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- Tags: Dulag Luft
Account of being shot down and prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
Letter to Mrs Thomson from the Red Cross
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Red Cross
Letter to George Thomson's father from the Air Ministry
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
George Thomson prisoner of war document
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
George Thomson prisoner of war document
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
Caught napping
Letter to George Thomson's father from RA\f Mildenhall POW fund
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; RAF Mildenhall; Red Cross
Letter from George Thomson's father to Wing Commander W D G Watkins
Tags: 15 Squadron; Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Red Cross
George Thomson at Dulag Luft
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
Brief account of being shot down and as prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
George Thomson's prisoner of war record
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war; Stalag Luft 7
Postcard to George Thomson from H M Wyllie
Tags: Dulag Luft; prisoner of war
Gen's Story
The first part of the memoir talks of the many trials Genek went through both in attempting to rejoin his Polish Air Force unit and, once the Germans overran the country, escape to England.
Ganek…
Tags: 105 Squadron; 106 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Battle; bombing; C-47; Dulag Luft; entertainment; escaping; ground crew; hangar; Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945); killed in action; love and romance; Magister; mess; Mussolini, Benito (1883-1945); navigator; observer; pilot; prisoner of war; RAF Bramcote; RAF Carlisle; RAF Dunholme Lodge; RAF Henlow; RAF Hucknall; RAF Swinderby; RAF Syerston; Red Cross; searchlight; sport; Stalag Luft 3; Stalag Luft 5; training; Wellington; wireless operator
Warrant Officer Gerry Marion - mid-upper gunner 158 Squadron
Two letters to Arthur Lee from Lieutenant Colonel Dryden and signed affidavit
The second letter thanks Arthur for replying and for his affidavit.
The affidavit is enclosed.
The Battle of Berlin
Tags: 1 Group; 12 Squadron; 626 Squadron; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bomb aimer; bombing; Dulag Luft; Gee; H2S; incendiary device; Ju 88; Lancaster; lynching; Me 110; memorial; navigator; Operational Training Unit; Pathfinders; perception of bombing war; prisoner of war; propaganda; radar; RAF Bicester; RAF Hixon; RAF Wickenby; Schräge Musik; searchlight; target indicator; Tiger Moth; Wellington; Window; wireless operator
After the facts - a surmise
The Last Flight
Tags: 3 Group; 460 Squadron; 5 Group; 576 Squadron; 6 Group; air gunner; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; bomb aimer; bombing; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; Fw 190; Halifax; Ju 88; killed in action; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; Me 110; missing in action; navigator; Pathfinders; pilot; prisoner of war; radar; RAF Elsham Wolds; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; searchlight; Stirling; target indicator; V-1; V-weapon; wireless operator
Notes Ben Boothman
Further notes Ben Boothman
Tags: 576 Squadron; crash; Dulag Luft; escaping; flight engineer; Ju 88; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; sport
Sergeant B Boothman
Email from David Fell to Paul Handel
The document has handwritten annotations.
A second copy but with only pages 3 and 4…
Tags: 576 Squadron; aerial photograph; aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bale out; Blenheim; bomb aimer; Dulag Luft; flight engineer; ground personnel; Heavy Conversion Unit; killed in action; Lancaster; lynching; mess; mid-air collision; navigator; prisoner of war; RAF Elsham Wolds; RAF Faldingworth; RAF Finningley; RAF St Athan; Red Cross; Schräge Musik; shot down; target indicator; target photograph; Women’s Auxiliary Air Force