Nigel Trevithick Tangye (24 April 1909 – 2 June 1988) was a British airman, novelist, journalist and the writer of various books about Cornwall.
After that he performed aerobatic demonstrations and worked as a flying instructor at the London Aeroplane Club.
[citation needed] As the aviation correspondent for the London Evening News, Tangye covered the Spanish Civil War.
[2] His 1937 account of the war, Red, White and Spain, provided a strongly pro-Nationalist viewpoint.
[3] However, Tangye later recorded that it had been ″written by the author as a cover to his assignment by MI5 as a secret agent in the Spanish War″ seeking information on German military involvement.