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Plan of Stalag VIIIB
A plan of the layout of all the sections of the camp.
Prisoners of War
The newspaper article reports that John Taplin is alive and a prisoner of war.
A Prisoner of War
News clipping. John Taplin is reported as a prisoner of war in Germany.
A History Corrected
A poem about Churchill and the absence of a medal for Bomber Command.
Andover's Lancasters
A lecture given to Andover's Archaeology and Local History Society on 23 February 1996.
Unused Kreigsgfangenenpost Postcard
A blank prisoner of war postcard
Unused Prisoner of War Letter
Blank letter form
Bushey Park Group Photographs
Two photographs of groups of German POWs at Bushey Park.
On the reverse 'Top Pic. Subject front row 5th from left' and 'Bottom Pic. Subject front row centre- in uniform Bushey Park'.
On the reverse 'Top Pic. Subject front row 5th from left' and 'Bottom Pic. Subject front row centre- in uniform Bushey Park'.
Annotated Plan of Stalag Luft 1 as of January 1945
A detailed plan of the camp.
The Wire
A photocopy of the prison wire with huts behind.
Amy Elizabeth Abbott, nee Warden
A full length portrait of a woman standing in a garden. On the reverse 'Best of Luck from your loving Mother x' and a Gepruft stamp.
Wymeswold Pilot Gets VC
A newspaper cutting about Leonard Trent and his VC.
RAF Shallufa Christmas Menu 1946
The menu for the Sergeants Mess Christmas dinner. It is signed by the waiters and is annotated 'The German POW staff of waiters at the Sergeants Mess. RAF Station Shallufa MEF December 25th 1946.'
Thomas prisoner of war
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Message to Thomas' mother advising that her son was a prisoner of war having been rescued from the sea.
In the camp
A group of 25 airmen in uniform, all with side caps. outside a wooden building with brick foundations and glass windows. They are arranged in rows with three sitting cross legged on the ground, four sat behind, 13 standing and five standing on a…
Lancaster Rear Gunner Story
An account of Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade (1431537) bailing out of the rear turret of a Lancaster (A4-K) without his parachute and surviving a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 metres).
People who fell from the sky
An account of Flight Sergeant Nicholas Alkemade (1431537) bailing out of the rear turret of a Lancaster (A4-K) without his parachute and surviving a fall of 18,000 feet (5,500 metres).
Summary of servicemen and women billeted with the Wray family
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Summary written by grandchild of William and Mollie Wray of 67 Lincoln Road Branston. Servicemen and women billeted with the family were: Patrick Richard Owen (61285, RAFVR); Desmond (Des) Ossiter Sands; Eva Akenhead; Mollie Ford and Sidney Kaufman.…