![]() ![]() ![]() The body was wrapped in a lifejacket and pushed gently into the sea.Ī message was sent by the submarine’s commander, Lt. The corpse was then delivered to Scotland, brought aboard the British submarine HMS Seraph, and dropped just off the coast of Spain (a country with friendly military ties to Hitler). The body was placed in a steel canister filled with dry ice to preserve it. The forged documents and other items were placed in a briefcase and attached to the corpse with a leather-covered chain, looped around the belt of a trench coat. The dates of the stubs suggested that Martin had left London on April 24, 1943, and that his body was expected to wash ashore on April 30 so the Germans would believe his plane had crashed at sea. ![]() His forged documents included love letters, an engagement ring, ticket stubs from a theater, keys, and a receipt for a new shirt. Personal possessions gave depth to Martin’s character. Michael, who died after ingesting rat poison, was posthumously transformed into Major William Martin of the Royal Marines. ‘Major William Martin’ of the Royal MarinesĮnter Mr Bentley Purchase, a London coroner, who supplied the body of a 34-year-old Welshman named Glyndwr Michael. ![]()
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