THE EXPEDITION

In the second Oman expedition of the British Army, from November 1958 to spring 1959 A Squadron 22 SAS joined D Squadron in January1959 22 SAS returned to the UK later that year. This is when I think the SAS took on its special Land Rovers suggesting.

  After Oman trouble flared in the Radfan hills in Aden (which is now the Republic of Yemen). The second Radfan expedition is probably the first time that these vehicles were used in actual combat. A squadron 22 SAS arrived in the Radfan hills in April 1964.

Although it’s possible that the SAS Series is saw action in Aden, most of their work was in the UK most use of SAS Land Rovers was in the UK by 22 SAS and the Territorial Army SAS with the occasional exercise overseas. The SAS Land Rover was struck off the Army census between November 30 1963 and July 30 1968.