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[2Chestnut] Военные некрологи из британских газет


Air Commodore Arthur Steele
Pilot who captained the Valiant in the third and final H-bomb test as part of Operation Grapple in 1957

Военный лётчик, участвовал в испытаниях водородной бомбы

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9370929/Air-Commodore-Arthur-Steele.html

Yitzhak Shamir: soldier, spy and statesman
Yitzhak Shamir served as Israeli premier from 1983 to 1984 and from 1986 to 1992

Премьер-министр Израиля в 1983 - 1984 и 1986 - 1992

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/picturegalleries/worldnews/9367557/Yitzhak-Shamir-soldier-spy-and-statesman.html

Count Robert de La Rochefoucauld
Wartime saboteur who twice escaped firing squads and went on the run disguised as a nun

Французский аристократ и член Сопротивления

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9365640/Count-Robert-de-La-Rochefoucauld.html

Captain Russell Wright
Nuclear engineer who, as a wartime prisoner of the Japanese, had operated a radio at great personal risk

Инженер-ядерщик, был в японском плену, где с риском для жизни сделал радиоприёмник

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9363145/Captain-Russell-Wright.html

Major Nick Knilans
Decorated pilot with Dambuster Squadron who epitomised the courage of the men of Bomber Command

Принимал участие в "Рейде на плотины"

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9359894/Major-Nick-Knilans.html

Ron Jewell
Special forces soldier with Popski’s Private Army who helped preserve the artistic treasures in Ravenna

Стоял у истоков САС

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9357273/Ron-Jewell.html

Tom Neill
Motor torpedo boat commander who took on enemy warships in his plywood craft and came off best

воевал на торпедном катере

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9355122/Tom-Neill.html

Major Philip Malins
Supply officer who found himself fighting side by side with Japanese soldiers immediately after the war

В 1945м воевал вместе с пленными японцами против вьетнамцев

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9352804/Major-Philip-Malins.html

Commander George 'Mac' Rutherford
Fleet Air Arm pilot on night raids who crashed into two cows after one take-off

Пилот военно-морской авиации

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9347751/Commander-George-Mac-Rutherford.html

Ivor Porter
Captured SOE officer in Romania used by Antonescu in an effort to prevent a Soviet takeover as the war ended

Агент SOE, попал в плен к румынам

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9342262/Ivor-Porter.html

Brigadier Ronnie Eccles
Officer of the Green Howards decorated for his service in Ulster at its toughest

Награждён за службу в Ольстере в разгар Смуты

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9337582/Brigadier-Ronnie-Eccles.html

Maureen Dunlop de Popp
Wartime pilot and cover girl who delivered Spitfires, Mustangs and Wellingtons to the front line

Во время войны перегоняла истребители и бомбардировщики на фронт

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9334827/Maureen-Dunlop-de-Popp.html

George Bell
Captain’s messenger who bore the order to abandon shipwrecked German sailors, then was wrecked himself

военный моряк

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9332081/George-Bell.html

Noel Ross
Paratrooper whose courage over six days’ continuous action at Arnhem earned him a Military Medal

Парашютист, награждён Военной Медалью (аналог Военного Креста для не-офицеров в то время) за Арнем

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9325210/Noel-Ross.html

George Carroll
Bomb disposal officer who dealt with 518 UXBs during the siege of Malta

Сапёр, воевал на Мальте во время осады в 1942м

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9312502/George-Carroll.html

Squadron Leader Norman Crookes
Outstanding night fighter navigator who helped shoot down four enemy aircraft in 20 minutes

ночной пилот-истребитель

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/9311076/Squadron-Leader-Norman-Crookes.html

Lt-Col Ernest Edlmann
Officer whose escape from a PoW camp was aided by Douglas Bader waving his wooden legs

Бежал из лагеря военопленных с помощью Дугласа Бадера

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9309429/Lt-Col-Ernest-Edlmann.html

Squadron Leader Phil Lamason
Pilot shot down over France who was betrayed to the Gestapo and survived imprisonment at Buchenwald

пилот-бомбардировщик, сбитый над Францией и сидевший в Бухенвальде

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9303440/Squadron-Leader-Phil-Lamason.html

Major Basil Heaton
Gunner who fought off a German counter-attack in the melee of D-Day

артиллерист, участвовавший в высадке в Нормандии

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/9298382/Major-Basil-Heaton.html

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