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Two postcards from Wally Layne
Top - to his wife saying he was writing by flickering lamp. Writes that things are moving quickly and everyone expects to be home by Christmas but he couldn't imagine the war ending.
Middle - front of postcard with address to Mr and Mrs…
Middle - front of postcard with address to Mr and Mrs…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Writes he is fit and well and that weather was good but days drawing in. He would be sorry if he had to spend another winter as a prisoner. Talks of haircuts and mail he had received. Will be glad to get photo of baby and mentions friends at home.…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Reports arrival of letters one with photographs of the baby with which he is very pleased. Discusses progress of war and expectations of the end before Christmas. Mentions V-1s and V-2s. Says he has almost run out of cigarettes and that he they were…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Glad to receive letters and photographs of baby. Comments that she was looking thin and hoped she was OK. Writes that he received official notification of his promotion and expected to be moved to another camp. Glad that she was getting money from…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Writes he had received twenty letters pervious week and some cigarettes. Catches up with news from home. Comments on chocolate that arrived in June parcel. Hopes he would get more cigarettes, says they will have to be patient and they would be home…
Letter from Wally Layne to his wife
Writes that he had received photographs of baby David. Reports arrival of mail and parcels. Request contents for future parcels and says he is out of cigarettes and asks her to up her order. Discusses allowances and eventual homecoming. Three lines…
Postcard from Wally Layne to his wife
Says he had received 200 cigarettes, first for ages and was sorry she had started smoking. catches up on mail received. Mentions friend and arrival of parcels and contents. Mentions getting 3/4 of Red Cross parcel in last 7 weeks.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from RAF central depository
Glad to note her husband was safe as a prisoner of war. Advises her that effects could not be released without written authority of the prisoner himself. Ask her to forward any letter from him to this respect.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from Air Ministry casualty branch
Informs her that information had been received through the Red Cross that her her husband was a prisoner of war.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the Red Cross
From Red Cross prisoner of war department congratulating her on birth of her son and that they would cable through Geneva giving information about the birth to her husband.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the Red Cross
From Red Cross prisoner of war department. Explains that football items of clothing must be sent in next of kin parcel as there was no special label for a sports parcel.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the Red Cross
Informs her that her husband had been moved to another camp and she should sent mail to Stalag Luft 3 Stalag 357.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from the RAF war casualties account department
Thanks her for letter and returning family allowance book and informs her that the questions raised in her letter have been forwarded to the Air Ministry as they would be dealing with the matter.
Letter to Wally Layne's wife from 97 Squadron adjutant
Suggest that she does not send officers uniform to him direct but should write to the international Red Cross committee to get a definite ruling.
Wally Layne's observer's and air gunner's flying log book
Observer’s and air gunner’s flying log book for Walter Henry lane, wireless operator/air gunner, covering the period from 19 October 1940 to 23 September 1943, when he was shot down and became a prisoner of war. He was stationed at RAF Penrhos,…
Wally Layne's YMCA prisoner of war log book
Includes certificates as a prisoner at Dulag Luft and Stalag Luft 6, sketch map showing locations of prisoner of war camps, list of crew with brevets, Churchill's speech, cartoons of prisoner life, contents of Red Cross parcels, notes, signatures,…
Note from censor
Notes that letter was returned and gives reasons that they should not exceed two sides of normal sized paper.
Corrections to map
Table with names of prisoner of war camps, location and map square.
Notice from Red Cross
Due to conditions in Germany no longer allow transport and delivery of next of kin parcels, those still in hands of GPO would be handed back to Red Cross and returned to sender.
Joan Layne's diary covering the period her husband Wally was a prisoner of war
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Starts with a letter to him after she finds out he is a prisoner telling how she felt when he was missing and how happy she was with the news that he was a prisoner. After a day by day diary of her feelings, activities, news of friends and…
Freed by Americans flown back home
Account of Flying Officer A S Woolf baling out of bomber after an attack on Stuttgart, injured and transferred to German hospital near Nancy he was liberated by American forces and flown home. On the reverse 'Japan ceases to be great naval power'…
Flying Officer Arthur S Woolf - RAF career and experiences in WW2
First page has head and shoulders portrait of Arthur Woolf wearing uniform tunic with half brevet, medal ribbons and peaked cap. Next page has badges for Bomber Command, 5 Group and 630 Squadron.
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at…
Halifax DT546 damaged by flak, returned to Melbourne airfield
Records an incident to Squadron Leader Debenham's crew, Ronald Carpenter was the Bomb Aimer, flying 10 Squadron Halifax DT546 on 13/14 October 1942, when the aircraft was damaged by anti-aircraft fire and the flight engineer injured. It includes a…
Loose on the wind
Starts with a poem and then a series of stories which together form the memoirs of Harold Yeoman, an officer who served in Bomber Command during the war, initially as a pilot on Wellingtons and then as an Intelligence Officer. He relates his…