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Shot down 12/9/44. Captured after 8 days. List camps Dulag Luft, Stalag Luft 7 and Stalag IIIIA. Liberated by the Russians.

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Covers events after the evacuation of Stalag Luft VII to Stalag 3A. Provides daily description of events from 10 April 1945 to 14 April 1945. Describes waiting to move and rations.

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Sketch map of Germany and Poland showing route from capture at Rastatt via Dulag Luft to Stalag Luft 7 and the long march to Luckenwalde.

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Provides some description of evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 at Bankau. Mentions that 400 had died since leaving and provides some other details about cigarettes, food, air raid risk, Hitlers edict that allied airmen should be shot (not carried out).…

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Describes being shot down on his twentieth operation, He was navigator and lists remainder of crew. Describes crew bailing out, and details adventures while evading with the flight engineer for several days. Goes on to describe being found by German…

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Laying out responsibilities of British for administration and security of the camp. Mentions work done, food situation critical. Comments on problems of Russian refusal to allow American officer representing Supreme allied commander to carry out his…

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Brief details of shoot down, capture and time at Dulag Luft and Stalag Luft 7 in 1944 before moving to Stalag 3A early 1945. Liberated by Russians and flight home.

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George Thomson’s prisoner of war diary in a wartime log supplied by the YMCA.
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…

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Twenty six questions about persons of interest, where previously based, operations, aircraft, casualties, evasion training, other questions about prisoners and camp life, food, locations and other matters. Answers provided on third page.

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Provides answers to 10 questions about personal details, operation, how brought down and how he escaped aircraft. Followed by 9 questions on capture and experiences in prisoner of war camp and effects it had on him. Concludes asking about post war…

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John writes from Stalag 3A on VE day. He is not sure when he will get home. He is very excited and has lots of plans.

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A newspaper article about John's return from captivity.

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Two newspaper cuttings.
#1 is titled 'Huns move RAF POW camp'. The move was to transfer POWs away from Russian operations.
#2 refers to the transfer of RAF men westwards for release. A handwritten note states 'E. Standard 17/5/45'.

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A book kept by John during his internment as a POW. It has a comment made by Churchill when he was a POW, a poem to Bomber Command by Noel Coward, signatures of fellow POWs, notes on his early days as a POW, rations (not always received) and a list…

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A formal record of statements made at their conference, the previous evening. POWs are being denied their freedom, food is inadequate and overcrowding is an issue. The Russians have refused to allow the evacuation of British and American POWs.
As a…

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A series of documents detailing events at Luckenwalde in the final stages of the war.

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Two notes.
#1 requests electric circuit wire materials and tyre repair/ new bicycle materials.
#2 tyre repair materials

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A postcard with John Mansell's address at Stalag IIIA.

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Two photographs of huts at Stalag 3A.

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Reporting on camp transfers, a new film available to loan, reports from camps and the suspension of parcel post.

This item was sent to the IBCC Digital Archive already in digital form. No better quality copies are available.

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A small scale map showing the location of prisoner of war camps. A typewritten note has been attached with corrections.
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