What was the original name of the special forces unit that was the main focus of the movie The Cockleshell Heroes?
The Cockleshell Heroes The Cockleshell Heroes is a 1955 British war film with Trevor Howard, Anthony Newley, Christopher Lee, David Lodge and José Ferrer, who also directed. Set during the Second World War, it is a fictionalised account of Operation Frankton, the December 1942 raid on German cargo shipping by British Royal Marines Special Boat Service commandos in Bordeaux Harbour inserted using Folding kayak by submarine. It was the first Warwick Film to be filmed in CinemaScope. Producer Cubby Broccoli would go on to produce films about another famous commander of the Royal Navy in the James Bond franchise.
Flygbasjägare The Flygbasjägare, Air Force Rangers, is a special operations unit of the Swedish Air Force. The name "Flygbasjägare" originates in the unit's old role during the cold war of conducting security operations around airfields and other air force installations. The current primary tasks of the unit are personnel recovery, reconnaissance and force protection.