Thomas Sneum

Thomas Christian Sneum was a Danish pilot born May 21, 1917 at Fanø, Denmark. Died February 3, 2007 in Roskilde

He collected information about the German Freya radar that was installed at his home island in Denmark.

At the night of July 21–22, 1941 he made a spectacular escape from Denmark to Great Britain together with pilot Kjeld Pedersen in a D.H. Hornet Moth.

The book The Hornet's Sting is an in-depth account of Sneum's life and his role in World War II.