Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 Sas Regiment

Paddy Mayne: Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne, 1 Sas Regiment

by Hamish Ross (Author)

Synopsis

After seeing action in Syria with the Commandos, 'Paddy' Mayne joined the new unit that David Stirling was establishing, the Special Air Service. The raids Mayne led in the Western Desert destroyed over 100 enemy aircraft on the ground. Hamish Ross seeks to refute negative interpretations of Mayne's life using official war diaries, the early chronicle of 1 SAS, Mayne's papers and diaries and a number of extended interviews with key contemporaries.

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 320
Edition: New
Publisher: The History Press
Published: 23 Sep 2004

ISBN 10: 0750939435
ISBN 13: 9780750939430

Author Bio
Hamish Ross PhD became interested in the legendary wartime SAS commander Lt Col Blair 'Paddy' Mayne through a boyhood link with one of the 'L' Detachment originals. What started as a journal article soon turned into a far more substantial work when he saw the extent and quality of the archive material available. Hamish lives in Glasgow.