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- Collection: Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association
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Dulag Luft Card
Bill Branigan's Dulag Luft Card
Life in Stalag Luft III
Five annotated photographs and a sketch of life in a prisoner of war camp.
Main Prisoner of War Camps in the Third Reich
A map of 41 POW camp locations. The key gives each camp's name and number.
The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III
An account of the Great Escape with maps, sketches and photographs. Details of the three tunnels are set out and the night of the escape. The tunnel construction is detailed as is the team of organisers, engineers, escape kit manufacturers and…
Foreword to Ley Kenyon's Artwork
Kenneth MacKintosh describes the camp theatre and its many productions. He praises Ley Kenyon's drawings. All this was interrupted by the start of the Long March.
Prisoners marching through the Camp Gate
A group of prisoners marching through the camp gates, passed a sentry box and watched by guards.
The Theatre Stalag Luft III Sagan
A partly coloured sketch of a theatrical group with a caption September 1st 1943 to January 27th 1945. Character include a man in a wheelchair, and two men dressed as women.
Dress Rehearsal
Actors on the stage being watched by an orchestra in their pit and a handful of spectators. Several actors are at a table while two Royal characters are on a raised area.
Prompt Side
The theatre's wings with an actor and two stage hands.
Carpenter's Shop
Seven men at work making props. Two men are working on a dresser. A Red Cross crate is in the foreground.
The Theatre
A view of the hut used as a theatre. Two trees are in the foreground
Musical Comedy
A scene from a musical comedy viewed from the wings. Musicians including a guitarist and saxophonist are playing while a man dressed as a woman dances.
Still Life
Props stored at the theatre. There is a bust, stage flats and pieces of furniture.
Off Right
A view of the stage from the wings. Two actors are on the stage and a third, a waiter, is bringing a tray with a drinks.
Make Up
A scene in the dressing room. Actors are reading their lines while others get changed and have makeup applied. Four men and preparing to play women's roles.
Back Stage
Six actors waiting back stage. Three men are dressed as women. Part of a show's musical running order is written on the wall behind them.
Washing Down
Stage hands preparing scenery. The stage door is open to the outside camp and two men are carrying a stage flat. More scenery is against the back drop at the back of the stage.
Lighting Plot
Control room for the stage lighting, looking down at the stage. Two actors are on stage while stage hands move a piece of furniture.
Behind the Curtain
Stagehands at work. Two dancers are on the stage. A man at the top of a ladder is working on the stage flats and others are painting.
Decor
Stagehands preparing the set. One man is at the top of a ladder by the proscenium arch. The backdrop is a city scape with high rise buildings.
Melodrama
A play being performed with three actors. The orchestra are in their pit and a couple of spectators are watching. A picture on the back of stage reads 'Home Sweet Home'. There is a stage villain and two prisoners of war dressed as women characters.
Room 9 Block 106 Stalag Luft III North
Six airmen, two with musical instruments, in a room in a wooden building. One man is laying on the top of a double bunk
Three prisoners of war
Three airmen standing in front of a wooden hut. One is a pilot.
Tags: aircrew; pilot; prisoner of war
Handcart and Three Germans
A small enclosed handcart with a lid. Standing beside it are three German airmen. On the reverse 'Eric Foster & Joe Barker escaped from the Schloss Spangenberg in this in 1941'.
Tags: escaping; prisoner of war