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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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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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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Three airmen and two men dressed as women on stage

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

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A crashed aircraft still burning after the accident.

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

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

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Bill Branigan's Dulag Luft Card

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A biography of Anthony David Lambert. He joined the RAFVR at age 19. He was shot down over the Baltic Sea and was able to swim ashore, where he was captured. He took part in the Long March. After the war he remained in the RAF.

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A biography of his life. He joined the RAF as a wireless operator/air gunner. He volunteered for the Special Operations Exceutive. He was shot down in the Black Forest area and ended up at Sagan, Stalag Luft 3. He spent time building secret radios…

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The notes cover an operation against Kiel on 25 February 1942. It details the reports of each pilot who took part.

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