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One of the references provided is this one:

Shortt, James; Angus McBride (1981). The Special Air Service. Osprey Publishing. p. 14. ISBN  0850453968.

There is a serious question about the reliability of this source. Other books by James Shortt get poor reviews on Amazon. This book is clearly unreliable as regards SAS procedures but may or may not be accurate about history. It is discussed here: James Shortt at the British Army Rumour Service wiki

Man with two legs ( talk) 12:06, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply

An interesting link! However, that aside, the Osprey books do have a generally good reputation for accuracy. Salmanazar ( talk) 15:05, 4 February 2009 (UTC) reply

Conducted by Free France soldiers.