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Malaya SAS Special Air Force Malayan Scouts Para wing 1950 s-1 w

Malaya SAS Special Air Force Malayan Scouts Para wing 1950 s-1

Malayan Scouts SAS Special Air Service Regiment Para wing 1950 s

Name: Malayan Scouts SAS Special Air Service Regiment Para wing 1950 s
SKU: 7272
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SKU: 7272 Categories: ARMY, Commando, Para wing, Rhodesia, SAS, Special Forces Tags: Malaya, Malayan Scouts, Michale Calvert, Para wing, Rhodesia SAS, SAS, Special Air Service, Special Forces

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Malayan Scouts SAS Special Air Service Regiment Para wing 1950 s
Established in june 1950
Led by Major Michale Calvert “Mad Mike”.
Size: 73 x 25 mm
Material: Cloth embrodered, padded.
Original and early type.
Very Scarce SAS wing
Wing is mentioned in the “SAS Rhodesia” book from Jonathan Pittaway and Craig Fourie (page 63).

Box: RVL

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Major Michale Calvert Recruitment members beyond the Far East
Recognising the unit’s early successes, the British protectorate government in Malaya granted Lieutenant Colonel Calvert—who had since been promoted—permission to recruit soldiers from outside the Far East in 1951
In the United Kingdom, where he recruited Z Squadron of 21 SAS, a unit recently formed for the Korean War. This squadron was subsequently integrated into the Malayan Scouts as B Squadron.
In Southern Rhodesia, where 1,000 applicants. From this pool, he selected 120 Rhodesian World War II veterans, forming C Squadron of the Malayan Scouts.