Charles Cholmondeley (intelligence officer)

Flight Lieutenant

Charles Cholmondeley

MBE
Cholmondeley (left) and Ewen Montagu in 1943
Born27 January 1917
Died15 June 1982(1982-06-15) (aged 65)
AllegianceUnited Kingdom
BranchRoyal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Military Intelligence, Section 5
Service years1939–1952
Alma materUniversity of Oxford
Spouse
Alison
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(m. 1964)​
Children3

Flight Lieutenant Charles Christopher Cholmondeley MBE (27 January 1917 – 15 June 1982) was a British intelligence officer known for his leading role in Operation Mincemeat, a critical military deception operation which misdirected German forces' attention away from the Allied invasion of Sicily in Operation Husky.


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