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Neville Atkinson

Probably one of the most notable moments in Atkinson's career was in December 1975, when he was given the task of flying Carlos the Jackal and a number of other terrorists.


OPEC siege

Ex-Royal Navy Fleet Air Arm pilot Neville Atkinson, at that time the personal pilot for Libya's leader Muammar al-Gaddafi, flew them, including Hans-Joachim Klein, a supporter of the imprisoned Baader-Meinhof group and a member of the Revolutionary Cells, and Gabriele Kröcher-Tiedemann, from Algiers to Tripoli, where some hostages were freed.


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