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Old 14-04-17, 02:25 PM
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Can anyone point me in the direction of photos showing these shoulder titles being worn on battledress in WW2. An online search of the IWM photo collection has not yielded any results.

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Old 14-04-17, 02:48 PM
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Ii don't have a reference, but here's an image - NWE late 1944 I think. The SF experts will provide chapter and verse. Mike
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Old 14-04-17, 04:17 PM
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Jon,

There are really plenty of pictures. See some pictures from my photo collection.

Also, check Gavin Mortimer's excellent book 'The SAS in WW2'.

Cheers,

Johan
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Old 14-04-17, 08:33 PM
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Thanks Johan
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Old 15-04-17, 05:54 AM
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And Paddy himself Cheers JB
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Old 15-04-17, 08:21 AM
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Any ideas where the Paddy picture was take. JB? Nice pipers in the background
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Old 15-04-17, 08:57 AM
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Jon,

That picture was taken in the summer of 1945 on arrival at Stavanger Airport in Norway, to disarm the German Army there.

On the right is Major Roy Farran of 2nd SAS.

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Jon,

That picture was taken in the summer of 1945 on arrival at Stavanger Airport in Norway, to disarm the German Army there.

On the right is Major Roy Farran of 2nd SAS.

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Who is the officer on the left please?

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Old 15-04-17, 11:27 AM
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Who is the officer on the left please?

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hi Tim,

I do not know that. He is wearing a Pegasus flash, so I think he belongs to the British 1st Airborne Division, also taking part in Operation Doomsday.

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What was on the epaulet flash on the guy in the 4th photo in post #3?
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Hi William,

Rhodesia.

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PS: first I misunderstood, thought you meant the 4th guy
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He is wearing a Pegasus flash, so I think he belongs to the British 1st Airborne Division
Can't find his name at the moment, but I seem to recall he is from SAS HQ? Above the pegasus he wears SAS wings. Wasn't the SAS supposed to wear the Pegasus flash anyway, being part of the Airborne forces?

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What was on the epaulet flash on the guy in the 4th photo in post #3?
A Rhodesia shoulder tab.

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Can't find his name at the moment, but I seem to recall he is from SAS HQ? Above the pegasus he wears SAS wings. Wasn't the SAS supposed to wear the Pegasus flash anyway, being part of the Airborne forces?

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Could it be Dare Newell ?? (Charles Laurence Dare Newell) - here with Peter de la Billiere

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His name is Mike Sadler rhodesian and he was the navigator for the regiment’s founder David Stirling
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