Funeral of Sergeant J C Shaw - Stalag Luft 1, January 1942

Funeral of Sergeant J C Shaw - Stalag Luft 1, January 1942

Top left - parade of airmen wearing greatcoats standing in line in the snow. Captioned 'B47 Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Top right - propeller blades with iron cross and swastika on grave. Captioned 'Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Centre middle - Funeral wreaths. Captioned 'Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Centre right - head and shoulders portrait of an airman with half brevet.
Bottom left - line of airmen in greatcoats in the snow. Two British officers and one German officer are saluting. Captioned 'Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.
Bottom right - two airmen wearing tunic, white belts and peaked cap standing either side of an open coffin. In the background a cross. Captioned 'B44, Funeral of Sgt J C Shaw, Stalag Luft 1, Jan 42'.

1942-01

Six b/w photographs mounted on an album page

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