Blondie Hasler was the leader of the famous 'Cockleshell Heroes'. He designed the canoes which were used in the operation, he recrulted and trained the twelve men who made up this most secret team and he led them on their daring mission, code name 'Operation Frankton', to attack enemy shipping in Bordeaux harbour. He was one of only two 'Cockleshell Heroes' who came back alive, the other being Bill Sparks, his partner in the cockleshell Catfish. His story is told by former Royal Marine, Ewen Southby-Tailyour. The story of how Blondie managed to make to contact with the Maquis once he and Sparks had completed the mission is well worth a book to itself. Although the book offers a new insight into the men that were the 'Cockleshell Heroes' Blondie Hasler was more than just a 'Cockleshell Hero'. Ewen Southby-Tailyour has been given full access to family archive material, which reveals Herbert George Hasler as an extraordinary figure who makes this one of the outstanding biographies of 1997.
Author Biography
Ewen Southby-Tailyour received an OBE for the key role he played during the amphibious landings in the Falklands War. He now lives in Devon with his family.
Blondie: Founder of the Sbs and Modern Single Handed Ocean Racing
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Release date Australia
February 6th, 2003
Author
Audience
- General (US: Trade)
Country of Publication
United Kingdom
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Imprint
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Pages
432
Publisher
Pen & Sword Books Ltd
Dimensions
156x240x32
ISBN-13
9780850529500
Product ID
2344030
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