Lost Patrol 2 Expedition Complete

PPE’s follow up expedition to the area of the ‘lost’ LRDG and PPA vehicle hide is now complete. The big news is that we successfully located the 1943 vehicle hide location near Qaret Ali and discovered hundreds of relics from the WWII special forces patrol.

Seven vehicles and crews took part including Americans, Brits, Europeans and Canadians. Despite challenging conditions like sandstorms, extreme heat and arduous terrain, the group succeeded in their objective.

All the relics identified were carefully photographed and catalogued by our historian Alan Hall before being assembled in a cairn next to the site. We left these in place so future travellers could view them and perhaps, add to the collection as we are sure many more discoveries still lie under the sand.