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Trevor Howard

Howard was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. He was educated at Clifton College (to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), acting on the London stage for several years before World War II. His first paid work was in the play Revolt in a Reformatory (1934), before he left RADA in 1935 to take small roles. Although stories of his courageous wartime service in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals earned him much respect among fellow actors and fans alike, files held in the Public Record Office reveal that he had actually been discharged from the British Army in 1943 for mental instability and having a "psychopathic personality". The story, which surfaced in Terence Pettigrew's biography of the actor, published by Peter Owen in 2001, was initially denied by Howard's widow, actress Helen Cherry. Later, confronted with official records, she told the Daily Telegraph (24 June 2001) that his mother had claimed he was a holder of the Military Cross. She added that Howard had an honourable military record and "had nothing to be ashamed of".

  • Known ForActing
  • Born29 September 1913 (age 112)
  • Place of BirthCliftonville, Kent, England, UK

Trevor Howard

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Howard was born in Cliftonville, Kent, England, the son of Mabel Grey (Wallace) and Arthur John Howard. He was educated at Clifton College (to which he left in his will a substantial legacy for a drama scholarship) and at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA), acting on the London stage for several years before World War II. His first paid work was in the play Revolt in a Reformatory (1934), before he left RADA in 1935 to take small roles. Although stories of his courageous wartime service in the British Army's Royal Corps of Signals earned him much respect among fellow actors and fans alike, files held in the Public Record Office reveal that he had actually been discharged from the British Army in 1943 for mental instability and having a "psychopathic personality". The story, which surfaced in Terence Pettigrew's biography of the actor, published by Peter Owen in 2001, was initially denied by Howard's widow, actress Helen Cherry. Later, confronted with official records, she told the Daily Telegraph (24 June 2001) that his mother had claimed he was a holder of the Military Cross. She added that Howard had an honourable military record and "had nothing to be ashamed of".

  • Known ForActing
  • Born29 September 1913 (age 112)
  • Place of BirthCliftonville, Kent, England, UK
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The Unholy
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5.327
1988
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The Dawning
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5.4
1988
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White Mischief
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6.0
1987
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Hand in Glove
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1987
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Foreign Body
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4.1
1986
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Time After Time
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1986
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Christmas Eve
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6.667
1986
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Dust
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4.6
1985
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God Rot Tunbridge Wells!
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4.0
1985
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Memory of the Camps
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1985
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Sword of the Valiant: The Legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight
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5.291
1984
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The Bengal Lancers!
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1.0
1984
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Gandhi
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7.554
1982
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The Missionary
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5.6
1982
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Inside the Third Reich
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7.214
1982
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The Deadly Game
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7.2
1982
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Light Years Away
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7.3
1981
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Sir Henry at Rawlinson End
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6.6
1980
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The Sea Wolves
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5.895
1980
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The Shillingbury Blowers
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7.0
1980
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Windwalker
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5.9
1980
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Staying On
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7.0
1980
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The Making of 'Superman: The Movie'
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6.3
1980
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Flashpoint Africa
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1980
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Superman II
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6.742
1980
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Meteor
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5.1
1979
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Hurricane
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4.7
1979
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The Spirit of Adventure: Night Flight
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1979
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Superman
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7.144
1978
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Slavers
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3.5
1978
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Stevie
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6.875
1978
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The Last Remake of Beau Geste
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5.659
1977
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Aces High
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5.88
1976
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The Adventures of Eliza Fraser
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4.8
1976
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Death in the Sun
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4.143
1976
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The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones
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3.0
1976
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The Count of Monte-Cristo
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6.781
1975
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Hennessy
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4.7
1975
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Conduct Unbecoming
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5.905
1975
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Who?
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4.9
1974
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Persecution
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3.0
1974
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Craze
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5.029
1974
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11 Harrowhouse
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5.7
1974
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Ludwig
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7.5
1973
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The Offence
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6.8
1973
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The Catholics
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5.3
1973
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A Doll's House
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4.778
1973
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Pope Joan
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5.9
1972
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Kidnapped
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6.2
1971
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Mary, Queen of Scots
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6.7
1971
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The Night Visitor
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6.298
1971
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Catch Me a Spy
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4.6
1971
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Ryan's Daughter
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7.1
1970
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Twinky
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4.769
1970
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Battle of Britain
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6.9
1969
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The Charge of the Light Brigade
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6.1
1968
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The Long Duel
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5.1
1967
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Pretty Polly
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4.0
1967
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Triple Cross
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5.993
1966
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The Poppy Is Also a Flower
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5.8
1966
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Von Ryan's Express
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7.1
1965
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The Liquidator
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6.2
1965
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Operation Crossbow
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6.8
1965
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Morituri
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6.778
1965
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Eagle in a Cage
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1965
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Father Goose
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7.033
1964
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Man in the Middle
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6.4
1964
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The Invincible Mr. Disraeli
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7.0
1963
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Mutiny on the Bounty
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7.0
1962
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The Lion
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4.9
1962
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Hedda Gabler
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7.222
1962
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Sons and Lovers
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6.6
1960
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Moment of Danger
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1960
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The Roots of Heaven
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6.2
1958
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The Key
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6.0
1958
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Interpol
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6.4
1957
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Manuela
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5.7
1957
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Around the World in Eighty Days
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6.647
1956
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Run for the Sun
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5.931
1956
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The Cockleshell Heroes
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6.0
1955
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Lovers' Net
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4.7
1955
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The Stranger's Hand
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6.8
1954
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The Heart of the Matter
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6.6
1953
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Gift Horse
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6.6
1952
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Outcast of the Islands
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5.929
1951
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Lady Godiva Rides Again
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5.8
1951
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The Clouded Yellow
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6.1
1950
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Odette
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6.2
1950
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Golden Salamander
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5.9
1950
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The Third Man
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7.913
1949
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The Passionate Friends
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6.971
1949
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They Made Me a Fugitive
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6.7
1947
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So Well Remembered
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5.2
1947
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I See a Dark Stranger
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6.3
1946
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Green for Danger
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6.744
1946
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Brief Encounter
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7.704
1945
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The Way to the Stars
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6.08
1945
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The Way Ahead
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6.473
1944
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The Aircraft Rocket, Part 4: Tactics, Section 2: Coastal
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1944
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Squaring the Circle
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1941