Philip Jenkinson's journey in Germany after being shot down

Philip Jenkinson's journey in Germany after being shot down

Gives itinerary of journey from being shot down, captured, and various prisoner of war camps (Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft 6, Stalag 357 and 355) and eventual repatriation.

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PHILIP JENKINSON - AIR GUNNER

RAF No. 1316403 - GERMAN P.o.W. No. 507

My journeys in Germany 7th September 1943 to 27th April 1945

Shot down night of - 6-7 September 1943

Captured Immenstadt after walking
railroad via Kempton - 15 September 1943

Immenstadt to Dulagluft via Munich
Augsburg and Mannheim - 21 September 1943

Dulagluft to Stalagluft 6 Heydekrug
via Berlin, Stettin, Danzig, Konigburg,
and Tilsit - 2 October 1943

Stalagluft 6 to Munich to view bomb
damage, via Tilsit, Konigburg, Elgin,
Danzig, Stettin, Berlin, Leipzig, Halle,
Ragensburg, Munich - 22 October 1943

Returned to Heydekrug, from Munich
via Regensburg, Nurnenburg, Leipzig,
Berlin, Sterrin, Danzig, Elgin, Konigburg,
Tilsit - 29 October 1943

Stalagluft 6 Heydekrug to Stalag 357
Thorn, Poland, transported in cattle
trucks - 16 July 1944

Stalag 357 to Stalag 355 Fallingbostel
transported in cattle trucks - 12 August 1944

Marched out of Fallingbostel - 11 April 1945

and after a few days liberated by
British Army and then returned to
P.o.W. camp - 17 April 1945

Then taken to an Army camp and
returned to England by air in a
Dakota - 36 P.o.W.’s standing up,
holding the sides - 27th April 1945