As a former SAS man who tests his survival skills in the world’s toughest environments, Bear Grylls has a reputation for derring-do.
But a chance discovery in the family attic showed that his exploits pale in comparison to those of his grandfather, a military hero who was involved in one of the Second World War’s most secret missions.
Brigadier Ted Grylls was the commanding officer of Britain’s elite T-Force unit, tasked with capturing Nazi scientists after the D-Day landings and spiriting them away to the West in order to stop their knowledge falling into the hands of the Soviets.
Brigadier Grylls never spoke of his mission. His grandson stumbled across the details during a house move and has used them as the basis of his first novel for adults, Ghost Flight.
