Name Thomas Sneum | Died 2007, Roskilde, Denmark | |
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Similar Stefan G Rasmussen, Holger Hoiriis, Jacob Ellehammer | ||
Thomas sneum en dansk helt
Thomas Christian Sneum was a Danish pilot born 21 May 1917 at Fanø, Denmark; died 3 February 2007 in Roskilde
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He collected information about the German Freya radar that had been installed on his home island in Denmark.
At the night of 21–22 June 1941 he and pilot Kjeld Pedersen made a spectacular escape from Denmark to Great Britain in a D.H. Hornet Moth.
He was an embarrassment to the Danish government by showing that the Danish could fight the Nazis, when the government claimed it was impossible. He did therefore not receive any official recognition or thanks for his effort, only opposition.
The book The Hornet's Sting provides an in-depth account of Sneum's life and his role in World War II.
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