Clare Mulley

The circus provides perfect cover for espionage

As he flew his plane between circus acts across Germany in the 1930s, Cyril Bertram Mills gained vital aerial intelligence about the Nazis’ rearmament programme

Coco the Clown, travelling with the Bertram Mills Circus in 1934. [Getty Images]
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  • The Spy Who Came in From the Circus: The Secret Life of Cyril Bertram Mills

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