Josef Jakobs firing squad had been issued with blanks, only five live rounds were used. Following the execution, Jakobs' body was buried in an unmarked grave at St. Mary's Roman Catholic Cemetery, Kensal Green, London. The location used for Jakobs' grave has since been re-used, so the original grave site is difficult to find. Jakobs was the last person to be executed at the Tower of London, since all other German spies condemned to death in the UK during the Second World War were executed by hanging at either Wandsworth or Pentonville prisons in London. Josef Jakobs Josef Jakobs (30 June 1898
Spy Smasher (serial) $156,431 (a $2,749, or 1.8%, overspend). It was the most expensive Republic serial of 1942. "Spy Smasher" was filmed between December 22, 1941 and January 29, 1942. The serial's production number was 1196. Spy Smasher's aircraft from the comic, the Gyrosub, was changed for the serial to be a secret Nazi aircraft called The Bat Plane. Mort Glickman echoed the "V for Victory" theme from Beethoven's 5th symphony in the Spy Smasher theme song. Both pieces of music include the "..._" Morse code for the letter V. Columbia's "The Secret Code", released later in 1942, was patterned after "Spy Smasher".