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Рубрики WWII; Современность; Спецслужбы; Версия для печати

Re: Военные некрологи...

Captain Brian Young
Naval 'top gun' who recaptured South Georgia from the Argentines without his troops having to fire a shot

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/6975842/Captain-Brian-Young.html

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6983904.ece

John Leavitt
Lancaster pilot who targeted Tirpitz and Hitler's hideout before embarking on espionage with the CIA

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/6962966/John-Leavitt.html

Rupert Hamer
Popular defence correspondent for the Sunday Mirror who was killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/6962967/Rupert-Hamer.html

Professor Sam Perry
Influential biochemist who escaped three times as a PoW and played rugby for England

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/medicine-obituaries/6952727/Professor-Sam-Perry.html

José Maria Bravo
Pilot in the Spanish Civil War who later flew for the Soviet Union, commanding Stalin's fighter escort

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6952750/Jos-Maria-Bravo.html

Staff Sergeant 'Jack' Dempsey
Gunner decorated for his courage under heavy shelling at Anzio who later became a Chelsea Pensioner

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/6937593/Staff-Sergeant-Jack-Dempsey.html

Air Vice-Marshal Charles Maughan
Hard-working RAF officer who won the London-Paris race and revived the Royal British Legion

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/6932787/Air-Vice-Marshal-Charles-Maughan.html

Flight-Lieutenant Leslie Stephenson
Second World War flying ace who was twice awarded the DFC for shooting down ten enemy aircraft, including three in one sortie in 1943

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988432.ece

Ну и просто любопытно -- особенно последний момент

Professor Ihor Sevcenko
Byzantine historian, Classical scholar, polyglot and exacting teacher who translated Animal Farm into Ukrainian and unmasked a literary hoax

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6988482.ece

'Бій відлунав. Жовто-сині знамена затріпотіли на станції знов'