Thomas Sneum, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Thomas Sneum

Danish pilot

Date of Birth: 21-May-1917

Date of Death: 03-Feb-2007

Profession: aircraft pilot

Nationality: Denmark

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Thomas Sneum

  • Thomas Christian Sneum was a Danish pilot born 21 May 1917 at Fanø, Denmark; died 3 February 2007 in Roskilde 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.
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  • This would later inspire Ken Follett with his novel Hornet Flight.Sneum stated he had planned to assassinate Heinrich Himmler in February 1941 with a longbow from a room in Hotel d'Angleterre, the plan was however canceled when Himmler failed to appear publicly.

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