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Рубрики WWII; Версия для печати

Британские военные некрологи ("Ежедневный Телеграф")

Пилот, потопивший "Кенигсберг"

Lieutenant-Commander 'Fairy' Filmer
Pilot who helped to sink the Königsberg and later spent five years as a PoW despite frequent escape attempts.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/08/10/db1001.xml

Major Ion Calvocoressi
Stockbroker and High Sheriff of Kent who won an MC in North Africa.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/08/09/db0902.xml

Пилот, сбивший первый немецкий самолёт над Британией

Air Commodore Paul Webb
Pilot who helped down the first German aircraft attacking home soil and played a key role in the Battle of Britain.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/28/db2801.xml

Air Vice-Marshal Freddie Hazlewood
Wartime wireless operator who later became a pilot and commanded one of Britain's first V-bomber squadrons.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/30/db3001.xml

Lieutenant-Colonel Charles Wylie
Gurkha officer who was organising secretary of the expedition that made the first successful ascent of Everest.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/27/db2701.xml

Charles Whiting
Prolific but retiring author who drew on his personal experiences of war in some 350 thrillers and works of history.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/26/db2603.xml

Captain 'Pug' Mather
Fighter pilot who became a prisoner of war in Korea and was tortured for refusing to renounce the Crown.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/26/db2601.xml

Group Captain David Hutchinson Smith
Night fighter pilot who saw action in Asia and Africa before becoming Britain's second largest producer of blue cheese.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?view=DETAILS&grid=&xml=/news/2007/07/21/db2102.xml


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