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£50,000 for medals of SAS rogue hero
Daily Express
|February 12, 2024
THE medals of an SAS rogue hero who teamed up with the legendary Paddy Mayne to rescue fellow commandos from an ambush have sold for £50,000.
Captain John Scott volunteered to be Lt Col Mayne's rear gunner on the back of an Army jeep for a "virtually suicidal" mission to save eight colleagues trapped in a ditch.
Several men had already been killed trying to reach including Major Dick Bond. them, Mayne knew something drastic was needed to prevent a bloodbath, so he asked: "Who wants to have a go?" Capt Scott stepped forward and manned the twin Browning machine guns as the jeep sped towards danger. He "hosed down" German adversaries in their wake while Mayne, wielding a Bren gun from his shoulders, fired and barked orders.
Gallantry
Trooper The jeep was driven by Billy Hull, who had a Tommy gun, and at one stage Capt Scott, still firing, leapt into the front passenger seat.
The full-throttle barrage caught the Germans by surprise and a large number of them were wiped out or fled for safety.
This story is from the February 12, 2024 edition of Daily Express.
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