Top right - head and shoulders image of two actors dressed in bonnets. Captioned ' "Jack and the beanstalk", Stalag Luft 1, Xmas 41'.
Bottom left - four actors standing on stage, at least two dressed as women. Captioned "Jack and the beanstalk", Stalag Luft 1, Xmas 41'.
Bottom left - most of a cast dressed in a variety of costumes standing on stage. Captioned 'B53 "Jack and the beanstalk" Stalag Luft 1, Xmas'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> 1941-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> Wales--Anglesey]]> Great Britain Miscellaneous Island Dependencies--Isle of Man]]> England--Rutland]]> 1940-09-13]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01-28]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Navy]]> Malta]]> 1940]]> 1940-06]]> 1940-09]]> 1941-01]]> 1941-03]]> 1941-04]]> 1941-05]]> 1941-07]]> 1941-08]]> 1941-10]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01]]> 1942-02]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-07]]> 1942-10]]> Raphael Tuck & Sons Ltd, London]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Bradley Froggatt]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-12]]> Top right - a large number of prisoners of war sitting at several long tables all looking at camera. Captioned 'B37 Christmas 1940, Dulag Luft'.
Centre left - Seven prisoners of war sitting around a table with lots of food and tankards. Captioned 'Christmas 1940. Stalag Luft 1'.
Centre right - rows of prisoners sitting either side of a long table looking at the camera. Several men are standing behind those seated. Captioned 'B34 Christmas 1941. Stalag Luft 1'.
Bottom left - large group of prisoners of war sitting a u-shaped tables eating. Captioned 'B36 Christmas 1940 Dulag Luft'.
Bottom right - a group of prisoners of war under Christmas decorations. Captioned 'B33 Chistmas 1941. Stalag Luft 1'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> 1940-12]]> 1941-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-12]]> Top right - actor dressed as a witch on stage. Captioned 'Officers panto "Cinderella" Stalag Luft 1, 41'.
Centre middle - large group of actors on stage. Captioned 'Christmas 1940, Dulag Luft'.
Bottom left - four actors, two in dresses on stage. Captioned 'Officers panto "Cinderella" Stalag Luft 1, 41'.
Bottom right - two actors dancing on stage. left hand dressed as woman and the other as man. Captioned 'Officers panto "Cinderella" Stalag Luft 1'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> 1940]]> 1941-12]]>
Bottom - large group of children seated at 'u' shaped table layout in a large room.]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Red Deer Region]]> Alberta]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PWatsonC17010079]]> Royal Air Force]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Bulawayo]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> 1941-12]]> 1940-04-30]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Port Albert]]> 1941-09]]> 1941-11]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England]]> Great Britain]]> 1941-12]]> G Cruickshank]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Judy Hodgeson]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Balloon Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Berkshire]]> France]]> France--Saint-Nazaire]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> France--Paris]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany]]> Atlantic Ocean--Baltic Sea]]> Germany--Rostock]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wismar]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Braunschweig]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Schweinfurt]]> Italy--Genoa]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Kiel]]> Germany--Saarbrücken]]> France--Toulouse]]> Poland]]> Poland--Gdańsk]]> England--Suffolk]]> England--Felixstowe]]> France--Le Creusot]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1942-04-15]]> 1944-04-24]]> 1967-10-22]]> 1944-03-30]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-04-22]]> 1942-05-30]]> 1942-11-05]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1943-03-30]]> Keith Thompson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text. Diary]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Devon]]> Canada]]> Ontario]]> Ontario--Clarington--Bowmanville]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01]]> 1941-02]]> 1942-03]]> 1942-04]]> 1942-05]]> 1942-06]]> 1942-07]]>
He writes that his time at Aberystwyth is nearly over and there are various ideas where they will be sent. The next phase of his pilot training will be a three-week pilot ability assessment. He then writes that he believes that America is a ghastly place with strict discipline and low pass rates, Canada would be preferred. Thanks people for presents and cards and sends money for his mother to buy Savings Certificates on his behalf.

Has managed to do some walking in the local countryside, but also saw lots of mines washed up on the shore.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Robin Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> 1941-12]]>

Postscript: his been up in plane today and really enjoyed it. Food good.]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ashley Jacobs]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Theale (West Berkshire)]]> 1941-12]]>
William Akrill]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Wales--Dyfed]]> Wales--Aberystwyth]]> 1941-12]]> David Boldy]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Janice Waller]]> ]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> 1941-12]]> W A Clayton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jan Morgan]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Laghouat (Province)]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> North Africa]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1941-12]]> 1941-11]]> Top right - a person on a toboggan sliding down a track with trees on left. Captioned 'Red Deer Dec 1941'.
Bottom left - view down snow covered road of two houses in trees. Captioned 'Red Deer , Dec 1941'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Canada]]> Alberta--Red Deer]]> Alberta]]> 1941-12]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Training Command]]> Canada]]> Ontario--Picton]]> Ontario]]> 1941-12]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> Zimbabwe]]> Zimbabwe--Manicaland Province]]> 1941-12]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-12]]> W Roche Goodhayes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1941-12]]>