Special_Air_Service_in_North_Africa_E_21337.jpg


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English: Title: The Special Air Service (SAS) in North Africa during the Second World War: a close-up of a heavily armed patrol of 'L' Detachment SAS in their Jeeps, just back from a three month assignment. The crews of the jeeps are all wearing 'Arab-style' headdress, as copied from the Long Range Desert Group.
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This photograph E 21337 comes from the collections of the Imperial War Museums (collection no. 4700-32)
Author Keating (Capt) No 1 Army Film & Photographic Unit
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Members of "L" Detachment, Special Air Service, just back from a three-month assignment, January 1943

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18 January 1943

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