Letter from the Air Ministry Casualty Branch

Letter from the Air Ministry Casualty Branch

To unknown addressee reference 575430 Flight Sergeant J D Jones. Passes on message received through official channels from her husband prisoner of war 850/L7 Stalag Luft 7 that he was quite well and asking after family signed John. Letter goes on to say that there was no information about the location of prisoners in Stalag Luft 7, but the camp had been overrun by the Russians, some men had escaped into Russian hands but the Germans had been transferring men towards ventral Germany.

1945-02-17

Two page handwritten document

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