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The Log
Experiences of the prisoners of war in the Belaria camp of Stalag Luft 3 by Squadron Leader Bryce Cousens. It contains stories, poems and illustrations.
Nedeweert
Poem about an aircraft that crashed at Nederweert in the Netherlands. Handwritten note 'Joan's brother F/Lt Tommy Richardson was the skipper of the 78 Squadron RAF plane shot down at Nederweert near Eindhoven 3/4 April 1943 around midnight. Others of…
Lest we forget
Poem about comrades who have been killed.
To Phyllis
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Quote from Byron with note 'this is my wish for you' from Sgt Nav Cecil E Wood from Canada.
Homesick in a land thats strange
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Lament on being in a land far from home but with a job to do. Gives reasons for fighting and mentions liberty. Signed at the bottom right unreadable c/o New Zealand house, London.
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To a bomber pilot
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Poem dedicated to bomber pilot
Flight Engineer's Lament
Seven verses telling the story of a dying flight engineer.
Loose on the wind
Starts with a poem and then a series of stories which together form the memoirs of Harold Yeoman, an officer who served in Bomber Command during the war, initially as a pilot on Wellingtons and then as an Intelligence Officer. He relates his…
Now it would seem a time
Three verse poem - a time for living, forgetting, and no time to mourn.
I abandon now
Three verses poem about fear, despair and resolution.
Transmutation
Poem abut thinking of a loved one at the end of the day.
Thought
Two verse poem about thoughts.
Hauntings
Two verse poem about things that haunt.
If I should ever die
Six verse poem of instructions should he die.
For Alan
Three verse poem with a tribute to a friend.
From a darkness
Three verse poem about dark thoughts, despair and love.
I drift within
Three verse poem about death, despair.
From Telok Pisang
Three verse poem. Malayan landscapes spur a reflection on human condition.
Sussex
Two verse poem about Sussex and love.
Poem of quietness I
Two verse poem about the countryside in Westmorland and walking.
The fens
Two verse poem.
Chess
Poem about playing chess.
In fever
Three verse poem on love conquering fever.
The fullness of living
Sub titled (a prayer before action). Four verse poem about flying and death close at hand and how beautiful was life.
Sonnet
Poem about death and afterlife.