Reg Wilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> 1944-10-25]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1944-06-01]]> Reg records his operational experiences the day he baled out. His captors were friendly but the food was awful. They were taken by bus to a station in Berlin to catch a train to Frankfurt. The transit camp had good food helped by Red Cross parcels. He was not impressed with the railway wagons nor the camp when they arrived. He describes camp life in detail. He meets colleagues that he trained with and from his squadron. However much of his diary concerns food and camp life. There is a little about studying and sporting activities, principally football. He states the quality of the sporting activities was very good. Drama, plays and musicals were successfully organised. The Russians were treated the worst by the Germans and suffered from no Red Cross parcels. He discusses the other nationals in the camp, including Italians, French and Poles.
Cooking fires figure strongly in his thoughts and the operation of the blower using a wheel to blow air through a fire.
 In January the Germans received news that Reg was now commissioned but before he could be transferred the camp was evacuated to Bavaria by train. The book also contains a receipt issued to Reg for his RAF watch, six poems by six authors about camp life, photos of his girlfriend, his parents and May, Doris and Vera, his sisters, four detailed sketches of camp buildings and interiors, sketches drawn by Reg, a Christmas card for 1944 and ‘the Last Flight of Old Flo’, his Halifax going down in flames over Berlin. ]]>
Reg Wilson]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> deu]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Artwork]]> Photograph]]> Text. Poetry]]> Royal Air Force]]> Civilian]]> Germany]]> Switzerland]]> Germany--Bavaria]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Chemnitz]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Plauen]]> Switzerland--Geneva]]> 1944-01-25]]> 1944-01-26]]> 1944-07-20]]> 1944-08]]> 1945-03-08]]> 1945-03-09]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Pending text-based transcription. Allocated]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> France]]> France--Clermont-Ferrand]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Wuppertal]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Oberhausen (Düsseldorf)]]> Germany--Krefeld]]> Germany--Mülheim an der Ruhr]]> Germany--Gelsenkirchen]]> Germany--Cologne]]> Italy]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Nuremberg]]> Germany--Rheydt]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Norway]]> Norway--Tromsø]]> Scotland--Moray]]> Germany--Euskirchen Region]]> Netherlands]]> Netherlands--IJmuiden]]> Poland--Police (Województwo Zachodniopomorskie)]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Netherlands--Maassluis]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Poland]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1945]]> 1943-02-25]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-04-18]]> 1943-04-19]]> 1943-05-04]]> 1943-05-05]]> 1943-05-11]]> 1943-05-12]]> 1943-05-23]]> 1943-05-24]]> 1943-05-25]]> 1943-05-26]]> 1943-05-27]]> 1943-05-28]]> 1943-05-29]]> 1943-05-30]]> 1943-06-11]]> 1943-06-12]]> 1943-06-13]]> 1943-06-14]]> 1943-06-15]]> 1943-06-21]]> 1943-06-22]]> 1943-06-23]]> 1943-06-25]]> 1943-06-26]]> 1943-06-28]]> 1943-06-29]]> 1943-07-08]]> 1943-07-09]]> 1943-07-25]]> 1943-07-26]]> 1943-08-07]]> 1943-08-08]]> 1943-08-10]]> 1943-08-11]]> 1943-08-27]]> 1943-08-28]]> 1943-08-30]]> 1943-08-31]]> 1943-09-03]]> 1943-09-04]]> 1943-09-06]]> 1943-09-07]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1943-10-21]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-04]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1944-10-29]]> 1944-11-12]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> Great Britain. Air Ministry]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Romford]]> England--Essex]]> 1944-03-27]]> Great Britain. The secretary of state for air]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain. Royal Air Force]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Leitch]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Log book and record book]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Atlantic Ocean--English Channel]]> Atlantic Ocean--North Sea]]> France]]> Germany]]> Great Britain]]> India]]> Middle East]]> Netherlands]]> Norway]]> England--Hampshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Rutland]]> England--Wiltshire]]> England--Yorkshire]]> France--Alençon]]> France--Amiens]]> France--Boulogne-sur-Mer]]> France--Brittany]]> France--Châteaudun]]> France--Lille]]> France--Normandy]]> France--Orléans]]> France--Pas-de-Calais]]> France--Yvelines]]> Germany--Augsburg]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Bielefeld]]> Germany--Bochum]]> Germany--Bremen]]> Germany--Dortmund-Ems Canal]]> Germany--Düsseldorf]]> Germany--Essen]]> Germany--Frankfurt am Main]]> Germany--Hamburg]]> Germany--Helgoland]]> Germany--Kassel]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Leverkusen]]> Germany--Ludwigshafen am Rhein]]> Germany--Mannheim]]> Germany--Nienburg (Lower Saxony)]]> Poland--Szczecin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> Germany--Urft Dam]]> Netherlands--Hoek van Holland]]> Netherlands--Ijmuiden]]> Netherlands--Rotterdam]]> Poland]]> Germany--Herne (Arnsberg)]]> Germany--Hannover]]> Atlantic Ocean--Oslofjorden]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> France--Herquelingue]]> France--Morsalines]]> France--Ver-Sur-Mer]]> France--Manche]]> 1943-09-22]]> 1943-09-23]]> 1943-09-24]]> 1943-09-27]]> 1943-09-28]]> 1943-09-29]]> 1943-10-03]]> 1943-10-04]]> 1943-10-05]]> 1943-10-08]]> 1943-10-09]]> 1943-11-03]]> 1943-11-18]]> 1943-11-19]]> 1943-11-22]]> 1943-11-23]]> 1943-11-25]]> 1943-11-26]]> 1943-12-03]]> 1943-12-04]]> 1943-12-29]]> 1943-12-30]]> 1944-01-28]]> 1944-01-29]]> 1944-01-30]]> 1944-01-31]]> 1944-02-19]]> 1944-02-20]]> 1944-02-21]]> 1944-02-25]]> 1944-02-26]]> 1944-03-01]]> 1944-03-02]]> 1944-03-06]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-03-18]]> 1944-03-19]]> 1944-03-26]]> 1944-03-27]]> 1944-04-09]]> 1944-05-10]]> 1944-05-11]]> 1944-05-12]]> 1944-05-22]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-06-05]]> 1944-06-06]]> 1944-06-07]]> 1944-06-08]]> 1944-06-09]]> 1944-06-12]]> 1944-06-13]]> 1944-06-15]]> 1944-06-16]]> 1944-12-08]]> 1944-12-11]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-15]]> 1944-12-21]]> 1944-12-29]]> 1944-12-30]]> 1944-12-31]]> 1945-01-01]]> 1945-02-03]]> 1945-02-06]]> 1945-02-08]]> 1945-02-14]]> 1945-02-22]]> 1945-02-24]]> 1945-03-13]]> 1945-03-14]]> 1945-03-15]]> 1945-03-19]]> 1945-03-21]]> 1945-03-22]]> 1945-03-23]]> 1945-03-27]]> 1945-04-06]]> 1945-04-07]]> 1945-04-09]]> 1945-04-19]]> 1946]]> R C Weeden]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. 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Bomber Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--London]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--Hull]]> 1944-05-23]]> 1944-03-15]]> 1944-03-16]]> 1944-02-22]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> Pending text-based transcription. Under review]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. 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Bottom right - a five story square building with formal grounds in front. Captioned 'The New Memorial Theatre'.]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> Photograph]]> Physical object]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Warwickshire]]> England--Stratford-upon-Avon]]> 1941-11-03]]>
Great Britain. The Secretary of State for Air]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Air Force]]> 1946-04-12]]> Maurice Monks]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> England--Cumbria]]> India]]> 1943-10-31]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1949-02-05]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Service material]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Bendigo]]> Victoria]]> 1943]]> 1944]]> 1944]]> 1945-06-11]]> 1943-01-15]]> PV Clegg]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Tricia Marshall]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Personal research]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Australian Air Force]]> Australia]]> Victoria--Melbourne]]> Canada]]> Great Britain]]> England--Yorkshire]]> England--York]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Duisburg]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Victoria]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1942]]> 1943]]>
Covers joining the RAF at age 19 and training at Blackpool, Yatesbury as radio operator and subsequently at Martlesham and Bridgnorth. Crewing up at RAF Upper Heyford while on OTU flying Wellington. This was followed by four engine training on Stirling then Lancaster before posting to 630 Squadron at RAF East Kirkby. Describes operations mentioning types of target, losses, attack by Ju-88. Continues with account of daylight operation to Caen and later Paris. Describes operation to Stuttgart in July 1944 when they were attacked by night fighter and badly damaged as well as he being injured. After aborting the operation fire forced them to bale out. Continues with account of his injuries, capture, transfer to and experiences at POW hospital near Nancy. Describes liberation by American forces and being flown back to England and then to RAF Hospital. Concludes with account of 15 month hospital treatment, discharge from the RAF, membership of the Guinea Pig Club and trying to trace members of his crew in the mid 1980s. At the end photographs of Arthur Woolf, of him in hospital and of the French family who helped him after he was shot down and injured.]]>
A S Woolf]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> Babs Nichols]]> eng]]> Text]]> Photograph]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> United States Army]]> Great Britain]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Blackpool]]> England--Shropshire]]> England--Suffolk]]> Scotland--Dumfries and Galloway]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Cologne]]> France]]> France--Caen]]> France--Paris]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> France]]> France--Nancy]]> France--Verdun]]> England--Berkshire]]> England--Reading]]> France--Meurthe-et-Moselle]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> 1944-07-24]]> 1944-07-25]]> 1941]]> 1944-11]]>
IBCC Digital Archive]]> eng]]> Text. Correspondence]]> Text]]> Royal Air Force]]> Great Britain]]> 1943-08-25]]> P L Potter]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> T J Page]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Bomber Command]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Ramsgate]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Lancashire]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Slough]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Greater Manchester]]> England--Oldham]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Italy]]> Italy--La Spezia]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Friesland]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> Germany--Berlin]]> Germany--Stuttgart]]> England--Huntingdonshire]]> Egypt]]> Zimbabwe]]> Pakistan]]> England--Morecambe]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> Middle East--Euphrates River]]> Middle East--Tigris River]]> Germany--Juist Island]]> 1939-09]]> 1940-01]]> 1940-07-19]]> 1940-12]]> 1941-07]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1942-10]]> 1943-02-20]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-03-31]]> 1943-04-12]]> 1943-04-13]]> 1943-03]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-04-28]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1947-02-16]]> 1948-06-03]]> 1940-01]]> 1954-04-09]]> 1956]]> 1958-04-01]]> 1968-05-06]]> T J Page]]> IBCC Digital Archive]]> David Bloomfield]]> eng]]> Text]]> Text. Memoir]]> Civilian]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force]]> Royal Air Force. Fighter Command]]> Great Britain]]> England--Kent]]> England--Canterbury]]> England--Ramsgate]]> England--Middlesex]]> England--Buckinghamshire]]> England--Slough]]> England--Shropshire]]> Wales--Vale of Glamorgan]]> England--Derbyshire]]> England--Derby]]> England--Greater Manchester]]> England--Oldham]]> Wales--Bridgend]]> England--Lincolnshire]]> Germany]]> Germany--Dortmund]]> Germany--Friesland]]> Czech Republic]]> Czech Republic--Plzeň]]> Italy]]> Italy--Turin]]> Italy--Milan]]> Germany--Munich]]> Germany--Leipzig]]> England--Nottinghamshire]]> Germany--Ruhr (Region)]]> England--Lancashire]]> Germany--Juist Island]]> 1939-09-03]]> 1940-01]]> 1940-07-19]]> 1941-07]]> 1942-05-02]]> 1943-02-26]]> 1943-03-06]]> 1943-03-26]]> 1943-04-26]]> 1943-05-13]]> 1943-07-12]]> 1943-08-12]]> 1943-10-02]]> 1943-10-20]]> 1944-04]]> 1944-07-19]]> 1947-02-16]]>