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The author explains the scarcity of survivors, the secrecy surrounding Allied special-forces service, and the frequent contradictions found across diaries, letters, signals logs, and war records. A methodology is described for selecting the most likely scenario when accounts diverge, alongside standardized spelling, grammar corrections, and simplified acronyms to improve readability.","OCEANOFPDF.COM  \nALSO BY DAMIEN LEWIS  \n(in suggested reading order) Second World War SAS Brothers in Arms SAS Forged in Hell SAS Daggers Drawn SAS Shadow Raiders The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare The Flame of Resistance Hunting Hitler ’s Nukes SAS Ghost Patrol SAS Band of Brothers SAS Italian Job The Nazi Hunters SAS Great Escapes  \nSAS Great Escapes Two  \nSAS Great Escapes Three War Dog Smoky the Brave Judy: A Dog in a Million  \nModern Day Elite Forces Cobra 405  \nSAS Bravo Three Zero (with Des Powell) A Dog Called Hope (with Jason Morgan) Operation Certain Death Operation Mayhem (with Steve Heaney) X Platoon (with Steve Heaney) Bloody Heroes Zero Six Bravo Sergeant Rex (with Mike Dowling) Operation Relentless  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nThis ebook published in 2025 by  \nQuercus Editions Limited Carmelite House  \n50 Victoria Embankment London EC4Y 0DZ  \nAn Hachette UK company  \nThe authorised representative in the EEA is Hachette Ireland,  \n8 Castlecourt Centre, Dublin 15, D15 XTP3, Ireland (email: [info@hbgi.ie](info@hbgi.ie)) Copyright © 2025 Omega Ventures Limited  \nThe moral right of Damien Lewis tobe identified as the author of this work has been asserted in accordance with the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act, 1988.  \nAll rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopy, recording, or any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from the publisher.  \nA CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library  \nEBOOK ISBN 978 1 52944 112 3  \nQuercus Editions Ltd hereby exclude all liability to the extent permitted by law for any errors or omissions in this book and for any loss, damage or expense (whether direct or indirect) suffered by a  \nthird party relying on any information contained in this book. Ebook by CC Book Production  \n[www.quercusbooks.co.uk](www.quercusbooks.co.uk)  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nFor the Great Escapees as depicted in these pages.  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nWe are the Pilgrims, master; we shall go Always a little further: it may be  \nBeyond the last blue mountain barred with snow, Across that angry or that glimmering sea, White on a throne or guarded in a cave  \nThere lives a prophet who can understand Why men were born: but surely we are brave, Who take the golden road to Samarkand.  \nThe Golden Road to Samarkand James Elroy Flecker  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nContents  \nSAS Great Escapes Four  \nAlso By  \nTitle  \nCopyright  \nDedication  \nEpigraph  \nPicture Credits  \nAuthor ’s Note  \nChapter One  \nChapter Two  \nChapter Three  \nChapter Four  \nChapter Five  \nAcknowledgements  \nAcknowledgements on Sources  \nReferences to Sources  \nSelected Bibliography  \nPicture Section  \nCharities Endorsed by the Author  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nPicture Credits  \nPicture credits (in order of appearance):  \n1. Courtesy the Mayne family  \n2. Courtesy the Davis family  \n3. Courtesy the Nash family  \n4. Courtesy Special Forces Roll of Honour –  \n[https://www.specialforcesroh.com](https://www.specialforcesroh.com)  \n[5](5). IWM BU 1162  \n6. Courtesy the Appleyard family  \n7. IWMA 14970  \n8. IWM NA 674  \n9. Courtesy Fondation de la France Libre  \n10. Public domain  \n11. Courtesy Service historique de la Défense  \n12. Courtesy Service historique de la Défense  \n13. Courtesy Verney family  \n14. Courtesy Gibbs family  \n15. Courtesy Gary Hull  \n16. Courtesy Gibson family  \n17. Courtesy Gibson family  \n18. Courtesy Gibson family  \n19. Courtesy Gibson family  \n20. Courtesy Graham & John Alcock  \n21. Courtesy US military  \n22. Courtesy US military  \n[OceanofPDF.com](OceanofPDF.com)  \nAuthor ’s Note  \nThere are sadly few survivors from the Second World War operations depicted in these pages. 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