PoW Images
The replica “blower” presented by William Boyd to the curator of the Stalag IVb museum in Muhlberg in June 2005. Prisoners could cook food using heat from a scrap of coal .
The secret report compiled when Sgt Ainger was shot down and managed to evade capture and return to the UK.
Images of Sgt Ron Norman, Wireless Operator with JB413. He was shot down o nthe 22nd/23rd October 1943 whilst attacking Kassel.
The "dog tag" that prisoners were obliged to wear. This example is from Stalag 4B. In case a PoW died the tag was made in two parts and would be split in half. One part would be buried with the body and the other would be kept for the records.
A message home sent from a PoW camp by Sgt John Turner
Every effort was tried to maintain morale and some camps even managed to produce their own newspaper.
A typical Prisoner of War postcard which could occasionally be sent home to family.
The dreaded confirmation of the earlier telegram sent to F/Sgt Bill Branigan's mother.
The camp identity card of F/Sgt Bill Branigan
The PoW record card most probably completed at Dulag Luft Frankfurt
The PoW image of Sgt Ivan Spence who was shot down on the 23 October, 1943 whilst attacking Kassel as part of the Phil Taverner crew
The postwar debriefing document relating to Sgt Ted Cachart
The few words at the end of this document tell an interesting story! Ted's first round of interrogation at Dulag Luft was in a cell which contained a powerful electric heater. The controls for this were located outside the cell and the guards would alter the temperature settings so that there were huge variations of temperature. This was part of the "softening up" procedure prior to interrogation. This is the "sweat-box" reference. Ted was then sent to Stalag Luft 4B. After several months he was returned to Dulag Luft for further interrogation. He spent 14 days in solitary confinement (the cooler). Ted understands that new radio equipment had been found in the wreckage of his Lancaster and the Luftwaffe wished to attempt to find out more about this equipment.