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Newspaper cutting - Planes snatched doomed airmen from the sea
Account of being shot down and prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
A Canadian experience
Brief history of George Thomson's RAF career
Tags: 11 OTU; 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; bombing; crewing up; Dulag Luft; evading; flight engineer; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; RAF Bishops Court; RAF Bridgnorth; RAF Mildenhall; RAF Stradishall; RAF Westcott; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7; Stirling; the long march; training; Wellington
Incident over Mannheim
Route from where shot down to prisoner of war camp and evacuation on long march
Sergeant Norman Overend and his crew
Record of Flight Sergeant Robert Kendal and Pilot Officer William Kendall
My Bomber Command experience - George Thomson
Tags: 15 Squadron; Air Observers School; aircrew; Anson; bale out; bombing; crewing up; evading; Initial Training Wing; Lancaster; military ethos; military living conditions; military service conditions; navigator; Operational Training Unit; prisoner of war; Red Cross; shot down; Stirling; the long march; training; V-1; V-weapon; Wellington
Shot down and escape - George Thomson
Tags: bale out; evading; searchlight; shot down
Caught napping
Wing Commander William Watkins DSO, DFC & Bar
Bomber Command loss
Jack Genney’s Royal Air Force Navigator’s, Air Bombers and Air Gunner’s Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 7 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Anson; anti-aircraft fire; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; bombing of Hamburg (24-31 July 1943); Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); C-47; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; Lancaster; Lancaster Mk 1; Lancaster Mk 3; mine laying; prisoner of war; RAF Oakington; RAF Stradishall; RAF Warboys; RAF Wratting Common; Ruhr Campaign (5 March – 10 July 1943); searchlight; shot down; Stirling; training
Brief account of being shot down and as prisoner of war
Tags: Dulag Luft; evading; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag 3A; Stalag Luft 7
Account of events during final operation and capture
Tags: aircrew; bale out; evading; navigator; prisoner of war; shot down; Stalag Luft 7
George Thomson's prisoner of war diary
Describes being shot down and includes a day-by-day account of his life as a prisoner of war from 11 November 1944 to 25 May 1945. Includes descriptions of sports and…
George Thomson prisoner of war debrief questions
Letter from Jack Dwyer to his wife
Tags: aircrew; anti-aircraft fire; bombing; entertainment; Hurricane; Ju 88; RAF Hamble; shot down
Interview with Stanley Albert Booker
The two paintings of Stalag IVB
The Lancaster of Tillières-sur-Avre
The needs of the landing of June 6 1944.
An effective German defence.
The bombing of Driex.
The Lancaster HK553 crash with…
Il tout commencé avec Google
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Mepal; shot down
It all started with Google
Account is translation of French language document describing…
Tags: 75 Squadron; aircrew; killed in action; Lancaster; pilot; RAF Mepal; shot down
Richard Wensley’s Royal Air Force Flight Engineers Flying Log Book
Tags: 1657 HCU; 214 Squadron; 242 Squadron; 46 Squadron; 90 Squadron; aircrew; Berlin Campaign (23 August 1943 – 25 March 1944); bombing; Bombing of Peenemünde (17/18 August 1943); crash; flight engineer; Heavy Conversion Unit; mine laying; missing in action; RAF Chedburgh; RAF Merryfield; RAF Stoney Cross; RAF Stradishall; RAF Tuddenham; shot down; Stirling; training; York