IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection A]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Egypt]]> Australia]]> Northern Territory--Darwin]]> Germany]]> Iraq]]> Japan]]> Germany]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Wilhelmshaven]]> Libya--Tobruk]]> Africa--Rhodesia and Nyasaland]]> North Africa]]> Egypt--Ismailia (Province)]]> 1938]]> 1939-09-04]]> 1939-12-18]]> 1942]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> OGreenAW104402-160919-020002]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1942-06-21]]> He describes their capture, mistreatment and interrogations at various locations. After interrogations at Dulag Luft they were sent to a transit camp in Frankfurt then on by train to Heydekrug, Stalag Luft VI. Although their camp section was new it was cramped and basic. He describes camp life in detail. As the Russians got closer they were sent by train to an Army camp at Thorn. He read a copy of NCO education in the camp. These courses were extremely popular and supported by text books sent from the UK. Exams were sat and papers sent to the UK for marking. At Thorn they marched to Stammlager 357 but not for long. They then marched back to the railway and were sent to Fallingbostel. He describes the rail journey in detail, then in greater detail he describes camp life.
Later he was moved to an officer's camp at Eichstadt. This turned out to be an Army camp which refused them and they were sent to Sagan. He stayed there for a short time then was moved to Stalag Luft 3, then 111A. As the Russians neared they moved again. After a couple of days waiting in trucks they returned to their camp. The railway system was breaking down as the end of the war neared.
After the Russians reached them they were allowed out of the camp but still remained billeted there. He writes about his impressions of the Russians.
His journey home was delayed by rain that did not allow aircraft to fly.
His story ends with his retelling of the night his aircraft was shot down, his night in Brussels and his return to England.]]>
Alan McInnes]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Magdeburg]]> Australia]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lichfield]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Stendal]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Lithuania--Šilutė]]> Poland]]> Italy]]> Canada]]> United States]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Poland--Toruń]]> Greece]]> Greece--Crete]]> Poland--Vistula River]]> England--Staverton (Northamptonshire)]]> Germany--Bad Fallingbostel]]> Poland--Żagań]]> Poland--Bydgoszcz]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany--Pasewalk]]> Germany--Neubrandenburg]]> Germany--Stavenhagen]]> Germany--Malchin (Landkreis)]]> Germany--Güstrow]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Lübeck]]> Germany--Eichstätt]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Eisenach]]> Germany--Fürth (Bavaria)]]> Germany--Treuchtlingen]]> Germany--Ingolstadt]]> Germany--Regensburg]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Poland--Wrocław]]> New South Wales--Sydney]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> New South Wales]]> India--Jammu and Kashmir]]> China]]> England--London]]> Germany--Elbe]]> Germany--Potsdam]]> Germany--Jüterbog]]> Ukraine--Odesa]]> Germany--Dresden]]> Germany--Halle an der Saale]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> England--Brighton]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Ukraine]]> Germany--Luckenwalde]]> Poland--Poznań]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hof (Hof)]]> 1944-01-21]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> England--London]]> 1942-07-25]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> deu]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1942-08]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> 1943-12-02]]> Top right - a model sailing ship. Captioned 'A11 NCO's arts and crafts exhib. Stalag Luft 3'.
Centre middle - A model sailing ship on a table with several figures behind. Captioned 'NCO's arts and crafts exhib. Stalag Luft 3, Aug 42'.
Bottom left - full head portrait of a man. Captioned 'A12 NCO's arts and crafts exhib. Stalag Luft'.
Bottom right - a model square rigged ship, shown bow on. Captioned 'A16 NCO's arts and crafts exhib. Stalag Luft 3'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1942-08]]>
Top middle - a model square rig sailing ship on a table. Captioned '[..] NCO's arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3'.
Top right - Several airmen stand behind a table with various models on it. In the background a wall with model aircraft. Captioned 'A9 NCO's arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3, Aug'.
Centre left - blurred image of a model boat and two other unidentified models. Captioned '[...], NCO's arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3, Aug'.
Centre right - five model aircraft, one, a Blenheim' on a stand. Captioned 'B28 Officers arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 1'.
Bottom left - Blurred image of men standing behind a table with model ships and others types on it. Captioned ' '[.....]NC)'s arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3. Aug'.
Bottom middle- A model sailing ship. Captioned 'A1 NCO's arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3. Aug'.
Bottom right - a model high winged monoplane and model wheeled cart. Captioned 'A17 NCO's arts and crafts exhib, Stalag Luft 3, Aug'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Germany]]> Germany--Barth]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1942-08]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Wehrmacht. Luftwaffe]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]> 1942-08]]> Ley Kenyon]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Royal Air Force ex-Prisoner of War Association. Ley Kenyon's Artwork]]> eng]]> Artwork]]> Royal Air Force]]> Poland]]> Poland--Żagań]]>