IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Vevey]]> 1943-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Vevey]]> 1943-07]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Switzerland]]> Switzerland--Vevey]]> 1943-07]]> 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]]> Royal Air Force]]> France]]> France--Annoeullin]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> PPeadonAH16010018, PPeadonAH16010019, PPeadonAH16010020, PPeadonAH16010021]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Belgium]]> Belgium--Antwerp]]> Peter Deaton]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Nottingham]]> England--Beeston (Nottinghamshire)]]> Netherlands--Bergen op Zoom]]> Belgium--Bruges]]> England--Bungay]]> England--Ely]]> Netherlands--Overflakkee]]> Belgium]]> Netherlands]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Suffolk]]>
Photograph 2 and 3 are a senior officer laying a wreath at a war memorial with civilians watching. Captioned: 'Group / Capt MacDonald, O.C. 137 Wing, T.A.F. 2. laying wreath on War Memorail [sic] 1914 1918, Vitroy [sic] en Artois.'

Photographs 4, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 are wreath laying at the war memorial.
Photograph 5 is a group of civilians at the cemetery.

Photograph 11 is a group of children at a different memorial.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> France]]> France--Vitry-en-Artois]]> 1944-11-01]]>
]]> The second page has two photographs the first shows a crowd in a city street in Belgium, the second shows five what appear to be armed civilian militia, standing by three graves that are marked by German helmets. Caption for first two 'Holland'.

Identification kindly provided by Tommy Hmlnk, Thijs Pieters, David Panton and others of the Finding the location WW1 & WW2 Facebook group.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Geolocated]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Civilian]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--Amsterdam]]> Netherlands--Muiden]]> Belgium]]>
Charles Ward]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Text. Diary]]> British Army]]> Algeria]]> Algeria--Algiers]]> Italy]]> Italy--Bari]]> Tunisia]]> North Africa]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> Anne-Marie Watson]]> eng]]> Text]]> Civilian]]> Great Britain]]> England--Essex]]> England--Bedfordshire]]> England--Luton]]> England--Bishop's Stortford]]> 1968-02-26]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Hemsworth, Ron collection. Subsection B]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany--Barth]]> Germany]]> 1942-01]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Sue Smith]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Text]]> Wehrmacht]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bergen (Celle)--Belsen]]> 1945]]> The second shows a large amount of discarded shoes.
The other two show a large two storey building. There are lorries and an ambulance parked outside, an allied serviceman in foreground. Some figures are visible in entrance.
Fourth photograph is a closeup of those figures, two to be released internees as they are wearing or holding striped clothing.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Germany--Bergen (Celle)--Belsen]]> 1945]]>
On the reverse 'WCJ Lord 1st Grave Oerbke Stalag IIb'
and 'Plot 10, Row D. Grave No. 4'
'BLA 291'
'412303']]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Germany]]> Germany--Oerbke]]> 1944-01-02]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Photograph]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Germany]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> 1944-01-03]]>