SAS/LRDG HEROES

STING OF THE SCORPION

PIRATES OF THE DESERT

Photo' on right:
Members of Y Patrol hold a specially made 'skull and cross-bones' to celebrate a victorious sortie behind enemy lines in the Western Desert. The picture was taken on the way back to Kufra, one of their famous operational bases.

Photo' below:
LRDG troopers shelter from one of the devastating sandstorms, which regularly interrupted their daring raiding and reconnaissance missions.

Photo' below:
The brilliant, charismatic LRDG commander,
Lt Col David Lloyd Owen (left foreground)
gleans vital information from friendly Arabs in the desert wastes.

* These photo's are copyright (not to be reproduced), and have been deliberately illustrated in less than published standard.