Gilbert William Walenn (24 February 1916 – 29 March 1944), known as Tim Walenn, was a British bomber pilot who was taken prisoner during the Second World...
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participants and their exploits are described by Brickhill. Among these are Tim Walenn, the principal forger, who 'gave his factory the code name of "Dean and...
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Commander Harry Day. Flt Lt Colin Blythe RAF, "The Forger", was based on Tim Walenn and played by Donald Pleasence. Pleasence had served in the Royal Air...
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William Henry Walenn (7 January 1828 – 20 September 1896) was born in London and was trained as an engineer at the works of Messrs. Cottam, and received...
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shared a compartment with a number of German soldiers. Working with "Tim" Walenn the camp’s head of forgery and Henri Picard they produced forged passports...
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national football team, in Tigre, Buenos Aires, Argentina (d. 1966); Tim Walenn, British pilot, member of the Royal Air Force during World War II and...
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document forgers working alongside Gordon Brettell, Romualdas Marcinkus and Tim Walenn, and modelled perfect replica German rifles (carbines) for the use of...
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Marcinkus and the three prisoners in his group posing as Lithuanians – Tim Walenn, Henri Picard and Gordon Brettell – managed to reach a train heading towards...
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escape committee in Stalag Luft III, it was inhabited by Alex Cassie, Tim Walenn, Gordon Brettell, Des Plunkett and Tony Hayter, three forgers and two...
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working with the Hambourg Quartet, Coates was violist of the Cathie and Walenn quartets. Alongside his busy playing career, Coates had several early successes...
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Hambourg Marjorie Hayward William Henry Reed Florizel von Reuter Gerald Walenn John Waterhouse this teacher's teachers Sauzay (1809–1901) studied with...
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Reginald William Villa, Royal Army Service Corps. Major John Stuart Gerard Walenn, MC (85664), The Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's)...
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