Defrauding America: Encyclopedia of Secret Operations by the CIA, DEA, and Other Covert Agencies, Vol. One (Book # 2 of 30 in Defrauding America series.)

by Rodney Stich

He described his association with John Emery Wolruffa, a screenwriter in Hollywood, involved in the movie, Wild Geese, with Richard Burton. Crittenden said the movie was about mercenaries that Crittenden flew to South Africa. In the original event, Crittenden took the mercenaries in 1983 to Mozambique in Ethiopia via Kingston, Jamaica. Crittenden’s code name was Iron Man in that operation. When the aircraft arrived over Mozambique it was depressurized and the ramp at the rear of the aircraft was lowered, permitting the mercenaries to drop out with their parachutes. As planned, Crittenden later landed to pick them up. However, after landing, he received a message canceling the pickup, and the plane immediately took off, abandoning the mercenaries. Most of them were subsequently killed. Political considerations caused them to be sacrificed.