Label reads “238”; signed by the author; caption reads “PALMANOVA, MARCELLO VOLPONI, anni 21 da S. GIORGIO di NOGARO UD. “Tito” catturato a Gonars dal Rebez, il giorno 26 Febbraio 1945. Torturato dal Capitano Venier, gli fu’ riservato un trattamento speciale, nudo lo picchiarono con sedie, con la frusta tutti a dosso, sanguinante, svenne, preso per il capelli e trascinato alla cella No 1 dove fu’ impiccato al gancio. E ancora legnate. Tormenti atroci, da legacci che non lasciavno circolare il sangue, secchi d’acqua fredda e botte: supplica il Rebez: [sic] “per favore sparatemi”, e il Rebez “ti faremo morire lentamente”. Febbre alta, gli diedero da bere, acqua salata mista a orina, e olio, penzolava inerte come uno straccio, poi calci e pugni di nuovo. Il calcio del fucile gli fracasso’ la testa, e spaccarono una costola, ancora 18 indicibili ore, attaccato a quel gancio, poi lo portarono alla cella No 2 fino al 13 febbraio, assieme ad altri, fui [sic] messo alla cella No 8 il 6 marzo lo portarono a Udine, in via Spalato dove assistette al processo dei 30 patrioti, piu’ tardi giustiziati, il 22 marzo partii [sic] per la Germania."

Caption translates as “PALMANOVA, MARCELLO VOLPONI, 21 years old, from S. GIORGIO di NOGARO UD. Nicknamed “Tito”, captured in Gornars by Rebez on 26 Frebruary 1945. Tortured by Captain Venier in an especially cruel way. Naked, he was bludgeoned with chairs and whipped by everyone. Bleeding, he passed out, and was dragged to his cell by his hair where he was hanged to a hook. Then more beating. Excruciating pain because of tight ropes that stopped blood, buckets of cold water, even more beating. He pleads Rebez: “Shot me, please”. Rebez replied “We’ll slowly kill you”. High fever, they gave her to drink brine mixed with urine and oil, dangling idle like a cloth, then punches and kicks again. The butt of a rifle fractured his skull, they also fractured a rib. 18 hours of further tortures dangling from that hook, the he was sent to cell 2 until the 13 of February, then to cell 8 with others. On the 6 March they carried him to Udine, via Spalato, where he saw the trial of the 30 patriots who where later executed. On 22 March he set off to Germany.]]>
Angiolino Filiputti]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Francesca Campani]]> Alessandro Pesaro]]> Helen Durham]]> Giulia Banti]]> Maureen Clarke]]> ita]]> Artwork]]> Italy--Palmanova]]> Italy--Udine]]> Italy]]> 1945-02]]> 1945-03]]> 1945-02-26]]>

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Photograph 7 is of four airmen standing in a large bomb crater.
Photograph 8 and 9 shows airmen inside a damaged bunker with a rail track. Captioned: 'V.1. Site, Northern France.'
'137 Wing, Shq Photographic Section March 1945.']]>
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Photograph 2 is of a destroyed German half-track, captioned 'German Tank.'
Photograph 3 and 4 are six airmen sitting on the barrel of a Tiger tank.
Photograph 5 and 6 are six airmen climbing on the same Tiger tank.

They are all captioned 'On the road from Vitry en Artois to Cambria, March 1945.'

Photograph 7 is a grave of an unknown Spitfire pilot. Captioned 'Unkown [sic] Spitfire Pilots Grave, at Oss, Holland. 1st Oct 1944.']]>
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Photographs 9 and 10 are of the British Cemetery at Dury, captioned 'British Cemetery 1914 1918, Dury, France. March 1945.']]>
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Top left - a note 'got to here'. Top right - an aerial oblique view of a city-scape with some large buildings and some damage visible. Captioned 'Essen' on the reverse 'Essen'.

Middle - an aerial oblique view of a town with open farmland beyond. Bottom right an aircraft propeller. Captioned 'Aachen'. On the reverse 'Aachen'.

Bottom - an aerial oblique view of a city with a large church centre left and large buildings in the centre. Captioned 'Antwerp'.

Right page title 'A&AEE Boscombe Down'.

Top left - head and shoulders view of two aircrew wearing battledress and side caps. Stephen Dawson is on the left. In the background part of an aircraft. Captioned 'E/O Paddy Riley'. Top right - head and shoulders view of two aircrew, one wearing battledress and the other a flying jacket. Stephen Dawson is on the right. In the background two men and part of an aircraft. Captioned 'Cliff Whatmore (bomb aimer)'. On the reverse a sketch map of location of the Savoy Hotel.

Centre - full length view of four aircrew in battledress or flying suits, all wearing side caps standing in front of an aircraft. Captioned 'Before dropping the first live "Tallboy large" - 22000 lbs'.

Bottom left - two aircrew viewed through the side cockpit window of a Lancaster. Below the cockpit a row of bomb symbols. Captioned 'Pilot Shaw, engineer Barrowman'. Bottom right - head and shoulders image of Stephen Dawson in shirt and tie. Captioned 'I.F.F. Photo for forged identity card for escape purposes'.
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Front Row
Jock Bathgate (A/G)
Jack Darlow (Skipper)
Jock Lanm (A/G)
Back Row
Alf Porter (Navigator)
Bob Lane (Engineer)
Eric Gabb (Wireless Op)
Carl Cooper (Bombaimer)]]>
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