TY - BOOK AU - WILSON Dare TI - Tempting the fates: a memoir of service in the Second World War, Palestine, Korea, Kenya, and Aden SN - 1844154351 (hbk) : PY - 2006/// CY - Barnsley PB - Pen & Sword Books KW - BIOGRAPHY KW - DARE WILSON N2 - Major General Dare Wilson's academic life was cut short by the outbreak of the Second World War, and not resumed for a further 33 years of military life during which he commanded the SAS, and became first Director of Army Aviation. On leaving the Army he completed his university education and began a second career in civilian life. In between work General Dare participated in sports such as skiing, bobsleighing, and sky diving (including leading the SAS team that set a world free fall altitude record) ER -