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  • Collection: Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association

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Bill Branigan's Dulag Luft Card

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Five annotated photographs and a sketch of life in a prisoner of war camp.

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A map of 41 POW camp locations. The key gives each camp's name and number.

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Six airmen, two with musical instruments, in a room in a wooden building. One man is laying on the top of a double bunk

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A crashed aircraft still burning after the accident.

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Three airmen standing in front of a wooden hut. One is a pilot.

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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'.

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Three airmen and two men dressed as women on stage

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A table with prizes and three airmen. On the reverse 'Sports Day at Luft 3.' , ' No Flight 7 [circled]' and '1:1'.

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A pilot, observer and two airmen standing by a wooden fence. On the reverse '11.9.40 Office'.

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Two men seated at a desk. On the reverse 'Oxford 1946 with Eddie Alderton'.

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A group of 13 POWs arranged in three rows. Behind is a timber frame building. On the reverse is 'This photo was taken in Dec '39 at Oflag IX Spangenburg. It is a photo of all the RAF officers taken by the Germans up to then + 1 Fleet Air Arm officer.…

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A wing and undercarriage section in a lake. On the reverse 'The oleo leg - of stainless steel was still as new [indecipherable]'

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A head and shoulders portrait of a prisoner of war in a greatcoat. Behind is a wooden hut with barbed wire. On the front, at the top and bottom the word 'Cut' is annotated. On the reverse are several handwritten annotations - 'Tom May'
- 'No flight…

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Two telegrams with details of the escape from Stalag Luft III.

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Charlie, in uniform, standing in a garden with a dog. It is captioned July 1943.

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A newspaper cutting with news of Charlie Warner's death.

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Five airmen - back row - Stan Woods, Charlie, Ken Wallace. In front Dennis Schofield and Horace Watkiss.

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The pastor describes the burial of prisoners and guards who were shot by low flying RAF aircraft. The pastor officiated at the burial with an English padre.
In the second part he describes damage to the cemetery during a bombardment from the other…

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An extract with details of a Halifax, W7677 "O" operation on Mannheim.

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A record of the loss of a Halifax. It lists the crew and their fate - five became prisoners of war and returned safely to the UK but Cyril John
Pope (1578663) and Theodore Ian Mardon Edwards (R/97583) were killed. Their burial details are recorded.

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A cartoon of a prisoner with a forced air camp stove for boiling water. It is dated Oct 17 1944. It is drawn on a prisoner of war postcard.

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