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  • Tags: Stalag 8B

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He is well and repeats his request for a pipe and also tobacco.

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He has had no mail from home. He is well. He remains optimistic.

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He has had mail and a cigarette parcel.

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He has been ill but is fine now.

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He has received three parcels, in total. He is well. He especially liked the clothing parcel and cigarettes from his office.

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He is well but has not had much mail.

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He is well and has received letters. He asks for photos.

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He is well, playing bridge, reading and walking.

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He is well. Weather is hot. He expects an end to the war soon.

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He is well and thanks them for two cigarette parcels. He has been sunbathing and been at church.

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He repeats his request for a pipe.

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Gordon wishes them well and explains it is very hot. He signs the card as Navigator.

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He hopes that they are well.

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He is well and has been studying.

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Thanks her for her letters and says he is fit and well. Asks if she would like to be his pin up girl and ask for photographs.

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First correspondence to someone he knew but forgot her surname. Notes he landed in his unfortunate predicament. Hopes she still has his photograph and that he might see her soon.

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Writes that there had been no letters from home and he had celebrated his second anniversary. Looking forward to getting back to England.

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A plan of the layout of all the sections of the camp.

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SDryhurstHG1332214v10018.pdf
Account of 142 Squadron crew operation to Kassel wriiten by rear gunner Bob Henderson. Was attacked by night fighter and had to bale out. Continues with account of evading and capture. Reunited with wounded crewmates and transported to prisoner of…

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Sergeant A Yates's observer brevet and his identity tag when at Stalag VIIIB, number 27042

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A label for a parcel sent to John Taplin by his father.

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MCurnockRM1815605-171114-013.pdf
The News Sheet of the Canadian Prisoner of War Relatives Association. This edition covers Victory in Europe, the death of President Roosevelt, the liberation of Canadian POWs, assembly centres for released POWs, the seizure of German POW records,…

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MWilsonRC1389401-170113-100002.pdf
Reg starts with a page about the Caterpillar Club then describes his life after the war. Over the years he had many reunions and he undertook research regarding the four crew members who died the night they were shot down. In 2001 he and 90 or so…

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Christmas greetings sent by Thomas to his mother. Includes Thomas' service and prisoner numbers, a sketch of a guard tower with fencing in woods and a map of Great Britain. Printed 'A Merry Xmas and a Happy New Year' and 'Drawn by K.V.Wood, P.o.W.…

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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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