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dogtag
03-03-2021, 02:32
Photos are a bit blurry - but it makes for a good read.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9317041/Photos-elite-Allied-soldiers-storming-Italian-airbase-Libya-1942-Operation-Caravan.html
Bill E
03-03-2021, 04:48
Neat story, thanks for posting.
sid
03-03-2021, 07:02
I remember seeing a movie about this raid many years ago and it was realistic and well done.
Sunray
03-04-2021, 11:07
The LRDG taught the SAS everything they knew about desert ops. The LRDG provide transport for 'em on their early raids.
bdm
03-05-2021, 01:22
Thank You for posting
jon_norstog
03-05-2021, 08:26
Thank you dogtag, for putting this u[p. It is a very good story


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blackhawknj
03-05-2021, 10:40
Originally David Stirling wanted the SAS to be an airborne unit, a combination of non-existent training facilities and the often tricky winds of the desert made that impractical. Hence their relying on the LRDG. Stirling boasted that his men destroyed more Axis planes than the RAF.
Sunray
03-06-2021, 11:18
I believe the SAS did destroy more aircraft than the Desert Air Force. Easier when they're sitting still and empty though. I'd have to look.
The LRDG was more of a Recce unit than anything else. Lotta old desert explorers and oil prospectors.