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G35 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
A man dressed as a horse. On a raised platform are a man dressed as a cheerleader and another man dressed in an old fashioned sleeping garment. Behind them is a band behind stands.
G36 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Two men dressed as Native Americans. One is wearing a loin cloth and tribal markings the other is dressed as a woman with long braids and a frilly hemmed dress. Behind two spectators look on and in the distance a hut.
G37 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
A man is dressed as a surfing woman. He is wearing shorts and a bikini top and is holding a surfing board.
G38 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Harry's betting stall at the races. Harry is dressed in shorts, shirt, bow tie and straw hat. He also is wearing a set of binoculars. He is standing on a stool beside a blackboard with the odds. He has an assistant at his side writing on a board. He…
G39 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
A man and a man dressed as a woman are strolling. He wears a flat cap, pullover and flannels and boots. He is using a walking stick. She is smartly dressed a skirt in a top and hat and is a carrying a handbag, Behind is a betting stall with a bookie.…
G4 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Group of men in fancy dress. In the front row is a man dressed as a woman in Welsh national costume, a man dressed as an elegant woman and a jockey. One of the group is wearing his airman's uniform. Many of the spectators are topless. Behind is a…
G5 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
A group of men dressed in long johns, scarves and balaclavas. They are marching in a line and playing a drum and wind instruments. In the background are groups of spectators.
G6 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Group of men dressed as jockeys, maharajahs, Uncle Sam and ladies. They are arranged loosely in two rows, the front row is the four jockeys and they are kneeling. The rest are standing behind.
G7 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Group of men dressed as Native Americans and a cowboy standing in front of a teepee. There are several spectators and a hut further behind.
G8 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
A group of men dressed as jockeys arranged in two rows. Behind is a hut.
G9 Flieger Jockey Club Gala Day. Stalag Luft 6. Aug. 43
Group of men arranged round a table with a board and markers. Most of the men are topless.
General questionnaire for British/American ex-prisoners of war
Debrief questionnaire. Gives personal details of Philip Jenkinson, list the camps he was in as well as providing answers to other questions including , interrogations, escapes attempted, collaboration with enemy and evidence of war crimes, In camps…
Handle with Care
A book of Prison Camp cartoons with some explanations.
Interview with David Fraser
David Fraser enlisted in the Royal Air Force in 1939 and was trained as a mechanic. He remustered as soon as he was able and flew four operations as an air gunner with 115 Squadron before his aircraft was shot down over Hamburg, in May 1941. He spent…
Interview with David Griffin
David was a navigator in 428 Squadron in Halifax aircraft. He trained in Canada and the UK. He was the only survivor when he baled out of his aircraft over the Netherlands on 28 September 1943. He found a farmhouse and was met with kindness but…
Interview with Dougie Marsh
Interview in three parts.
Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…
Part 1.
Doug Marsh was the son of a Royal Navy officer and moved around quite a bit as a child between Kent and Lincolnshire. When his father retired from the Navy his parents bought a fish and chip shop in Grimsby but…
Interview with Douglas Robinson
Douglas was in the Local Defence Volunteers before joining the Royal Air Force as a pilot. After Babbacombe, he did initial training at Scarborough and then in Rhodesia. Initial flight training in Harare on Tiger Moths was followed by service…
Interview with John Harrison
John Harrison grew up in Yorkshire and worked in the Civil Service before joining the Royal Air Force at 18. After training, he flew operations as a mid-upper gunner with 106 Squadron from RAF Metheringham before being shot down over Leipzig and…
Interview with Joseph Musgrove
Born in York in 1922, Joseph left school at 14 and started work in a chocolate factory and attended two nights of further education per week. In 1936, a fighter aircraft had landed nearby which stimulated his interest in flying which he retained all…
Interview with Louis Makens
Louis Makens worked as a farm worker before the war but volunteered for aircrew. He discusses his training on Wellingtons and operations flying Stirlings with 196 Squadron including a crash landing, and glider towing. His Halifax was shot down 18/19…
Interview with Richard Curnock
Richard Curnock was born in Grantham and joined the Royal Air Force in 1941. He achieved the rank of warrant officer and served in 425 Squadron. Richard tells of how he followed his two older brothers into the services, and his time serving in the…
Interview with Ron Hemsworth
Ron joined the Royal Air Force in January 1941. Initially a wireless operator/air gunner, he failed morse code at Blackpool. He was posted to RAF Swinderby and worked in the stores and flying control. Air gunnery school followed at RAF Bridlington…
Interview with Ron Tomlin
Ron Tomlin grew up in Birmingham and was an apprentice carpenter before working in a munitions factory. He volunteered for the Air Force at 18, and after training, flew operations as a bomb aimer with 10 Squadron. His aircraft was forced to ditch in…
Interview with Ron Wade
Ron was born in Stoke-on-Trent. He left school at fourteen and tells of his experiences working in a pottery factory doing odd jobs until he was called up. He joined the Royal Air Force in 1939 at the age of twenty-two. Ron trained as an air gunner…
Ivan Ure's prisoner of war diary
Dairy contains drawings, poetry, names and addresses, and cigarette packets.