![]() Operation Maple Driftwood 1944, raid on railway targets in Italy.Operation Candytuft, October 1943, raid on railway targets in Italy.Begonia/Jonquil, October 1943, rescue of POWs in Italy.Operation Avalanche, Allied invasion of Italy.Operation Narcissus, July 1943, capture of lighthouse in Sicily.Operation Chestnut, July 1943, raids supporting the Allied invasion of Sicily.Operation Albumen, 7/8 June 1942, 4/5 July 1943, raids on Axis airfields in Crete.Operation Bigamy, September 1942, diversionary raid on the Port of Benghazi in support of Operation Agreement 13/14 September 1942.Operation Squatter, 16/17 November 1941, unsuccessful raid on forward Axis airfields in North Africa, in support of Operation Crusader.North Africa The SAS used purpose-outfitted jeeps in North Africa missions SAS prepared jeep, 2007 Santa Fé Event in Roermond, the Netherlands ![]() The SAS carried out this role until the end of the war serving in a number of theatres and campaigns.īy the end of the Second World War on, the SAS had suffered 330 casualties, but had killed or wounded 7,733 and captured 23,000 of their enemies. His idea was for small teams of parachute trained soldiers to operate behind enemy lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft and attack their supply and reinforcement routes. The Special Air Service began life in July 1941, the brainchild of Lieutenant David Stirling of No. The following is a list of known Special Air Service (SAS) operations. ![]()
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