Ronnie Reed
Also known as: Ronald Thomas Reed
Ronald Thomas Reed was a BBC radio engineer who became an MI5 officer in 1940, and ran double agents during World War II.
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Ronnie Reed: Ewen Montagu
Commander Ewen Montagu, who thought up the scheme, needed to produce an identity card for the corpse on which fake invasion plans were to be planted.
Ronnie Reed: Operation Mincemeat, 1943
Montagu and Cholmondeley conducted a search for people who resembled the corpse, finding Captain Ronnie Reed of MI5; Reed agreed to be photographed for the identity card, wearing a Royal Marine uniform.