Description
Object description
3 pilot's flying log books recording his training with a civil flying school (May - July 1937) and the RAF (July 1937 - February 1938), service and training on bombers in England, with No 214 Squadron (February 1938) Nos 148 and 75 Training Squadrons and No 15 OTU (August 1939 - June 1941), flying Stirlings with No 7 Bomber Squadron (July - August 1941) giving good details of raids over Béthune, Hanover and Berlin (shot down and captured), and post war RAF service as a pilot in England; also: YMCA Prisoners of War log containing good accounts of being shot down, captured and interrogated and his time as a prisoner of war in Dulag Luft, Oflags IX A/H (Spangenberg, August-October 1941), VIB (Warburg, October 1941), XXIB (Schubin, September 1942) Stalag Luft III (Sagan, April 1943 - January 1945) and the march to Marlag-Milag Nord (January - February 1945) and to the Lubeck area and liberation (April - May 1945), accompanied by interesting photographs taken in captivity and a description of camp gardening activities.
Content description
3 pilot's flying log books recording his training with a civil flying school (May - July 1937) and the RAF (July 1937 - February 1938), service and training on bombers in England, with No 214 Squadron (February 1938) Nos 148 and 75 Training Squadrons and No 15 OTU (August 1939 - June 1941), flying Stirlings with No 7 Bomber Squadron (July - August 1941) giving good details of raids over Béthune, Hanover and Berlin (shot down and captured), and post war RAF service as a pilot in England; also: YMCA Prisoners of War log containing good accounts of being shot down, captured and interrogated and his time as a prisoner of war in Dulag Luft, Oflags IX A/H (Spangenberg, August-October 1941), VIB (Warburg, October 1941), XXIB (Schubin, September 1942) Stalag Luft III (Sagan, April 1943 - January 1945) and the march to Marlag-Milag Nord (January - February 1945) and to the Lubeck area and liberation (April - May 1945), accompanied by interesting photographs taken in captivity and a description of camp gardening activities.
History note
Cataloguer PHR
History note
Catalogue date 1990-08