Carson spent three years in the British Army 's Parachute Regiment , mainly in the Middle East in the late 1940s . During his service he shot dead an armed Zionist terrorist . He himself was shot in the leg and on another occasion narrowly escaped death when a bomb went off outside a cinema . The seven RAF men he was with were all killed . He also assisted with the clear up after the King David Hotel bombing in Jerusalem and made 40 parachute descents
King David Hotel bombing
King David Hotel bombing
Frank Carson