Report on a forced march made by occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany

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Title

Report on a forced march made by occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany

Description

Report by D C Howardson RAMC - camp medical officer and Pilot Officer Peter A Thomson RAAF camp leader for the attention of the Swiss Commission, acting as protected power. Details day by day events that occurred during the forced march from January 19th 1945 from Bankau to February 5th at Goldberg. Gives distances marched, reports on casualties and stops on route. Reports on food provided at the end and condition of prisoners.

Date

1945-02-15

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Format

Two page typewritten document

Rights

This content is available under a CC BY-NC 4.0 International license (Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0). It has been published ‘as is’ and may contain inaccuracies or culturally inappropriate references that do not necessarily reflect the official policy or position of the University of Lincoln or the International Bomber Command Centre. For more information, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ and https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/legal.

Identifier

SThomsonGB1572977v60005

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Citation

D C Howardson and Peter A Thomson, “Report on a forced march made by occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed June 13, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/52715.

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