A half length portrait of Sergeant Jack Tugman (1288767 Royal Air Force) in pilot's uniform. On the reverse 'Jack Tugman trained with me posted to 102 sqdn Monday 1st op Tuesday 2nd op Friday. Lost without trace'.
Additional information on Jack…
#1 is the main street at Stalag VIIA
#2 is three airmen identified as Bill, Scotty and Brian
#3 is hut 106 at Stalag 383
#4 is an eight man water polo team with Brian marked.
#5 is six men identified as the Wales team.
#6 is five men inside hut…
Three photographs from an album.
#1 is a group of men identified as gardeners.
#2 is a view over the vegetable gardens
#3 is some of the produce displayed on a basket.
Two photographs from an album.
#1 is a head and shoulders portrait of Mair which she sent to Brian when he was a prisoner.
#2 is a group of five children captioned 'something to look forward to.'
A note referring to his book.
'See page 100-1, Sole Survivor. Mail -lifeline to lost ones.
A bit of a hiccup arising from no letters from Mair. All put right when I got home. See poem on Mair Fy Nghariad.'
Brian Walley's ditching in the North Sea and the loss of his crew members. He describes his return to Norderney in 1995. Later he made contact wit the families of his crew.
A copy of a card from the German air sea rescue organisation to remember the meeting with German members of the air-sea rescue in July 1995. It has a drawing of a Do 24 and has four signatures.