Claimed deception and camouflage activities during World War II
Parent(s)
Nevil Maskelyne Ada Mary Ardley
Relatives
John Nevil Maskelyne (grandfather)
Military career
Allegiance
United Kingdom
Service/branch
British Army
Years of service
1939–1946
Rank
Major
Unit
Royal Engineers
Battles/wars
World War II
Jasper Maskelyne (29 September 1902 – 15 March 1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne. He is most remembered for his accounts of his work for the British military during the Second World War, in which he claimed to have created large-scale ruses, deception, and camouflage in an effort to defeat the Nazis.[1]
^"Did this British magician defeat the Nazis with magic?". BBC Reel. Retrieved 20 July 2020.
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staff. To help with visual deception he brought in Victor Jones and JasperMaskelyne. He also recruited a Scots Guards officer, Captain Ogilvie-Grant, to...
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1930 British comedy film directed by Edward Dryhurst and starring JasperMaskelyne, Joy Windsor and Wallace Bosco. While the film has no audible dialog...
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Sykes Ghost Army Louis Dalton Porter Ellsworth Kelly David Slepian Bill Blass Art Kane George Vander Sluis Other Ernest Townsend JasperMaskelyne more...
Sykes Ghost Army Louis Dalton Porter Ellsworth Kelly David Slepian Bill Blass Art Kane George Vander Sluis Other Ernest Townsend JasperMaskelyne more...
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Africa. In 1941, a British Army unit led by magician and illusionist JasperMaskelyne prevented the destruction of Alexandria, Egypt by using lights to recreate...
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