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Billy, I have heard of him in connection to Operation Pistol - give me some time to look through my files. Graham Alcock

I spoke with Henry Druce on the telephone in 1997. He helped me with information for my book - SAS Operation Pistol.

Author Damien Lewis has asked me if he can include my father's escape story in his next edition of 'SAS Great Escapes'. I will be interested to see how he deals with it. My version is in 'SAS Operation Pistol' of course. The key feature of this story is the German red-haired soldier. I wonder...

You can get my book from Waterstones, W H Smith, Amazon and many other smaller bookshops all over the UK, Europe, Canada, America, India, Australia and New Zealand. I have also seen it advertised in Japan. I wrote and researched the book over a 30 year period and visited the operational area...

I was a Fine Art and design teacher up to A level. No, I was not in the army but was in the cadets at my boarding school in Herefordshire. Father was in the 22SAS at that time.

I see my book has been advertised in the September Newsletter of the Parachute regiment. I wish my father had seen this.

great Ian - let me know what you think probably happened at the cottage.

You have a book too regarding his army life - Graham

What all this importantly confirms for me is that my father's oral story of having to shoot a looting German soldier is in the Pisticci area as Cary Elwes is identified in the war diary as having sent out a small three-man patrol - and who would be likely to command such a patrol - your SSM I...

Today, 18/08/2024 I had an email reply to my email that i sent to the mayor's office of Pisticci - they confirm that no railway ran next to or right into the camp itself - But it did stop at a SCALO stop - you can see this on google maps. From the Scalo stop people were transported to the camp...

Timefall. I have had a copy of a War Diary page given to me by a Mr Oakes whose father was in 2SAS. I spent two to three hours with him looking at the new War Diary. The page I have outlines events leading up to the Pisticci raid from the day they landed at Taranto. farran went off in his jeeps...

In 1943 my father took part in the raid to free the inmates from the Italian concentration camp at Pisticci. He never told me this himself but I have deduced it from the facts I have seen in the SAS War diary. I feel sure father would have participated as he was Captain Gustons senior NCO as...

Graham my book is out at the end of August - SAS Operation Pistol - from Amazon, Waterstones, w H Smith and many smaller book outlets. Graham Alcock

You may like to know that I visited an 2SAS soldier who was with your man Corporal Hill. His name was cyril Wheeler and he told me about an episode they all experienced when behind the lines. They were at one point holed up in a barn next to a farmstead. A German group of cooks moved into th...