Hugh Verity, DSO*, DFC (6 April 1918 – 14 November 2001) was a Royal Air Force fighter pilot and later a "special duties" squadron pilot working with...
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English cricketer Hugh Verity (1918-2001), British RAF and SOE pilot Jake Verity (born 1997), American football player John Verity (born 1949), English...
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his outstanding leadership in command of 161 Squadron. Group Captain Hugh Verity, author of We Landed by Moonlight. Violette Szabo GC of the SOE flew...
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Lysander reached its destination in France was described by Squadron Leader Hugh Verity. Once the aircraft reached the airfield the agent on the ground would...
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much appreciated by the Special Duties pilots such as Squadron Leader Hugh Verity. The wings were equipped with automatic slats which lifted away from...
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p. 95. Verity 1978, pp. 23, 57, 132. Verity 1978, p. 23. Verity 1978, p. 238. Verity 1978, pp. 21–24. Verity 1978. Verity 1978, p. 18. Verity 1978, pp...
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the aircraft did not arrive. On 22/23 March 1943 a Lysander piloted by Hugh Verity landed at Estrées-Saint-Denis near Compiègne exfiltrated Churchill and...
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Hugh John Mungo Grant (born 9 September 1960) is an English actor. He established himself early in his career as a charming and vulnerable romantic leading...
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there Pickard gathered a talented team of pilots around him, including Hugh Verity, Frank Rymills, Peter Vaughan-Fowler and Jim McCairns. Pickard was keen...
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Benjamin Cowburn. [Source: Verity, p. 256.] Operation JOCKEY / PLAYWRIGHT; agent: Marsac; aircraft: Lysander; pilot: Hugh Verity; land: 0 / NO from Compiègne...
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persuasive charmer, particularly with the ladies." His friend, fellow pilot Hugh Verity, said that Dericourt "was unscrupulous enough and arrogant enough to...
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Correspondent Sirichalerm Svasti or Chef McDang (born 1953–) – celebrity chef Hugh Verity (1918–2001) – RAF pilot, veteran of many night landings in wartime France...
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England. On the night of 14 May 1943 he was brought by Lysander piloted by Hugh Verity, with Marcel Clech as wireless operator, and Vera Leigh as courier, to...
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directed by Suri Krishnamma. The series was originally produced by Cinema Verity for BBC One and is available on DVD. Co-producer of the series was Joanna...
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flight leader Hugh Verity on 15 November 1942. Once he was trained he would take over for Guy Lockhart. On meeting Vaughan-Fowler, Verity observed: "He...
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courier. On the night of 14 May 1943 he was brought by Lysander piloted by Hugh Verity with Sidney Jones and Vera Leigh to set up the Inventor network. Julienne...
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23/24 March (landing at Estrées-Saint-Denis near Compiègne, piloted by Hugh Verity, flying in Francis Cammaerts and Georges Duboudin) and joined Girard...
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with about 22 meetings per year. In 1941, noted Royal Air Force pilot Hugh Verity, who flew many secret agents at night into and out of farm fields in...
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throughout. In September 1943 he, the squadron commander Squadron Leader Hugh Verity and McCairns' usual partner on "double Lysander" missions Peter Vaughan-Fowler...
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the Hall. Mass was still celebrated in the chapel after 1932: indeed, Hugh Verity, who was at Ingatestone from 1935 to 1965, and who was Treasurer of the...
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actress (born 1915) 14 November Charlotte Coleman, actress (born 1968) Hugh Verity, RAF pilot (born 1918) 23 November – Mary Whitehouse, campaigner against...
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social worker, birth control advocate, philanthropist, and reformer Hugh Verity, Royal Air Force pilot who flew secret agents in and out of France during...
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1953 We Landed by Moonlight: Secret RAF Landings in France, 1940–1944, Hugh Verity, 2004. ISBN 2-913-66310-9 Testimony of Francis Basin collected by Miss...
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"Richard" and his son, and another. [Source: Sir Brooks Richards, p. 930] Hugh Verity, We Landed by Moonlight The F Section Memorial, Gerry Holdsworth Special...
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Histoire de la Résistance en France de 1940 à 1945, Robert Laffont, 1976. Hugh Verity – We Landed by Moonlight, (revised edition). Manchester: Crecy Publishing...
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Duel of Wits, Peter Churchill, Hodder and Stoughton, 1953 Nigel Perrin Hugh Verity, We landed by Moonlight, 2004. ISBN 2-913-66310-9 The National Archives...
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Laurent, PARRA. "MAHURIN Walker Melville". Retrieved 29 July 2016. Hugh Verity, We Landed by Moonlight, Crecy Publishing Ltd., 2000, pp. 167, 207, 230...
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Geoffrey Dhenin, Welsh air marshal and physician (died 2011) 6 April – Hugh Verity, fighter pilot (died 2001) 9 April – Frank Brenchley, diplomat (died...
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the producer Rex Tucker, but this was vetoed by incoming series producer Verity Lambert who considered the actor too young for the role. David later stated...
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educator. Herbert Tauss, 72, American artist, illustrator, and painter. Hugh Verity, 83, British Royal Air Force fighter pilot during World War II. Megan...
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