Philby is certainly a popular topic in intelligence stories, mostly for the mysterious happenings. Mark of a good spy I guess, even with dubious loyalties.
Philby was head of the Iberian Section of MI6, so he had the both the motive and the means to do it. One of those reporting to Philby, was the actor, Christopher Lee, who was a RAF Intelligence Officer in Spain.
Well the fact that the exhumation has been made public means that they will have to announce something....whether it is the truth is another matter
I can't read Polish ... but some of these pictures tell a story ! http://www.udskior.gov.pl/kombatant/200306_spec.pdf
Documents containing Cabinet discussions regarding the allegations in 1969 were only released on 25th July 2008. Delays such as this can only create speculation. CAB 163/131 -132
My goodness ... they're checking for poison too ...... I didn't think that that was in the cards ... I thought it was all about the plane ! .... wonder how long it will be before they publicize results ! Britain and Russia accused as corpse of General Wladyslaw Sikorski is exhumed for tests - Times Online
Polish WWII leader laid to rest for third time - ABC News (Australian Broadcasting Corporation) - any idea who the pilot of the Lib was?
4th July 1943 Liberator II, AL523 of 511 Sqn with Polish PM gen. Sikorski on board crashed at 23.07 just after take off from Gibraltar. 1st pilot was Czech ace F/L Eduard Prchal what survived as only one the crash badly wounded. He was rescued from the sea by ASR. Eduard M. Prchal (RAF, AdLA) .... listed but with no other information ...... then listed .... Czechoslovak RAF Veterans buried in Brookwood Military Cemetery Brookwood Then I translated this Wiki ... Translated version of http://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eduard_Prchal And I found this ... maybe somebody can find him elsewhere ! ASN Aircraft accident 27-OCT-1941 Bristol Beaufighter Mk.IF X7551
The Generals daughter was also on the plane ... but her body was never found ... though there were reports she was seen in a Gulag in the 1950's .... interesting !!
He flew in the BoB, and there is an entry for him, and picture, in Men of the Battle of Britain. It basically corresponds with the wiki article. But it doesn't actually say that requested a transfer to TC - just that he was transferred. One can read a lot into requested, especially with all the conspiracies about the crash