Tribute to William Pitt-Brown by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG809 British Special Forces were dispatched

British Special Forces were dispatched to pluck the stranded workers from the desert and fly them to the safety of Malta

The remaining troops of the 24th Regiment

Wildcat and Buffalo fighters

never to take to the air again

As the Suez crisis worstened in 1956

Tribute to William Pitt-Brown by Ivan Berryman. (AP) SIG809 British Special Forces were dispatchedDHM6741AP. Tribute to William Pitt Brown by Ivan Berryman. William Pitt Brown was a ground attack Typhoon pilot during the Normandy campaign. Prior to this he served on the North West Frontier flying Wapati and Valencia aircraft with No. 31 Sqn, before flying Curtiss Mohawks with No. 5 Sqn on the Arakan and Imphal fronts in the Burma campaign. During the Normandy campaign, he commanded No. 174 Sqn the led 121 Wing, completing more than 100 missions.