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A number of reliable sources indicate (contradicting Haskew) that there were 22 (or 21) returnees from Operation Squatter (rather than 22 killed or captured). (I call them "returnees" rather than "survivors" because some of the captured survived. Probably clearer to say that there were 43 (or 44) killed or captured.) https://www.specialforcesroh.com/index.php?ams/operation-squatter-number-one.27/ https://www.nam.ac.uk/explore/special-forcesWW2 https://rommelsriposte.com/2013/08/29/first-operation-of-the-special-air-service-sas-squatter/ https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/27/exhausted-filthy-but-unbowed-the-birth-of-the-sas/ https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hereford-worcester-15742158 https://web.archive.org/web/20111120080309/http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-15002563 (click boxed text 4) Henin (talk) 22:25, 21 August 2024 (UTC)[reply]

Seems a fair point and a reasonable modification.

Any objections / thoughts? Lukewarmbeer (talk) 07:20, 23 September 2024 (UTC)[reply]

There was the SAS War Crime Investigation Team under Major Bill Barkworth 1945-1948 existing

• Damian Lewis: The Nazi Hunters
• Paul McCue: SAS Operation Bulbasket – Behind the Lines in Occupied France 1944.

5glogger (talk) 19:52, 8 December 2024 (UTC)[reply]