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Ivan William Stanley Moss MC (15 June 1921 – 9 August 1965), commonly known as W. Stanley Moss or Billy Moss, was a British army officer in World War II, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist, and traveller.
Ill Met by Moonlight: The Abduction of General Kreipe is a non-fiction partly-autobiographical book written by W. Stanley Moss, a British soldier, writer and traveller. It describes an operation in Crete during the Second World War to capture German general Heinrich Kreipe .
- W. Stanley Moss
- 1950
W. Stanley Moss. Writer: Night Ambush. At the outbreak of WWII W. Stanley Moss had recently left Charterhouse school and was living in a Latvian log cabin. He had earlier survived the 1923 Japanese earthquake as a baby and had travelled to the four corners of the globe.
- Writer
- W. Stanley Moss
Ivan William Stanley Moss MC (15 June 1921 – 9 August 1965), commonly known as W. Stanley Moss or Billy Moss, was a British army officer in World War II, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist, and traveller.
Major Ivan William Stanley "Billy" Moss, MC was a British army officer in World War II, and later a successful writer, broadcaster, journalist and traveller. He served with the Coldstream Guards and the Special Operations Executive (SOE) and is best known for the Kidnap of General Kreipe.
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- August 9, 1965
- June 15, 1921
Oct 10, 2014 · He recalls how he and his colleague W Stanley "Billy" Moss dressed as German corporals, flagged down the general's car on an isolated road.
Oct 17, 2014 · Ill Met by Moonlight was written by W Stanley Moss, better known as Billy, the younger of two British officers behind the kidnapping. In 1957 it was made into a film starring Dirk Bogarde as...
