SAS hero's emotional farewell letter to comrade shatters BBC Rogue Heroes fiction

A bombshell letter sent by legendary SAS commander Blair "Paddy" Mayne to a comrade just weeks after their elite unit had been ruthlessly disbanded has been unearthed 80 years on in a sensational discovery that shatters everything we thought we knew.

Writing in late November 1945, Lieutenant-Colonel Mayne penned a rousing tribute about the remarkable bravery ofthe soldiers under his leadership in words that will send chills down your spine, reports the Daily Mail.

He informed Major Harry Poat that they had served in the "best disciplined, most pleasant and best scrapping unit in the British Army" - a disclosure that utterly destroys the BBC's contentious depiction of the legendary regiment.

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Lt Col Mayne, who tragically perished in a horrific car crash a decade after writing the moving letter, stated that he would "never forget" their valiant service to the war effort, reports the Express.

Historic find proves BBC got it spectacularly wrong

His passionate letter was dispatched just over a month after the Special Air Service was brutally dissolved by officials despite its vital role in the Allied triumph in the Second World War - a betrayal that still stings today.

The explosive two-page correspondence was uncovered recently by the late Major Poat's nephew in a dusty chest being kept in his loft, concealed like hidden treasure for eight decades. The invaluable document was subsequently passed to prominent SAS historian Damien Lewis, who promptly notified the Daily Mail regarding the absolutely electrifying find that has sent shockwaves through military history circles.

BBC's Rogue Heroes depiction demolished by genuine proof

Lt Col Mayne's striking focus on his regiment's unwavering discipline within the correspondence presents a dramatic contradiction to his shameful representation by Skins actor Jack O'Connell as a defiant, frequently intoxicated troublemaker in BBC drama SAS Rogue Heroes - demonstrating the programme got it monumentally incorrect.

The extraordinary letter revelation emerges during an impassioned drive to secure Lt Col Mayne the Victoria Cross following his disgraceful rejection of the accolade in 1945 despite bravely rescuing fellow soldiers' lives during a Nazi attack in Germany.

Mayne's heartfelt goodbye exposes the genuine soul of the SAS

Lt Col Mayne expressed his deepest feelings in his correspondence: "My dear Harry, I am not very good at saying goodbye or in telling people how much I admire and like them, but I only started enjoying the S.A.S. on that day at Kabrit when yourself, Marsh and McDermott joined.

"From then on it appeared to me that there were some decent people in the unit, people that were interested in the men and the regiment and not what they themselves could get out of it; and I may say that I wasn't the only person to value that ever since then, it has given me great pleasure to notice and to see how popular and well respected you were by the men and the officers.

"If I hadn't also respected and liked you I could easily have become most jealous.

"It has been good fun since then and I have an awful lot to thank you for, your loyalty and ability are a byword in this Brigade.

"Between us we commanded and fought in the best disciplined, most pleasant and best scrapping unit in the British Army; that is something I shall never forget and I know that you won't either.

"I do wish I was properly able to thank you for all the help, assistance and friendship you have given me during the last few years.

"Yours ever, Paddy".

"PS. Looking this over it appears terribly stilted and doesn't express half of what I want to say."

Military historian gobsmacked by unprecedented discovery

After sharing the "beyond extraordinary" find on social media, Mr Lewis told the Daily Mail: "This is the one that really got me. Words fail me. It says everything about Paddy Mayne and the regiment, the brotherhood and everything else.

"It's the kind of thing people need to read. It's never seen the light of day before.

"There's lots of stuff I've seen written to Mayne, it's much rarer to see stuff he has written. You almost never come across it.

"The letter is erudite and sympathetic, all the things we know him to be.

"It was written just after the disbandment of the SAS, so imagine how poignant that moment was."

Truth emerges to shatter TV fiction once and for all

He further commented: "His assessment of them as a unit, just dwell on that. The most disciplined regiment in the British Army.

"It's diametrically opposed to how Paddy Mayne and his men were portrayed in SAS Rogue Heroes.

"We know this is the truth because this is a private letter that was never supposed to see the light of day."