Acting as an unlawful combatant with the intent to commit sabotage, espionage, and other hostile acts Espionage Conspiracy
Criminal penalty
Death; commuted to life imprisonment; further commuted to 30 years imprisonment
William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 – March 16, 2005) was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve ("for the good of the service", according to official reports), defected to Nazi Germany in 1944. While a crewman on a repatriation ship that stopped off in Lisbon, Colepaugh defected at the German consulate.[1] Colepaugh had attended Admiral Farragut Academy in Pine Beach, New Jersey.[2]
^DAVID KAHN (14 July 2000). Hitler's Spies: German Military Intelligence In World War II. Perseus Books Group. pp. 24–. ISBN 978-0-306-80949-1.[permanent dead link]
^Cite error: The named reference USA was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
William Curtis Colepaugh (March 25, 1918 – March 16, 2005) was an American who, following his 1943 discharge from the U.S. Naval Reserve ("for the good...
Colepaugh is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Chris Colepaugh, Canadian blues-rock musician WilliamColepaugh (1918–2005), American...
in São Paulo) was a German spy during World War II. Together with WilliamColepaugh, he took part in Operation Elster ("Magpie") an espionage mission...
and coming ashore in Maine on November 29, 1944. The agents were WilliamColepaugh, an American-born defector to Germany, and Erich Gimpel, an experienced...
Wilhelm Canaris Mathilde Carré Coco Chanel Eddie Chapman Harold Cole WilliamColepaugh George John Dasch Savitri Devi Fritz Joubert Duquesne Dick Ellis Johannes...
recruited by Britain as a double agent while in Lisbon. Conversely, WilliamColepaugh, an American traitor, was recruited as an agent by the Germans while...
Chandler - Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, released 1963. WilliamColepaugh - Guilty, sentenced to life imprisonment, released 1960. Iva Toguri...
number of merchant seamen have become notorious criminals. American WilliamColepaugh was convicted as a Nazi spy in World War II and Fritz Sauckel was...
entrance to the main building, Farragut Hall. Other notable alumni: WilliamColepaugh, who defected to the Nazis during World War II, and returned to spy...
recruited by the British as a double agent while in Lisbon. Conversely, WilliamColepaugh, an American traitor, was recruited as an agent by the Germans while...
Marine veteran of World War II. Some became notorious criminals: WilliamColepaugh was convicted as a Nazi spy in World War II; Perry Smith's murderous...
musician, directed the Merchant Marine Band Russ Conway, English pianist WilliamColepaugh, Nazi spy in World War II George Hennard, American mass murderer who...
War II) Eddie Chapman (British double agent during World War II) WilliamColepaugh (American spy for Germany during World War II) Tyler Kent (American...
agent calling himself "Koller". Koller was, in fact, an American, WilliamColepaugh, who had previously engaged in minor missions for the Abwehr in the...
Harbor, Maine, once the gateway to Nazi spy Erich Gimpel and defector WilliamColepaugh's plan to destroy America’s atomic bomb on Manhattan Project sites...
miles (400 km) of New York City. In late December 1944, the spies William Curtis Colepaugh and Erich Gimpel, who had been captured in New York City after...
Miller (27 February 2013). A True Story of An American Nazi Spy: William Curtis Colepaugh. Trafford Publishing. p. 73. ISBN 978-1-4669-8219-2. Francis MacDonnell...
Global Information