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SAS: Sea King Down
- Narrator
- Simon Darwen
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Publish Date
- 13 May 2021
- Run Time
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
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The riveting account of SAS action in the Falklands war
After passing the world's toughest Special Forces selection and joining the elite ranks of D Squadron, 22 SAS in 1979, Mark 'Splash' Aston thought the hard part was over.
Then on April 2 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.
Days later D Squadron joined the cutting edge of Britain's campaign to retake the islands. Facing extreme weather and a determined enemy, Splash and the men of D Squadron fought in one extraordinary contact after another. The action never let up.
When tragedy struck their Sea King helicopter and it crashed in the freezing South Atlantic, Splash was one of just nine survivors. Evacuated to a hospital ship, Splash defied orders and a suspected broken neck to re-join his unit until the fight was won.
An unputdownable, edge-of-the-seat insight into still classified Special Forces operations during the Falklands War, SAS: Sea King Down will take its place alongside classics like Bravo Two Zero as military adventure writing of the highest order.
'BRILLIANT. A ROLLERCOASTER OF BLISTERING ACTION, SURVIVAL AND BEHIND-THE-LINES DARING' DAMIEN LEWIS
'Gripping, fast moving and completely authentic. A brilliant piece of work. Better than Bravo Two Zero' - Mike Rose, former Commanding Officer of the SAS
© Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
Critics Review
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Brilliant. A rollercoaster of blistering action, survival and behind-the-lines daring
Damien Lewis
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Gripping, fast moving and completely authentic. A brilliant piece of work. Better than Bravo Two Zero
Mike Rose, former Commanding Officer of the SAS
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A gripping untold story of heroism, hardship and sacrifice within the SAS
Bear Grylls
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Brings alive the hardships, fear and bravery of the elite soldier . . . A great tale, loaded with comradeship
Sun
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Details
- Author
- Mark 'Splash' Aston and Stuart Tootal
- Narrator
- Simon Darwen
- Duration
- 9 hours 55 minutes
- Release Date
- 13 May 2021
- ISBN
- 9781405947206
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Genre
- Military history: post-WW2 conflicts, Autobiography: historical, political and military, Military vehicles and transport of air, land and sea, Memoirs, True stories of heroism, endurance and survival
Synopsis
Brought to you by Penguin.The riveting account of SAS action in the Falklands warAfter passing the world's toughest Special Forces selection and joining the elite ranks of D Squadron, 22 SAS in 1979, Mark 'Splash' Aston thought the hard part was over.Then on April 2 1982 Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands.Days later D Squadron joined the cutting edge of Britain's campaign to retake the islands. Facing extreme weather and a determined enemy, Splash and the men of D Squadron fought in one extraordinary contact after another. The action never let up.When tragedy struck their Sea King helicopter and it crashed in the freezing South Atlantic, Splash was one of just nine survivors. Evacuated to a hospital ship, Splash defied orders and a suspected broken neck to re-join his unit until the fight was won.An unputdownable, edge-of-the-seat insight into still classified Special Forces operations during the Falklands War, SAS: Sea King Down will take its place alongside classics like Bravo Two Zero as military adventure writing of the highest order.'BRILLIANT. A ROLLERCOASTER OF BLISTERING ACTION, SURVIVAL AND BEHIND-THE-LINES DARING' DAMIEN LEWIS'Gripping, fast moving and completely authentic. A brilliant piece of work. Better than Bravo Two Zero' - Mike Rose, former Commanding Officer of the SAS© Mark Aston, Stuart Tootal 2021 (P) Penguin Audio 2021
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