
History Unplugged Podcast
Scott RankFrederick Rutland, Britain’s Most Beloved WW1 Pilot, Became a Spy for Imperial Japan
February 29, 2024 ● 36 minShare this episode
Despite all of this, and due mostly to class politics, Rutland was not promoted in the new Royal Air Force in the wake of WWI. This ignominy led the disgruntled Rutland to become a spy for the Japanese government. Plied with riches and given a salary ten times the highest-paid admiral, shuttled between Los Angeles and Tokyo where he lived in large mansions in both Beverly Hills and Yokohama, and insinuating himself into both LA high society and Japan’s high command,
Rutland would go on to contribute to the Japanese navy with both strategic and technical intelligence. This included scouting trips to Pearl Harbor, investigations of military preparedness, and aircraft technology. All this while living a double life, frequenting private California clubs and hosting lavish affairs for Hollywood stars and military dignitaries in his mansion on the Los Angeles Bird Streets.
Supported by recently declassified FBI files and by incorporating unique and rare research through MI5 and Japanese Naval archives that few English speakers have access to, today’s guest, Ronald Drabkin, pieced together this story in his new book “Beverly Hills Spy: The Double-Agent War Hero Who Helped Japan Attack Pearl Harbor.”
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