# Jasper Maskelyne

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Published: 2026-05-20T16:00:00+00:00
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Jasper Maskelyne (29 September 1902 – 15 March 1973) was a British stage magician in the 1930s and 1940s. He was one of an established family of stage magicians, the son of Nevil Maskelyne and a grandson of John Nevil Maskelyne . He is most remembered for his accounts of his work for the British military during the Second World War , in which he claimed to have created large-scale ruses, deception, and camouflage in an effort to defeat the Nazis . [ 1 ]

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