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Рубрики WWII; Современность; Локальные конфликты; Версия для печати

Военные некрологи из британских газет

Wing Commander Tim Fairhurst
RAF reconnaissance pilot who flew a top-secret Arctic mission in a modified Spitfire to locate the Tirpitz

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5383834/Wing-Commander-Tim-Fairhurst.html

Major Frank Hamer
.Artillery officer who won MCs at El Alamein and in Sicily and later took part in the D-Day landings

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/army-obituaries/5389088/Major-Frank-Hamer.html

Professor Louis Rydill
Naval architect and marine engineer who designed Dreadnought, Britain's first nuclear submarine

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5395742/Professor-Louis-Rydill.html

Captain Terry Herrick
Destroyer captain who hunted submarines and rescued 385 men from the stricken battleship Barham

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5369625/Captain-Terry-Herrick.html

Captain Frank Gregory-Smith

Destroyer captain who took on U-boats, escorted convoys and won four awards for gallantry

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/naval-obituaries/5363197/Captain-Frank-Gregory-Smith.html

Flight Lieutenant 'Witt' Wittridge
Pilot in the Burma campaign who was serenaded by Vera Lynn from the wing of a Spitfire

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/military-obituaries/air-force-obituaries/5357560/Flight-Lieutenant-Witt-Wittridge.html

Rear-Admiral Derek Spickernell
Engineer who used his naval experience to good effect when he became director-general of the British Standards Institution

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6382216.ece

Jaafar Nimeiri

Autocratic Sudanese President who stoked regional conflict, introduced Sharia and kept power despite changing loyalties and

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6400799.ece

Velupillai Prabhakaran
Leader of the Tamil Tigers whose bloody legacy encompassed assassinations and suicide bombs

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/politics-obituaries/5378897/Velupillai-Prabhakaran.html
http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article6359600.ece


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