The extraordinary true story of the SAS at war in the Falklands Aston, Mark ''Splash'' creator text sa United Kingdom Penguin Books 2022 monographic eng

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xix, 394 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (black and white, and colour), 20 cm. maps (black and white) ; adult Mark 'Splash' Aston and Stuart Tootal. 1982, the British task force sails to liberate the Falkland Islands. Aboard: SAS D Squadron, determined to make their mark. No one more so than Mark 'Splash' Aston. Includes index. But they have barely seen action when their Sea King helicopter crashes in freezing South Atlantic waters, killing 22 of Mark's comrades. The last out of the sinking wreck, he suffers a broken neck. But defying medical evacuation orders, Mark sneaks off ship, re-joins his SAS comrades to land on a mountain near Port Stanley - to defend it against days of attacks by Argentine special forces . . . SAS Sea King Down is a pulse-pounding account of D-Squadron's tragic loss and subsequent heroic stand in one of the most hostile places on Earth. A story told by a man who barely survived to tell it. History 997.1102 ASTO 9781405942614 RDA 240827 20240921091047.0