TY  - BOOK
AU  - Aston,Mark
AU  - Tootal,Stuart
TI  - SAS: Sea King down 
SN  - 9781405942614 (pbk.) :
AV  - F3031.5 
U1  - 997.1102 AST 23
PY  - 2022///
CY  - UK
PB  - Penguin Books
KW  - Aston, Mark.
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Army
KW  - Special Air Service
KW  - Falkland Islands War, 1982
KW  - Aerial operations, British
KW  - Personal narratives, British
KW  - History
KW  - eflch
KW  - ukslc
KW  - Falklands
KW  - thema
KW  - Autobiography: historical, political & military
KW  - Memoirs
KW  - True stories of heroism, endurance & survival
KW  - Australasian & Pacific history
N1  - Originally published: UK: Michael Joseph, 2021; Includes index
N2  - After passing the world's toughest Special Forces selection to get into D Squadron, 22 SAS, in 1979, Mark 'Splash' Aston thought he'd missed out on all the action. Then on April 2nd 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. Days later D Squadron were on their way south as the cutting edge of Britain's campaign to retake the islands. And over the next 6 weeks of fighting, the action never let up. But it was an event that was out of their control that came close to defining D Squadron's war: the night their Sea King helicopter crashed into the South Atlantic with 31 people on board. Splash was 1 of just 7 survivors of a tragedy that caused the heaviest loss of life to the Regiment since WWII. Evacuated to a hospital ship to recover, he defied orders and a suspected broken neck to escape back to his unit and rejoin the fight until it was won. This is the remarkable story of Splash's war
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