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Рубрики WWII; Спецслужбы; Армия; ВВС; Версия для печати

[2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет


William Young
CIA agent who helped organise the secret 'Air America' campaign against communists in Laos and Vietnam

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/special-forces-obituaries/8519645/William-Young.html

Lt-Cdr Monty Davenport
Intelligence officer who helped deceive the enemy about the Allies’ plans for the D-Day landings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/8517459/Lt-Cdr-Monty-Davenport.html

Captain Bob Plant
Gunner who called down fire upon himself after his position was overrun – and promptly escaped capture

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8515230/Captain-Bob-Plant.html

Professor Leslie Audus
Botanist captured by the Japanese who used his skills to save the lives of many of his fellow PoWs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/science-obituaries/8513051/Professor-Leslie-Audus.html

Sir John Lowther
Soldier and countryman who made light of disability and won his bride by eating his rival’s photograph

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8510355/Sir-John-Lowther.html

Air Marshal Sir Geoffrey Dhenin
RAF chief medical officer who flew through the heart of a nuclear mushroom cloud and survived

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/8508090/Air-Marshal-Sir-Geoffrey-Dhenin.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Robin Lindsay
Tank officer awarded an MC on the way into Libya and a DSO fighting back out

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8505507/Lieutenant-Colonel-Robin-Lindsay.html

Group Captain Ken Tarrant
Pilot who flew more than 70 long-range missions at the height of the U-boat campaign in the North Atlantic

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/8503351/Group-Captain-Ken-Tarrant.html

Lieutenant-Colonel Jeffery Williams
Canadian historian and last of the Telegraph's military obituarists to have served in Second World War

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/8501351/Lieutenant-Colonel-Jeffery-Williams.html

Edward Branson
Barrister who, after great thought, advised his son against a legal career

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/law-obituaries/8501350/Edward-Branson.html

Major John Dods
Sapper whose company built a vital bridge across the Elbe despite a napalm attack by German dive-bombers

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/8498806/Major-John-Dods.html


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