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Sir Archibald David Stirling, DSO, OBE (15 November 1915 – 4 November 1990) was a Scottish officer in the British Army and the founder and creator of the Special Air Service (SAS). Under his leadership, the SAS carried out hit-and-run raids behind the Axis lines of the North African campaign.
Archibald David Stirling (Lecropt, Perthshire; 15 de noviembre de 1915- Westminster, Londres; 4 de noviembre de 1990), fue un oficial del ejército británico, montañero, activista, aristócrata escocés y fundador del Servicio Aéreo Especial (SAS por sus siglas en inglés ).
David Stirling: The Phantom Major. Colonel David Stirling was a pioneer of British Special Forces. In 1941, he founded the Special Air Service (SAS) in Egypt to undertake small-scale raids behind enemy lines. 10 min read.
David Stirling, British army officer who founded and led the elite British Special Air Service (SAS) regiment during World War II. Formed with just 6 officers and 60 enlisted men, the SAS used the vast desert as cover to inflict serious damage against the forces of German Field Marshal Erwin Rommel.
27 de nov. de 2022 · 27 November 2022. World War Two. Getty Images. Colonel David Stirling with a patrol of Special Air Service (SAS) men. By Steven Brocklehurst. BBC Scotland News. David Stirling, the...
15 de jun. de 2023 · Mike Sadler is one of a handful of surviving original SAS men. Major Sadler, 93, was the navigator for the regiment’s founder David Stirling, guiding raiding columns for hundreds of miles behind enemy lines in North Africa.
The SAS began life in July 1941 from an unorthodox idea and plan by Scots Guards Lieutenant David Stirling, who was serving with No 8 (Guards) Commando, for small teams of parachute trained soldiers to operate behind enemy lines to gain intelligence, destroy enemy aircraft and attack their supply and reinforcement routes.
