games para swimming medallist [52]