Comments by "Sar Jim" (@sarjim4381) on "SAS Airfield Raid 1942" video.

  1. Great story. Many people in the US are somewhat familiar with the exploits of the LRDG due to the 1960's TV show "Rat Patrol". However, the producers decided to have three of the soldiers be Americans and only one British. This didn't sit well with British viewers, and even less well with Australians and New Zealanders, since the actual makeup of the LRDG was about half Aussies and Kiwis. The BBC pulled the show after six episodes. Australian TV showed it on Saturday afternoons. the traditional time slot for kid's shows. The show typically had three jeeps as a raiding party, far too few in real life, and they were armed with single M2 .50 caliber machine guns rather than the plethora of twin Vickers K and Lewis guns they were typically armed with, only having an occasional M2. Of course, being only a 30 minute show, there wasn't much time to develop historically accurate plots, even if the producers wanted to do so. It was primarily popular with kids who liked the shoot em up atmosphere of the show, and the show only lasted two seasons.
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  2. Chris, just like a ship at sea. One member of the party was an expert with a map, compass, sextant, and celestial navigation. As long as you had sun during the day and the stars at night, the usual conditions in the desert, navigation was actually reasonably easy.
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