Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Mogg
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Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Mogg
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Ronald was as navigator in a Wellington shot down over Osnabruck 30 October 1940. He was interrogated and then detained in Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft I (Barth), Stalag Luft 3 (Sagan), Stalag Luft 6 (Heydekrug), Stalag XX-A (Thorun) and the Fallingbostel camp.
After the British Army crossed the Rhine and marched to Celle, the camp was liberated, a very dramatic moment when a tank burst through the gate. Regimental Sergeant Major Splash Oliver (1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment) took command as Germans surrendered. Crossing the river Elbe at Bleckede, they came across a French barge loaded with red cross parcels, we all got two or three. One of our columns was attacked by Typhoons, a carnage with men 30 killed. We were passed by a battalion of disheartened Hungarians who left them in peace. They expected to reach Soltau but went up towards Wismar, on the Baltic Sea moving very slow.
Express surprise that that a man named Bristow had two radios, allowing news to be shared once a day. The man responsible for passing the news round the camp was Peter Thomas a former member of the Oxford University dramatic Society.
On the March towards Hannover, crossing the Elbe towards the Ratzeburger See, a group of Spitfires attacked caused much death and destruction.
The group of prisoners back then included a man named Hank Heap, an American called Danny, Fred Turner, and Regimental Sergeant Major Tom Cameron.
Reports the effects of an order broadcast from Eisenhower to the German Army whereby all prisoners must stop marching, following by the news of Hitler’s death. Describes the encounter with a British armoured car from the Queen's Royal Regiment and the aftermath of the end of hostilities.
Notes that German guards were, on the whole, decent people. One was called Eichecher, one Trippensee, who had a cockney accent, and Oberfeldwebel Schultz. States that seeing the guards surrender was not a pleasant sight.
When they got back to London they couldn't find anywhere to stay, so she rang the girl who then became his wife, sharing their first night in a room.
The last 20 pages repeat the same content with little or no change.
After the British Army crossed the Rhine and marched to Celle, the camp was liberated, a very dramatic moment when a tank burst through the gate. Regimental Sergeant Major Splash Oliver (1st Battalion, Parachute Regiment) took command as Germans surrendered. Crossing the river Elbe at Bleckede, they came across a French barge loaded with red cross parcels, we all got two or three. One of our columns was attacked by Typhoons, a carnage with men 30 killed. We were passed by a battalion of disheartened Hungarians who left them in peace. They expected to reach Soltau but went up towards Wismar, on the Baltic Sea moving very slow.
Express surprise that that a man named Bristow had two radios, allowing news to be shared once a day. The man responsible for passing the news round the camp was Peter Thomas a former member of the Oxford University dramatic Society.
On the March towards Hannover, crossing the Elbe towards the Ratzeburger See, a group of Spitfires attacked caused much death and destruction.
The group of prisoners back then included a man named Hank Heap, an American called Danny, Fred Turner, and Regimental Sergeant Major Tom Cameron.
Reports the effects of an order broadcast from Eisenhower to the German Army whereby all prisoners must stop marching, following by the news of Hitler’s death. Describes the encounter with a British armoured car from the Queen's Royal Regiment and the aftermath of the end of hostilities.
Notes that German guards were, on the whole, decent people. One was called Eichecher, one Trippensee, who had a cockney accent, and Oberfeldwebel Schultz. States that seeing the guards surrender was not a pleasant sight.
When they got back to London they couldn't find anywhere to stay, so she rang the girl who then became his wife, sharing their first night in a room.
The last 20 pages repeat the same content with little or no change.
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Ronald Mogg, “Prisoner of war recollections of Ronald Mogg,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 8, 2026, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/collections/document/60060.