Obituaries published in The Times of London, February 2009


Colonel Jean Henri Sassi 11 June 1917 - 9 January 2009

French veteran of the Jedburgh special operations in France after the Normandy landings

Terry Spencer 18 March 1918 - 8 February 2009

RAF fighter pilot and war photographer

Air Vice-Marshal Geoffrey Cairns, CBE, AFC 21 May 1926 - 6 February 2009

RAF test pilot and Chief of Staff, 18 Group Strike Command

General Sir Peter Leng, KCB, MBE, MC 9 May 1925 - 11 February 2009

Master-General of the Ordnance and resourceful officer

Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas Carew, DSO, Croix de Guerre 25 November 1919 - 16 February 2009

Veteran of the Special Operations Executive (SOE)