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American Red Cross bag : Warrant Officer V J Hibbens, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Olive green cotton poplin bag with a cotton drawstring and large flap with self fabric straps for tying the bag closed. Inside the flap is a white cotton label, printed in red with two Geneva crosses ...REL42020
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American Red Cross Toothbrush : Warrant Officer V J Hibbens, RAAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pink nylon toothbrush with a hole at the end of the handle. The handle is impressed 'GENUINE NYLON / GIFT OF AMERICAN RED CROSS NOT TO BE RE SOLD / MADE IN THE U.S.A / _EKIN_'.REL42022
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Blacket, G C (Sergeant, RAAF and POW, Germany)
Private Record
Maker: Blacket, Geoffrey Caleb
DIARY DESCRIBING MARCH BY POW'S THROUGH GERMANY PRIOR TO LIBERATION. ALSO INCLUDES DETAILS OF VOYAGE FROM SYDNEY TO SAN FRANCISCO AND BEING STATIONED IN ENGLAND. CONTAINS ADDRESSES, LISTS OF BOOKS REA...PR85/299
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe Other Ranks eagle
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Other Ranks Cap Eagle. A flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika. Originally four pins at the rear but only one remaining.REL/12017.030
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Cap badge : Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe tropical forage cap roundel. Embroidered red, white and black roundel on a white background.REL/12017.035
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Collar badge : German Panzer Troops
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
German Panzer troops collar badge. Darkened alloy skull and crossed bones. Two pins at the rear for attachment to the cloth collar patch.REL/12017.037
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Currie, Alister McGregor 'Mac' (Warrant Officer), 1908 - , MBE
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to 407822 Warrant Officer Alister McGregor Currie MBE, 12 and 458 Squadron Royal Air Force, Europe, Second World War. Collection comprises service documents, log books and diarie...PR03373
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Flight Lieutenants (Mac) Jones and (Rusty) Kierath, RAAF at work, Stalag Luft III, Germany
Art
Maker: Comber, Albert
Flight Lieutenants 'Mac' Jones and 'Rusty' Kierath using a bow saw and claw hammer while prisoners of war at Stalag Luft III camp in Sagan, Germany (now Poland).ART34781.019
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Garland, Jack D
Private Record
Maker: Garland, Jack D
Copy of typed manuscript titled 'On wings like eagles' written by 403186 Warrant Officer (WO) Jack Douglas Garland, documenting his enlistment with the Royal Australian Air Force, training in Canada a...PR88/132
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German Organisation for Air Travel lapel badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Organisation for Air Travel lapel badge. A winged swastika superimposed on an oak leaf wreath. Plain reverse with a horizontal brooch pin.REL/12017.032
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Germany. C. 1945-05. The crew of an RAAF Lancaster aircraft examine the wreckage of a German ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Germany. C. 1945-05. The crew of an RAAF Lancaster aircraft examine the wreckage of a German Heinkel III aircraft on an airfield near Frankfurt. They are engaged in the repatriation of Australian and ...UK2881
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Goon box and Russian work cart, Stalag Luft III, Germany
Art
Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view from within the camp looking out through a high, double fence. Guard box on right of the image, and through the fence, two figures in a horse-drawn wagon can be discerned against a forest backd...ART28570
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Group portrait of the Australian cricket team at Annaburg POW Camp. Identified back row, left to ...
Photograph
Maker: Unknown
Group portrait of the Australian cricket team at Annaburg POW Camp. Identified back row, left to right: Flight Lieutenant "Dusty" Miller RAAF, pilot, of New Guinea; Sergeant Alex J Brown, of Vic; Tom ...UK2534E
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Heydekrug, Lithuania. Warrant Officer (WO) Rhys Roberts's certificate confirming justification ...
Photograph
Heydekrug, Lithuania. Warrant Officer (WO) Rhys Roberts's certificate confirming justification for his repatriation. It was issued to him in Stalag Luft VI after he had been examined by a medical co...UK2534H
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Huts, Stalag Luft III, Germany
Art
Maker: Taylor, Howard
A view of huts and fences at Stalag Luft III after rain and with sun breaking through clouds. Taylor set himself the task of describing atmospheric effects - in this case, the sky with rays of light a...ART28571
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In the cage at Bari, Italy
Art
Maker: Comber, Albert
A pencil drawing of an Australian pilot meeting an old friend just in from the desert cages. POWs caught in North Africa were often transported to several poorly-equipped camps before being transporte...ART34781.001
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Jarvis, Norman Eldridge (Warrant Officer, b.1920 - d.1949)
Private Record
Maker: Jarvis, Norman Eldridge
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 410413 Warrant Officer Norman Eldridge Jarvis, 61 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, 1945. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists of one printed memoir of ...PR04641
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Kingsford-Smith, Peter (Flight Lieutenant, b.1915 - d.1993)
Private Record
Maker: Kingsford-Smith, Peter
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 402241 Flight Lieutenant Peter Kingsford-Smith DFC, No. 138 Squadron, prisoner of war, Germany, 1943-1945. Custom box 1 of 1 - Comprises an albu...PR03211
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Lieutenant Colonel Le Soeuf, of Perth, WA, at Annaburg POW camp. As medical officer, he remained ...
Photograph
Lieutenant Colonel Le Soeuf, of Perth, WA, at Annaburg POW camp. As medical officer, he remained behind to care for the wounded after the evacuation of Greece. This portrait was supplied to RAAF Overs...UK2534F
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Liley, Jack William Fenton (Warrant Officer)
Manuscript
Maker: Liley, Jack William Fenton
Memoir written by Jack William Fenton Liley, "Jack's war" documenting his service with the Royal Australian Air Force in the Second World War. Liley describes his aircrew training in Australia and En...MSS1436
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Lincolnshire, England. C. 1945-05. Informal group portrait of repatriated Australian and Allied ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Lincolnshire, England. C. 1945-05. Informal group portrait of repatriated Australian and Allied prisoners of war (POWs) flown from Germany in an RAAF Lancaster aircraft after VE Day (1945-05-08), are ...UK2883
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London, England. 1945-06-05. Flight Lieutenant Peter Kingsford Smith DFC (left), nephew of the ...
Photograph
London, England. 1945-06-05. Flight Lieutenant Peter Kingsford Smith DFC (left), nephew of the late Sir Charles Kingsford Smith, with Pilot Officer John Anthony Ulm, son of the late Mr C. T. P. Ulm, a...UK2954
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Luftwaffe Air Gunners and Flight Engineers Badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Air Gunners and Flight Engineers Badge. Slighly convex. Obverse: A dull silver eagle in flight, facing left, rivited onto a bright silvered wreath of laurel (left) and oak (right) leaves with a swasti...REL/12017.025
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Luftwaffe Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre are crossed swords The ...REL/12017.005
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Luftwaffe Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class
Heraldry
Maker: G H Osang
Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre are blackened crossed swo...REL/12017.007
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Luftwaffe Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class
Heraldry
Maker: G H Osang
Air to Ground Support Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre are blackened crossed ...REL/12017.006
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Luftwaffe Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. Riveted in the centre is a bronzed winged arrow poi...REL/12017.021
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Luftwaffe Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger)
Heraldry
Maker: Kunststoff, M
Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger). A round gilded wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. Riveted in th...REL/12017.024
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Luftwaffe Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Bomber Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. Riveted in the centre is a silver winged arrow poin...REL/12017.022
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Luftwaffe Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. Riveted in the centre is a winged arrow pointin...REL/12017.012
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Luftwaffe Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. Riveted in the centre is a blackened, winged arr...REL/12017.013
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Luftwaffe Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger)
Heraldry
Maker: G H Osang
Day Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger) . A round wreath of gilded laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves in gold....REL/12017.020
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Luftwaffe driver's silver proficiency badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Drivers Badge. A steering wheel within an olive wreath. Attached to piece of dark blue cloth by two pins.REL/12017.033
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Luftwaffe Glider Pilots Badge - First Type
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Glider Pilots Badge - First Type. Obverse: A voided oak leaf wreath with a swastika at the base and a soaring eagle, flying left to right, rivited to the edges. the Reverse is plain and has ...REL/12017.027
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Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Ground Combat Badge. Obverse: A wreath of oak leaves, with a tie at the base. A black massed cloud at the top surmounted by a flying eagle facing right and clutching a swastika. From the clo...REL/12017.028
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Luftwaffe Long Range Day Fighters Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Long Range Day Fighters Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (anhanger). A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves in g...REL/12017.015
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Luftwaffe parachutists qualification badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Parachutists Badge. Slightly convex. The obverse is a wreath of laurel (left) and oak (right) leaves with three bands at the base. Superimposed and riveted onto the wreath is a diving eagle,...REL/12017.029
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Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre is the head of a wide eyed, ea...REL/12017.001
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Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre is the head of a wide eyed, eag...REL/12017.003
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Luftwaffe Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class
Heraldry
Reconnaissance Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves with a swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre is the blackened head of a wid...REL/12017.002
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Luftwaffe Short Range Day Fighter Gold Clasp with with 200 Operational Flight Pendant : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: G H Osang
Gilded circular wreath with a Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are gold coloured sprigs of oak leaves. Voided within the wreath is a dull or oxidised silver winged-arro...REL/12017.014
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Luftwaffe Short Range Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short Range Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a floral pendant (Anhanger) . A round wreath of Blackened laurel leaves with a gold swastika at the base and on each side a sprig ...REL/12017.019
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Luftwaffe Short Range Night Fighters Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class.
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Short Range Night Fighter Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class. A round wreath of blackened laurel leaves with a silver swastika at the base and on each side a sprig of oak leaves in silver. Rivet...REL/12017.017
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Luftwaffe Signallers badge
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Luftwaffe Signallers Badge. A pointed silver lightening flash on a dark blue cloth oval ground.REL/12017.034
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Luftwaffe Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Bronze Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves and on each side a sprig of oak leaves. In the centre is a blackened Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swastika,...REL/12017.008
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Luftwaffe Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves and on each side a sprig of silver oak leaves. In the centre is a gold Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swastika,...REL/12017.010
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Luftwaffe Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with floral pendant (Anhanger)
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Gold Class with a gilded floral pendant (Anhanger). A round wreath of laurel leaves and on each side a sprig of silver oak leaves. In the centre is a go...REL/12017.011
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Luftwaffe Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Transport and Glider Operational Flying Clasp - Silver Class. A round wreath of laurel leaves and on each side a sprig of silver oak leaves. In the centre is a bronze Luftwaffe eagle clutching a swast...REL/12017.009
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Mackenzie, Ronald Charles (Warrant Officer)
Manuscript
Maker: Mackenzie, Ronald Charles
Manuscript written by Ronald Charles Mackenzie, "An ordinary war 1940-1945", based on diaries he kept during the Second World War. Mackenzie documents his training as a wireless air gunner in Austral...MSS1441
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BUSES DRAWN UP ON THE STATION PIER ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BUSES DRAWN UP ON THE STATION PIER WAITING TO TRANSPORT ROYAL AUSTRALIAN AIR FORCE EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY, TO THE RAAF EMBARKATION DE...117435
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. RAAF AND RAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY IN THE AUSTRALIAN RED ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. RAAF AND RAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY IN THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BUSES ON THE STATION PIER BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE RAAF EMBARKATION DEPOT.117441
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. RAAF AND RAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY IN THE AUSTRALIAN RED ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. RAAF AND RAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY IN THE AUSTRALIAN RED CROSS SOCIETY BUSES ON THE STATION PIER BEFORE LEAVING FOR THE RAAF EMBARKATION DEPOT.117442
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. THE RAAF BAND PLAYING SELECTIONS AS THE RAAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM ...
Photograph
MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. THE RAAF BAND PLAYING SELECTIONS AS THE RAAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY DISEMBARK FROM THE SS STRATHEDEN AT THE STATION PIER.117438
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Pilot's badge : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Pilots badge. Slightly convex. Obverse: A dull silver flying eagle, facing right, clutching a swastika in its claws and riveted onto a silver wash wreath of laurel (left) and oak (right) leaves. The r...REL/12017.026
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[portrait of Frederick Jarman]
Art
Maker: McMillan, Alex
Frederick Morgan Jarman (420951) served with the Royal Australian Air Force, trained in Canada under the Empire Air Training Scheme and subsequently flew with 161 RAF Squadron. This Squadron flew out ...ART96908
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POW Camp, Germany
Art
Maker: Taylor, Howard
Howard Taylor was interned as a prisoner of war from 1940 until 1945. During this period he took up drawing to help pass the time. The Red Cross provided rudimentary art supplies and among those int...ART28573
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RAAF ground crews at RAF Station Waddington cover the fuselage of a Lancaster aircraft with ...
Photograph
Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
RAAF ground crews at RAF Station Waddington cover the fuselage of a Lancaster aircraft with greetings to the Australian and Allied liberated prisoners of war (POWs) the aircraft will bring back from G...UK2856
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Reconnaissance / Air-Sea Rescue / Meteorological Gold Clasp, with 250 or 300 Operational Flight Pendant : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Bruder Schneider A G
Gilded circular wreath with a Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are gilded sprigs of oak leaves. Voided within the wreath is the bronze profile of an eagle's head with a...REL/12017.004
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Russian POWs racking muck, Stalag Luft III, Germany
Art
Maker: Taylor, Howard
Figures in coats and heavy clothing working in the fields. Two figures stand in a horse-drawn cart and one figure is raking soil to the right of the cart. The entire composition is framed by the fen...ART28569
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Sagan, Poland. RAAF airmen make the best of conditions in a German prison camp, Stalag Luft III. ...
Photograph
Sagan, Poland. RAAF airmen make the best of conditions in a German prison camp, Stalag Luft III. Books received from the British Red Cross Prisoners of War Fund fill the bookcase, which the men made...SUK11285
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Short Range Night Fighter Bronze Clasp for 20 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Rudolf A Karneth & Sohne
Black oxidised circular wreath with a bronze Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are bronze sprigs of oak leaves. Within the wreath is a dull silver coloured winged-arrow ...REL/12017.016
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Short Range Night Fighter Gold Clasp for 110 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Rudolf A Karneth & Sohne
Black oxidised circular wreath with a bronze Swastika at the bottom. Extending from either side of the wreath are gilt metal sprigs of oak leaves. Within the wreath is a gilt winged-arrow pointing upw...REL/12017.018
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Supplied to RAAF Overseas HQ by 407513 Warrant Officer (WO) Rhys Roberts, RAAF, of Kadina, SA, on ...
Photograph
Supplied to RAAF Overseas HQ by 407513 Warrant Officer (WO) Rhys Roberts, RAAF, of Kadina, SA, on his repatriation from Germany. Private Artie Albrow, British Army, WO Roberts's friend in one of the ...UK2534C
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Tank Destruction Badge - Gold Class: German army
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Tank Destruction Badge, Gold Class. The badge is rectangular in shape and is of woven gold thread with two black edge stripes. In its centre a gilded metal tank representing a stylised, early version ...REL/12017.036
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Thomson, Peter Angus (Pilot Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Thomson, Peter Angus
Papers of Pilot Officer Peter Angus Thomson who served with the 622 Squadron RAF before his capture by the Germans in 1944. Items in the collection include lists, nominal rolls, a court of enquiry re...PR88/129
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Transport and Glider Clasp, with hanging flight pendant for 500 Operational Flights : Luftwaffe
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Transport and Glider Clasp, with hanging flight pendant for 500 Operational Flights. A zinc coloured circular wreath. Protruding from either side of the wreath a zinc coloured sprig of oak leaves. Wi...REL/04308.008
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Wolfsberg, Austria. This photograph was brought back to England from Stalag XVIIIa by 407513 ...
Photograph
Wolfsberg, Austria. This photograph was brought back to England from Stalag XVIIIa by 407513 Warrant Officer (WO) Rhys Roberts RAAF of Kadina, SA, on his repatriation from Germany. It shows a scene ...UK2534B