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the Shetland Bus.” David J. Howarth wrote a book about these exploits called “The Shetland Bus,” published by the Shetland Times in 1998.

Note 2: Page 305, Line 21: “You’ve been rather clever . . . ” Dialogue as recalled by Sneum in interviews with the author, 1998-2006.

Note 3: Page 306, Line 36: RAF Twinwood Farm was also the airfield from where Glenn Miller, the famous American bandleader, took off for Paris on December 15, 1944 and was never seen again.

Note 4: Page 308, Line 12: “ . . . accurate pictures of both men.” The author has copies of these full-length mock-up police photos.

Note 5: Page 309, Line 7: “ . . . to the principal Danish liaison officer.” The author has a copy of Stig Jensen’s very complimentary letter.

CHAPTER 45: ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR

Note 1: Page 310, Line 4: “ . . . quantity than quality.” Turnbull said this more than once in interviews with the author, 1999-2003.

Note 2: Page 311, Lines 8-9: “ ... he was shot dead.” Turnbull’s account is contained in the SOE Files, National Archives, London.

Note 3: Page 311, Line 10:“Hollingworth was furious.” Turnbull’s claim to author, 1999- 2003.

Note 4: Page 311, Line 28: “Major Blunt ... ” Ironically, given the search for a double agent, this was the infamous Anthony Blunt, later exposed himself as a double agent and Russian spy. He was nicknamed “The Fourth Man” is a spying scandal that had exposed not just Kim Philby but also Guy Burgess and Donald Maclean, men Blunt had recruited to the Russian cause.

Note 5: Page 312, Lines 3-4: “None of this was told to us until today . . . ” Wethered’s reflections on his meeting with Hollingworth can be found in the KV6 series of documents at the National Archives in London.

Note 6: Page 312, Lines 25-26: “visited Sneum in Milton Ernest to interrogate him . . . ” Again Wethered mentions this in the KV6 series at the National Archives in London. Sneum also told the author about a visit to Milton Ernest by unknown agents and how he defended his record under interrogation.

Note 7: Page 313, Lines 13-14: ‘the gist . . . regarding TABLE TOP.’ MI5—Britain’s domestic

Security Service—wrote to author Mark Ryan directly to reply to his queries, subsequently called the author and then promised further information, before falling strangely silent.

CHAPTER 46: WHEN LIFE IS TOO SHORT

Note 1: Page 315, Lines 3-4: “You run around with too many girls, Sneum ...” Dialogue as recalled by Tommy Sneum during his many interviews with the author.

Note 2: Page 317, Lines 3-4: “Anita’s father was a horticultural contractor . . . ” Much of this information is contained on Sigfred and Anita’s wedding certificate, a copy of which is in the author’s collection.

Note 3: Page 317, Lines 13-16: “He also warned her . . . Sneum would probably be behind it.” Sneum told the author that Anita Christophersen later challenged him with this claim.

Note 4: Page 318, Line 16: “At midnight on 21 June, 1943 . . . ” This account is to be found at the National Archives in London, along with the circumstances behind the loss and the outcome of the relevant mission.

CHAPTER 47: THE ACCIDENT

Note 1: Page 321, Line 19: “ . . . SIS suddenly awarded him £2,750.” This is the amount specified by Sneum in interviews with the author, 1998-2006. SIS (MI6) has never denied the payout.

Note 2: Page 322, Line 21: “You learned to fly . . . ” Dialogue as recalled by Tommy Sneum during his many interviews with the author.

Note 3: Page 322, Line 31: “He had been there since 6 December . . . ” This is from Pedersen’s official RAF war service record.

Note 4: Page 324, Lines 5-6: “ . . . Can you report on activity at Peenemunde . . . ” This message as specified in “Inside SOE” by EH Cookridge.

Note 5: Page 325, Line 15: “Just before midnight on 9 August 1943 . . . ” Source: The official crash investigation documents, to be found in the National Archives, London.

Note 6: Page 327, Line 6: “Tommy Sneum might be behind it . . . ” It was Sneum who, during