Bentley Purchase
Also known as: Sir William Bentley Purchase
Sir William Bentley Purchase CBE MC was a British physician and barrister.
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Bentley Purchase: Allied invasion of Sicily
The body was intended to be seen as that of a courier whose plane had crashed in the Mediterranean Sea while he was carrying top-secret operational planning documents. These documents indicated that the Allies were planning to enter Europe through Greece and the Balkans, instead of the actual invasion route, which was through Sicily.
Bentley Purchase: Operation Mincemeat, 1943
He pursued a career in medical examination and served, from 1930 to 1958, as the coroner with jurisdiction over much of London. He is best known for his role in the development of Operation Mincemeat, a deception operation during the Second World War.