Infamous history: RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’

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"Exclusive: Cold case documentary casts new light on mystery of Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash."

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See: RAF veteran ‘admitted 1961 killing of UN secretary general’ (The Observer, link):

"New evidence has emerged linking an RAF veteran to the death in 1961 of the UN secretary general Dag Hammarskjöld in a mysterious plane crash in southern Africa.

Jan van Risseghem has been named as a possible attacker before, but has always been described simply as a Belgian pilot. The Observer can now reveal that he had extensive ties to Britain, including a British mother and wife, trained with the RAF and was decorated by Britain for his service in the second world war."

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