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Old 28th September 2025, 19:01
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Spy planes for MI6-others over occupied cpountriess

a Captain Ronald Taylor was a World War II sabotage agent, recognized by the constructorscompany.org.uk and likely working for the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which has been historically linked to British intelligence. Is Ron Taylor, diver and designer and builder off his own housings for underwater cameras, the same person, and did he konstrukt camerahousing for airplanes as well?
Saw there was a youtube film about a Lockheed Electra in use, did they use captured German aircrafts as well?
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Old 28th September 2025, 19:30
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Re: Spy planes for MI6-others over occupied cpountriess

I put little stock in Youtube. Film fragments, often unattributed, are cobbled together along with amateur to somewhat more intelligent narration. During the war, a number of aircraft were fitted for a variety of reconnaissance missions. The Allies were puzzled by observations, during the day, of German troop and vehicle movements. They decided to develop photo-flash bombs linked to an onboard camera to capture these movements at night. The problems involved included the aircraft making noise and being spotted on radar.
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Old 30th September 2025, 01:04
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Re: Spy planes for MI6-others over occupied cpountriess

Ronald the diver was an Aussie born in 1934. Passed in 2012.

Ronald the SOE man was born in Brighton, UK in 1916. And passed in 2002.

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Old 21st October 2025, 20:57
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Re: Spy planes for MI6-others over occupied cpountriess

Story about Captain Ronald Taylor and the SOE:

https://constructorscompany.org.uk/w...or-Article.pdf


Story of diver Ronald Taylor: https://www.ronandvalerietaylor.com/

Underwater camera housing: https://collections.sea.museum/objec...camera-housing
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