R Patrol Long Range Desert Group

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The narrative focuses on the New Zealand R Patrol, a distinguished unit of the Long Range Desert Group, featuring notable figures like Jake Easonsmith and Don Steele. Through wartime reports, diaries, and interviews, it offers personal insights into their experiences. The book details the unit's formation, early missions, and the equipment used, highlighting their role in covert operations, including support for the SAS and the Eighth Army. Dramatic accounts of air attacks and engagements with Axis forces are complemented by 288 images, maps, and art.