M Fiedler]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Rochford]]> Germany]]> Germany--Trebbin]]> 1994-09-20]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-06]]> 207 Squadron association]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> United States Army Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-06-21]]> 1944-06-22]]> A Buppinger]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Steve Christian]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> France]]> France--Le Havre]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Market Harborough]]> 1944-08-07]]> 1944-08-08]]> 1944-09-07]]> Adam Purcell]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Yorkshire]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Germany--Riesa]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Agnes Stott]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-11-26]]> Agnes Stott]]> Pilot Officer G G Whittle]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-11]]> 1943-12]]> 1944-01]]> 1944-02]]> Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> 1949-05-02]]> Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> France]]> France--Ardennes]]> France--Charleville-Mézières]]> 1942-05-20]]> Air Ministry (Casualty Branch)]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription]]> eng]]> Text. Service material]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Hague]]> 1942-08-25]]> 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]]>
Alastair Montgomery]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Suffolk]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Oberursel]]> Germany--Rastatt]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Anna Hoyles]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Jackie Simpson]]> ]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Burma]]> Egypt]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> United States]]> 1940]]> 1941]]> 1943]]> Annie Bartle]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> Northern Ireland--Londonderry]]> Germany--Lüneburg]]> New Zealand]]> England--London]]> England--Lancashire]]> Germany]]> 1942-11-09]]> 1942-11-10]]> 1943]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Peter Adams]]> Pending review]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Canada]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> England--Gloucestershire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany--Dresden]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Len was then posted to various locations abroad, did a code and cipher course and was demobilised. He went back to his plumbing apprenticeship, got married, settled in Bath but wanted to get back to service life. He started back as an airman and went into the air traffic control branch serving at different stations in Great Britain and Germany until he retired in 1971. Len was into post war meetings and memorial visits.]]> Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Royal New Zealand Air Force]]> Royal Canadian Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> Germany]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Rutland]]> Sri Lanka]]> Singapore]]> 1945]]> In about 2006, Jill made contact with the 153 Squadron Association and through it, with two of Frank’s former crew. She became involved in the running of the Association and remains Honorary Secretary.
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Annie Moody]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Ian Whapplington]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Second generation]]> Great Britain]]> England--Manchester]]> England--Cambridgeshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lancashire]]> 1944]]> 1945]]>
Auguste Bally]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Benjamin Turner]]> Frances Grundy]]> Steve Baldwin]]> fra]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> British Army]]> France]]> France--Golbey]]> France--Ardennes]]> 1939]]> 1940]]> 1945]]> 1945-09-19]]> Australian Red Cross London Advisory Committee]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Claire Monk]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Lincoln]]> France]]> France--Haute-Marne]]> France--Arc-en-Barrois]]> 1945-07-06]]> George did well at school and he was fascinated by aeroplanes. He enlisted, joined Bomber Command but was shot down over Nuremberg in March 1945. His grave is in Burgoberbach, near Ansbach.
Her mother has added a footnote about the appalling waste of life.]]>
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Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Julie Williams]]> Pending review]]> Pending OH summary. Allocated S Coulter]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Coastal Command]]> Great Britain]]> Poland]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Poland--Tychowo]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> Brian Wright]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tilly Foster]]> Pending review]]> Pending revision of OH transcription]]> eng]]> Sound]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cheshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Staffordshire]]> British Legion]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Belgium--Brussels]]> Belgium--Ostend]]> Great Britain]]> England--Dover]]> England--Lincoln]]> England--London]]> Belgium]]> England--Kent]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> 1955-07-25]]> British Legion]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> Netherlands]]> C Dyer]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Kent]]> England--Folkestone]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Croydon]]> England--Durham (County)]]> England--Sunderland (Tyne and Wear)]]> England--Leicestershire]]> England--Melton Mowbray]]> Germany--Ludwigsfelde Region]]> England--Morecambe]]> England--Sussex]]> England--Sussex]]> 1944-01-02]]> 1943-10-15]]> C Evans]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Frances Grundy]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Kent]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Germany--Wahner Heide]]> England--Gravesend (Kent)]]> 1945-09-27]]> 1944-12-24]]>