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F19 "Thru' the Music Sheet". Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Some of the cast performing in the show. Behind is a large band with woodwind and string sections, guitar double bass and drums.
F18 "Thru' the Music Sheet". Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Some of the cast performing the show in front of a painted backdrop. There is a man dressed as a bear and another dressed as a woman. The band include guitar, double bass, drums and woodwind.
F14 "Thru' the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Eleven members of the cast of the show lined up. Seven are dressed as women.
F26 "Thru' the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Members of the cast lined up at the end of the show. They are in a multitude of costumes. Several men are dressed as women.
F13 "Thru' the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
A scene from the musical show. One man is dressed as an animal.
F12 "Thru' the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
The schoolmaster wearing a mortarboard and gown has the ear of a schoolboy. Six more schoolchildren are sitting on a bench looking on. Two are dressed as schoolgirls. On the blackboard is a sketch of a stickman with 'Teacher' underneath. Behind is a…
F24 "Thru' the Music Sheet." Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Three men and a man dressed as a woman. They are dressed in period costume. One is wearing a long dress and is holding the hands of one of the men. The other two men wear long cloaks. Behind is a painted medieval backdrop.
F21 "Thru' the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
Two men in period costume, one dressed as a woman in a long dress, stand in front of a castle backdrop. They are holding hands.
F20 "Thru the Music Sheet" Stalag Luft 3. June 43
A group of 13 actors including several men dressed as women. In the centre a woman holds the hand of a schoolgirl. On her other side is a schoolboy. On the right are two actors dressed with flower masks. Behind is a castle backdrop with portcullis.
F2 'Home and Beauty' Stalag Luft 3. Apr 43
One soldier is sitting on a single bed with another standing to his right. A man dressed as a woman in outdoor clothes is standing to the left with a second person in pyjamas on her left. There are chairs, a bedside lamp, drapes behind the bed and…
F33 NCO's Rugby Team. Stalag Luft 3
17 rugby players. 16 men in rugby kit. One dressed in airman's uniform. They are arranged in three rows, one kneeling, one stooped and the third standing. The are positioned in front of the rugby ball. Behind is a hut and some bare trees.
F17 "Thru' The Music Sheet"
A man dressed as a woman tapdancing accompanied by a band with guitar, drums, double bass, trumpet and saxophones.
Alan McInnes memoir
An autobiography by Alan of his time as a prisoner of war. He describes the night they were shot down over Germany. Also his training with his mainly Australian crew. Then he goes into more detail regarding the operation when he was shot down.
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Jozef Nogal's Wartime Log
Contains photographs of prisoners of war, notes, four pages of addresses, the contents of a parcels, postcards with cartoons of camp life and images of Father Christmas, as well as Jozef Nogal's bank balance.
Letter to Jozef Nogal from ET Wallis
Elizabeth writes that her training continues, she is going into Edinburgh to have dinner with a friend of her Mother's and she thinks she will work as a driver,
Letter to Jozef Nogal from ET Wallis
The letter tells Jozef she has a cold, has been sight seeing in Edinburgh, to the theatre, plans to to hear the London Philharmonic Orchestra in Edinburgh and she is unsure of what work she will do.
Letter to L V Rosser from prisoner of war Edward Perkins
Writes that he is pleased that he would have someone to come back. He comments that his knee was okay put being unable to run affected his ability to play rugby and soccer. Concludes with banter.
Laying of Monument Foundations
26 men attending a ceremony laying the foundations of a monument commemorating the prisoners of war who died at Stalag IVB. It is captioned 'Het leggen van de eerste steen van het op te richten monument voor de te Muhlberg overleden…
My POW Days - Postscript
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…
My Prisoner of War Days
Reg's account starting when he was shot down on an operation to Berlin. After Berlin he was transferred to Frankfurt for interrogation then by train to his camp. Camp life involved food, the preparation and acquisition of extra food by theft, trading…
Letter from Reg Wilson to his parents
This is his first letter from a prisoner of war camp. He is well and includes a list of items to be sent via the Red Cross.
Interview with Laura Hickey
Laura Hickey was living in Tottenham at the outbreak of war and was evacuated to Suffolk. Her brother, Charles Henry Clarke joined the RAF and was shot down, becoming a prisoner of war and enduring the Long March. She tells of her times as an…
John Nettleton VC
A biography of John from his attempts to join the South African navy to his time in the RAF.
Letter to Allan Smith from the Caterpillar Club
The letter is a response for Allan's request to become a member of the Caterpillar Club after his safe use of a parachute.
The Log
Experiences of the prisoners of war in the Belaria camp of Stalag Luft 3 by Squadron Leader Bryce Cousens. It contains stories, poems and illustrations.