Royal Air Forces Ex Prisoner of War Association

MBatchelderHE1262838-190626-06.pdf

Title

Royal Air Forces Ex Prisoner of War Association

Description

An article written 40 years after the start of the war describing the role and functions of the RAF Ex-Prisoner of War Association. Quotes are included from honorary member Prince Philip. An Irish airman called Larry Slattery who baled out on 3 September 1939 is referred to and a description of the captivity of the association's president, James (Dixie) Deans is included.

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Format

Six typewritten pages

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

MBatchelderHE1262838-190626-06

Citation

“Royal Air Forces Ex Prisoner of War Association,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 16, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/58418.