Conversation with Les Giddings

Conversation with Les Giddings

Speaks a little about training and mentions cross country with Leonard Cheshire as pilot. Mentions first operation to Kassel. Gives details of aircraft involved on Leipzig operation including high loss rates. States he did not know what went wrong (author has added notes from RSF source. Discusses "Schrage Musik". Describes being shot down. Goes on to describe activities after capture including being bombed at Diepholz. Mentions interrogation and transport to prisoner of war camp. Describes activities at camp and move to Poland and then v=back to Germany as Russian approached. Mentions looing expedition and being close to Belsen. Then goes back to describe that only he and navigator got out of the aircraft. Also gives some details of earlier operations as well as post war activities. Questioned and answers concerning treatment buy Germans. Concludes with detail of crew on last operation.

2008-03-10

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