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Letter to George Thomson's family
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Glad to know that George would be home soon. Looking forward to hearing his yarns. Describes activities in Germany.
Letter from Commonwealth War Graves Commission to George Thomson
Answers George's letter to them requesting information about the grave of a New Zealand airmen. Gives location of Flying Officer Norman Overend 422090 RNZAF in Durnbach war cemetery, Germany. Gives information for travelling to cemetery.
Hitler's hostages?
Covers events after the evacuation of Stalag Luft VII to Stalag 3A. Provides daily description of events from 10 April 1945 to 14 April 1945. Describes waiting to move and rations.
A Canadian experience
Recounts a family visit to Canada. Comments on host, visit to 442 Squadron and Canadian casualties and fellow prisoners of war. Goes on to recount other activities during visit. Finally mentions attending reunion of the Mildenhall Register.
Lossiemouth
Speech honouring those who died in Battle of Britain and memories of 602 Squadron's part in it. Mentions he was member of ATC. Concludes with extract from book written by friend Hector MacLean.
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Brief details covering, volunteering, reporting to aircrew reception centre, training, operations, shot down, prisoner of war
Contents of America Red Cross parcel and rations on long march
List contents of tinned and other food in American Red Cross parcel. List of rations received during the twenty-one days march.
Incident over Mannheim
Short account of shooting down of 15 Squadron Lancaster NF958 (LS-M) by Ofw Ludwig Schmitt in Messerschmitt 110G-2. Two crew killed and the other prisoner of war. List crew including George Thomson (navigator). Includes painting of the incident.
Air crew and an airman
Left - seven airmen wearing battledress with brevet, George Thomson's crew.
Right - full face portrait of and airman with number 18433 (prisoner of war).
Second enlarged version of the crew photograph.
Right - full face portrait of and airman with number 18433 (prisoner of war).
Second enlarged version of the crew photograph.
Sidney (Laurie) Davis's aircrew
Seven airmen in uniform standing and kneeling alongside a Lancaster. Five men are wearing life vests and four of them parachute harnesses. Laurie Davis is standing on the right of the image. The pilot is John Taylor.
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Sidney (Laurie) Davis in uniform
Laurie Davis in uniform wearing a Mae West and parachute harness standing alongside an aircraft.
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George Thomson
Full length image of an airmen wearing battledress with half brevet and side cap standing behind a house.
Three aircrew and George Thomson's crew
Top - three photographs of airmen unrelated to this collection who were killed. Flight Lieutenant Brian Ordish, Pilot Officer Clive Perring and Pilot Officer Robert Skillbeck RAAF. Gives details of final flights.
Bottom photograph show seven airmen…
Bottom photograph show seven airmen…
Letter from the air historical branch (RAF) to Mr R E Kendall
Reply to request for information about Flight Sergeant Harry Albert Beverton. Provides information on his last operation when he was killed and place of burial. Also provides information on burial of P/O Overend.
Medals for veterans
Outlines history of Bomber Command in World War 2 and despite many other memorials round the country, it was not until 2012 that a Bomber Command memorial was erected in Green Park London.
Report on a forced march made by occupants of Stalag Luft 7, Germany
Report by D C Howardson RAMC - camp medical officer andPilot 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…
Room in prisoner of war hut
Watercolour of inside a room in hut with window left and door right, bunk beds in front and table and more bunk at back. captioned 'Room 12, I Div, Luft 7'.
Sketch of Stalag Luft 7
Watercolour showing wire, guard tower and huts in prisoner of war camp.
Layout of huts at Stalag Luft 7
Hand drawn sketch plan of buildings at camp.
Prison camps map
Map of Germany showing location of prisoner of war camps.
Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
Sketch map of Germany and Poland showing route from capture at Rastatt via Dulag Luft to Stalag Luft 7 and the long march to Luckenwalde.
Sergeant Norman Overend and his crew
At bottom a b/w photograph of seven airmen wearing tunics with brevet. Caption names crew '(standing left t o right) Sgt I Spagatner (AG), A/F/O Norman Overend (pilot), Sgt Harry Beverton (A/G), (sitting left to right) F/S Jonnie Jones (B/A), F/S Bob…
Map of Stalag Luft 7
Drawn map showing layout of camp.
Part of document - the long march
Provides some description of evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau. Mentions that 400 had died since leaving and provides some other details about cigarettes, food, air raid risk, Hitlers edict that allied airmen should be shot (not carried out).…
Wot! No airspeed - George B Thomson
George gives an account of having to do an air test on their aircraft, which had been flown on operations by another crew, but that when bomb the bay was opened after return, all bombs were present. He provides a detailed description of their test…