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The Phantom Major: The Story of David Stirling and the SAS Regiment (Collins, 1958) ISBN 1848843860 ISBN 978-1848843868; Gavin Mortimer. Stirling's Men: The inside history of the SAS in World War Two (Cassell, 2004) ISBN 0304367060 ISBN 978-0304367061; Gavin Mortimer.
Lieutenant Colonel William Joseph "Bill" Stirling of Keir (9 May 1911 – 1 January 1983) was a Scottish officer of the British Army who served during the Second World War. Initially joining the Special Operations Executive, he would go on to command No. 62 Commando and then the 2nd Special Air Service (2 SAS).
David Stirling OBE DSO – Founder of the Regiment [1] Tip Tipping – Stuntman; Richard Tomlinson – Secret Intelligence Service; Steve Truglia – stuntman; Sir Roland Walker – Chief of the General Staff (2024 – present) John "Lofty" Wiseman (Regimental Sergeant Major) Johnny Wiseman MC (WWII)
David Stirling, who was by that time sometimes referred to as the "Phantom Major" by the Germans, [citation needed] was captured in January 1943 in the Gabès area of Tunisia by a special anti-SAS unit set up by the Germans. [13] Stirling escaped and joined a group of Arabs; unfortunately they sold him back to the Germans for 11 pounds of tea.
The SAS were tasked with assaulting 2 of the dwellings whilst Delta Force assaulted another 2 dwellings; both of Delta's and one of the SAS's target buildings were cleared without incident, but as the SAS assaulted their final dwelling the assault team were wounded by a hail of fire and an RPG-7 rocket, they returned fire and withdrew from the ...
Stirling had for some time been developing a plan to attack the Sidi Haneish Airfield, a complex located 235 mi (378 km) west of Cairo, which the Germans called Haggag el Qasaba. The raid was to involve a tactic unfamiliar to the SAS; storming the base in vehicles, rather than discreetly penetrating it.
The men involved in Operation Houndsworth were part of the Special Air Service Brigade.The Special Air Service (SAS) was a unit of the British Army during the Second World War, formed in July 1941 by David Stirling and originally called "L" Detachment, Special Air Service Brigade—"L" being an attempt at deception implying the existence of numerous such units.
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."