Lost over Hanover

Lost over Hanover

Concerns crew captained by Flying Officer A Robertson RCAF including Flight Sergeant Jack Bromfield as wireless operation. Lists crew. Gives account of their 12th operation to Hanover where their Halifax was attacked and shot down by a Ju 88 flown by Hauptmann Heinz Rökker. The crew all baled out, apart from one (George Dacey) after the pilot lost control. Gives account of Jack Bromfield's parachute descent and evading capture for eight days before capture. Covers the experiences of other crew members, including George Davey who they did not see bail out, and covered incarceration, hospital treatment and journeys to eventual PoW camps Stalag VIIA in the others in Stalag Luft 1. The latter were liberated by the Russians and the former by Americans. All returned to hometowns after demobilisation and The captain was subsequently killed flying a B-25 in the late 40s. Includes several b/w photographs of crew, the captain, Heinz Rökker, Luftwaffe pilots and elderly gentlemen.

Seven page printed document with b/w and colour photographs

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.

SBondS-BromfieldJv10019