Title: The hornet's sting
Description: Mark Ryan describes how Tommy made an incredible escape from Denmark in a battered old Hornet Moth aircraft - which he had to refuel in mid-air by climbing out on the wing. Later, he escaped from Denmark again - by walking across a treacherous frozen sea on which two of his companions died. Tommy brought over precious intelligence about the Nazi radar installations in Denmark and their atom bomb - his reward was to be imprisoned in Brixton as a suspected double agent and threatened with execution.
Subjects: Spies, World War, 1939-1945, Secret service, Espionage, History, World war, 1939-1945, secret service, great britain, Espionage, british, Great britain, biography, World war, 1939-1945, Europe, history, military
Places: Denmark, Great Britain
People: Thomas Sneum
Time periods: 20th century