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Amiens, France. A ground photograph of the damage at the junction of the North and West wings of ...
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Amiens, France. A ground photograph of the damage at the junction of the North and West wings of the Amiens prison, looking from the main breach in the West outer wall. The precision attack by RAF Mos...SUK13274
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A haze of smoke covering the Amiens prison during the attack by RAF ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A haze of smoke covering the Amiens prison during the attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in which several Australians took part. The attack freed French patriots awaiting exec...SUK13271
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A model of the prison at Amiens used for crew briefing for the ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A model of the prison at Amiens used for crew briefing for the precision attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in order to free French patriots awaiting execution for helping the...SUK13277
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A reconnaissance photograph of the Amiens prison taken on 1944-03-23 ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. A reconnaissance photograph of the Amiens prison taken on 1944-03-23 following a precision attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in which several Australians took part. The attac...SUK13273
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Amiens, France. C. 1944. Breach made in the rear wall of the Amiens Prison through which ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944. Breach made in the rear wall of the Amiens Prison through which prisoners of war of the Gestapo escaped after the air attack by RAF aircraft on 1944-02-18.SUK15196
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Smoke pouring from the damaged prison at Amiens after an attack by ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Smoke pouring from the damaged prison at Amiens after an attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in which several Australians took part. The attack freed French patriots awaiting e...SUK13269
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Smoke pouring from the damaged prison at Amiens after an attack by ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Smoke pouring from the damaged prison at Amiens after an attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in which several Australians took part. The attack freed French patriots awaiting e...SUK13268
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Taken during epic low level precision attack by RAF Mosquito ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. Taken during epic low level precision attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft, this photograph shows track of bombs which breached wall of prison camp at Amiens. The attack, in whi...SUK13270
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. The breach in the South side of the outer wall of Amiens prison ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. The breach in the South side of the outer wall of Amiens prison following a precision attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft in which several Australians took part. The attack fre...SUK13275
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. The escape breach made in the wall of the Amiens prison, which in one ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-03. The escape breach made in the wall of the Amiens prison, which in one of most dramatic strikes of war, was precision attacked at low level by RAF Mosquito aircraft to relea...SUK13272
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-11. The grave at Amiens of Group Captain P. C. Pickard RAF who led and ...
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Amiens, France. C. 1944-11. The grave at Amiens of Group Captain P. C. Pickard RAF who led and was shot down during the precision attack by RAF Mosquito aircraft on the prison at Amiens. The attack, i...SUK13276
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Anankwin, Burma. c. February 1945. Bombs bursting on a railway station and sidings on the ...
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Anankwin, Burma. c. February 1945. Bombs bursting on a railway station and sidings on the Burma-Thailand railway during an attack by RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air C...P02491.294
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ANHOLT, DENMARK, 1944-08. FOUR SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED ...
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ANHOLT, DENMARK, 1944-08. FOUR SURVIVING MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO THE KATTEGAT. THE FOUR - FLYING OFFICER WILDE, THE CANADIAN CAPTAIN; TWO ENGLISHMEN AND AN AUSTRALIA...P00706.008
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Australian Lancasters loading ex-POWs for England
Art
Maker: Moore, Alan
A group of ex-POWs boarding a converted Avro Lancaster bomber used to return POWs to England; the group includes Australians and Indians.ART24325
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Bangkok, Thailand. C. 1945-08. A group of prisoners of war chatting to RAF Transport Command ...
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Bangkok, Thailand. C. 1945-08. A group of prisoners of war chatting to RAF Transport Command crews who flew them out of Don Muang airfield, Bangkok.SUK14685
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Bangkok, Thailand. C. 1945-08. Some of the Allied prisoners of war (POW) going aboard an RAF ...
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Bangkok, Thailand. C. 1945-08. Some of the Allied prisoners of war (POW) going aboard an RAF Transport Command Douglas C47 Dakota aircraft on the airfield at Don Muang near Bangkok. Among them were Br...SUK14690
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. c. March 1945. A low level oblique photograph from one of the attacking ...
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. c. March 1945. A low level oblique photograph from one of the attacking RAF Liberator aircraft shows a bomb exploding in the centre of the bridge. In a round trip of nearly 2,50...P02491.322
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. c. March 1945. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, ...
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Ban-Tam-Kam, Thailand. c. March 1945. In a round trip of nearly 2,500 miles from bases in India, RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command smashed a 600 foot three-span...P02491.323
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Bastian, Henry John (Warrant Officer) 1917-1989
Manuscript
Maker: Bastian, Henry John
Manuscript written by Warrant Officier Henry John Bastian, "Harry, why we don't forget". Bastian documents his enlistment in the Royal Australian Air Force as a trainee pilot, training at Tamworth an...MSS1566
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Bethell, R. Anthony (Flight Lieutenant)
Manuscript
Maker: Bethell, Anthony R
Manuscript compiled by Flight Officer Anthony R Bethell, 268 Squadron RAF, with extracts from personal accounts, diaries, photographs, newspaper cuttings and published material relating to camp life ...MSS1551
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Brussels, Belgium. C. 1945-06. Exterior view of the wooden hut built by the Germans to ...
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Brussels, Belgium. C. 1945-06. Exterior view of the wooden hut built by the Germans to accommodate RAF casualties at No. 8 RAF General Hospital.UK3024
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Brussels, Belgium. C. 1945-06. In the holding ward at the advanced section of No. 1 Casualty Air ...
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Brussels, Belgium. C. 1945-06. In the holding ward at the advanced section of No. 1 Casualty Air Evacuation Unit (CAEU) RAF, Wing Commander Bruce Harvey DPMO, 2nd Tactical Air Force (centre), examines...UK3029
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Burma. 26 January 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air ...
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Burma. 26 January 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, many of them flown by RAAF aircrew made a heavy daylight attack on the Japanese communications link a...P02491.298
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of Strategic ...
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command carried out a long distance and highly successful attack on Japanese ma...P02491.304
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft in which flew many RAAF aircrews ...
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft in which flew many RAAF aircrews and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command carried out a long dis...P02491.305
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft in which flew many RAAF aircrews ...
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Chumphon, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft in which flew many RAAF aircrews and US Army Air Force B-24 aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, carried out a long di...P02491.306
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Chumphon, Thailand. 1945-03-19. To disrupt Japanese supplies destined for the Burma front, more ...
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Chumphon, Thailand. 1945-03-19. To disrupt Japanese supplies destined for the Burma front, more than eighty heavy bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, flew across the Indian Oc...SUK14069
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. "Free drop" canisters, containing medical supplies for Allied prisoner ...
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. "Free drop" canisters, containing medical supplies for Allied prisoner of war camps in the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area, being loaded into an RAF Liberator bomber air...SUK14679
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. RAF ground crews on a Cocos Island airstrip loading bomb trolleys with ...
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Cocos Island. C. 1945-08. RAF ground crews on a Cocos Island airstrip loading bomb trolleys with canisters of medical supplies to be dropped on POW camps in the Dutch East Indies and the Singapore are...SUK14680
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Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped ...
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Cocos Islands. C. 1945-08. Following the Japanese surrender, RAF heavy bomber aircraft dropped much-needed medical supplies to Allied prisoner of war camps in the Dutch East Indies and Singapore area....SUK14678
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Currie, Alister McGregor 'Mac' MBE (Warrant Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Currie, Alister McGregor 'Mac'
Original letter from 407822 Warrant Officer Alister McGregor Currie ('Mac'), an airman, to his wife from Prisoner of War camp Stalag VIIIB in Germany dated 2 October 1943. It describes the crash of hi...PR00973
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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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Germany. 1945-04-28. RAF service policeman directs the traffic as German troops drive their own ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Germany. 1945-04-28. RAF service policeman directs the traffic as German troops drive their own vehicles to prison cages in a German city.UK2933
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Germany. 1945-04-28. RAF service policeman with German troops who drive their own vehicles to ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Germany. 1945-04-28. RAF service policeman with German troops who drive their own vehicles to prison cages in a German city.UK2934
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Grey-Smith, Guy (Flight Lieutenant, b.1916 - d.1981)
Private Record
Maker: Various
Collection relating to the Second World War service of Flight Lieutenant Guy Grey-Smith. Consists of a diary kept by Flt Lt Guy Grey-Smith, produced in Germany between 1940-43, and pages of loose diar...PR05675
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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-04-21. AFTER BEING FLOWN FROM KOREA TO JAPAN, ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF ...
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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-04-21. AFTER BEING FLOWN FROM KOREA TO JAPAN, ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO BE EXCHANGED RELAXES IN A COMFORTABLE BED IN THE RAAF HOSPITAL AT IWAKUNI. WITH HIM ARE...JK0724
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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-04-21. IN THE RAAF HOSPITAL AT IWAKUNI, ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PRISONERS ...
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IWAKUNI, JAPAN. 1953-04-21. IN THE RAAF HOSPITAL AT IWAKUNI, ONE OF THE FIRST GROUP OF PRISONERS OF WAR TO BE EXCHANGED IS SHOWN TALKING TO FLYING OFFICER, D.E.R. AUBIN, AN R.A.F. MEDICAL OFFICER.JK0725
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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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Johnstone, Charles Stewart (Acting Flight Lieutenant, b.1907)
Private Record
Maker: Johnstone, Charles Stewart Johnstone, Charles Stewart
Annotated typescript reminiscences of Acting Flight Lieutenant Charles Stewart Johnstone, RAF. Approximately 45 pages describing the capture of Singapore by the Japanese and his experiences as a Briti...PR89/141
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Kalawthut, Burma. c. March 1945. A bridge near Kalawthut twenty two miles south of Moulmein, on ...
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Kalawthut, Burma. c. March 1945. A bridge near Kalawthut twenty two miles south of Moulmein, on the Moulmein-Bangkok railway after the attack by RAF Liberator aircraft. One span of the bridge has been...P02491.297
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Kalawthut, Burma. c. March 1945. The attack on the bridge near Kalawthut twenty two miles south ...
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Kalawthut, Burma. c. March 1945. The attack on the bridge near Kalawthut twenty two miles south of Moulmein, on the Moulmein-Bangkok railway. Bombs burst at one end of the bridge while two others burs...P02491.296
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Kalunpe, Burma. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air ...
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Kalunpe, Burma. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command, attacked bridges on the Burma-Thailand railway during March 1945. This high oblique view shows...P02491.307
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. AIRCRAFTMAN 1 HAROLD LEVY OF LONDON, ENGLAND, RAF (RIGHT), SHOWS ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. AIRCRAFTMAN 1 HAROLD LEVY OF LONDON, ENGLAND, RAF (RIGHT), SHOWS 38675 FLYING OFFICER STAN WILLIAMS OF SOUTHERN CROSS, WA, THE DAILY RATION OF FOOD (RICE FOR ONE MAN) ...OG3514
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. AIRCRAFTMAN 1 HAROLD LEVY OF LONDON, ENGLAND, RAF (RIGHT), SHOWS ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. AIRCRAFTMAN 1 HAROLD LEVY OF LONDON, ENGLAND, RAF (RIGHT), SHOWS 38675 FLYING OFFICER STAN WILLIAMS OF SOUTHERN CROSS, WA, THE DAILY RATION OF FOOD (RICE FOR ONE MAN) ...OG3515
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. CORPORAL (CPL) STEWART WREN OF BAIRNSDALE, VIC, LEADING ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. CORPORAL (CPL) STEWART WREN OF BAIRNSDALE, VIC, LEADING AIRCRAFTMAN ALEX O'NEILL OF AUBURN, NSW, AND CPL ALLAN BECK OF NEWCASTLE, NSW (ALL WEARING SLOUCH HATS), WITH D...OG3512
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. IN THIS PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP THE DAILY RATION OF BOILED ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. IN THIS PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP THE DAILY RATION OF BOILED RICE FOR 1200 MEN ONLY HALF FILLED THIS PIG TROUGH WHICH THEY USED FOR MIXING WITH SWEET POTATO TOPS. LEF...OG3516
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. ON THE STEPS OF A HUT IN THE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP RAAF ...
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Maker: Harrison, John Thomas
KUCHING, SARAWAK. C. 1945-09-14. ON THE STEPS OF A HUT IN THE PRISONER OF WAR (POW) CAMP RAAF FLYING OFFICER IVAN RIXON OF LINDFIELD, NSW (CENTRE) GIVES FLIGHT LIEUTENANT (FLT LT) JOHN FLEMING, ROYAL ...OG3518
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-1O. WARRANT OFFICER L. T. A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE ...
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-1O. WARRANT OFFICER L. T. A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE FAR EAST, PROUDLY DISPLAYS THE WIRELESS SET WHICH HE MADE WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR...116948
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-10. WARRANT OFFICER L. T. A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE ...
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KUCHING, SARAWAK. 1945-09-10. WARRANT OFFICER L. T. A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE FAR EAST, SHOWING THE WIRELESS SET WHICH HE MADE WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE J...116949
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, 1945-09-10. WO L.T.A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNIT, ROYAL AIR ...
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KUCHING, SARAWAK, 1945-09-10. WO L.T.A. BECKETT, RADIO INSTRUMENT AND MAINTENANCE UNIT, ROYAL AIR FORCE FAR EAST, SHOWING THE WIRELESS SET WHICH HE MADE WHILE A PRISONER OF WAR OF THE JAPANESE TO BRIG...116951
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Lancashire, England. C. 1945-08. Ex-prisoners of war (POWS) say goodbye to an English Women's ...
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Maker: Stewart, Alexander
Lancashire, England. C. 1945-08. Ex-prisoners of war (POWS) say goodbye to an English Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF) member who was on the administration staff of an RAF unit in which members of t...UK3138
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MARRICKVILLE, NSW. 1946-10-03. LOCAL TRANSIT DEPOT. MEN AWAITING DISCHARGE LINE UP FOR CHEST X ...
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MARRICKVILLE, NSW. 1946-10-03. LOCAL TRANSIT DEPOT. MEN AWAITING DISCHARGE LINE UP FOR CHEST X RAYS. FROM HERE THEY ARE TAKEN TO THE PAY OFFICE, PAID OUT AND SENT ON LEAVE. THESE MEN ARE MEMBERS OF TH...124223
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MELBOURNE, VIC. 1945-10-17. RAAF AND RAF EX-PRISONERS OF WAR FROM GERMANY IN THE AUSTRALIAN RED ...
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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 ...
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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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MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO THE KATTEGAT IN 1944. THE FOUR ...
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MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO THE KATTEGAT IN 1944. THE FOUR SURVIVORS, THE CAPTAIN, A CANADIAN, FLYING OFFICER WILDE, TWO ENGLISHMEN AND AN AUSTRALIAN WERE PICKED UP BY A...P00706.010
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MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO THE KATTEGAT IN 1944. THE FOUR ...
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MEMBERS OF THE CREW OF A BRITISH BOMBER WHICH CRASHED INTO THE KATTEGAT IN 1944. THE FOUR SURVIVORS, THE CAPTAIN, A CANADIAN, FLYING OFFICER WILDE, TWO ENGLISHMEN AND AN AUSTRALIAN WERE PICKED UP BY A...P00706.009
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Na Nien (near Chumphon), Thailand. 1945-03-19. Pamphlets being dropped from one of the RAF ...
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Na Nien (near Chumphon), Thailand. 1945-03-19. Pamphlets being dropped from one of the RAF Liberator aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command to prisoners of war in a camp near the target ...SUK14074
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. A Japanese train transporting oil has been hit in the middle of ...
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. A Japanese train transporting oil has been hit in the middle of the sidings, and great clouds of blacksmoke billow skywards. To disrupt Japanese supplies reaching the...P02491.311
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. A low level oblique view from one of the RAF attacking aircraft ...
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. A low level oblique view from one of the RAF attacking aircraft showing the whole of the target area burning fiercely. To disrupt Japanese supplies reaching the Burma...P02491.313
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. This vivid deck-level view shows a stick of bombs bursting on ...
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. This vivid deck-level view shows a stick of bombs bursting on storage sheds at the railway sidings, while another RAF Liberator aircraft flies over the target area. T...P02491.310
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. View through the beam hatch of one of the attacking aircraft ...
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Na Nien, Thailand. 19 March 1945. View through the beam hatch of one of the attacking aircraft shows an RAF Liberator aircraft flying over the target area, which is covered in smoke from the heavy att...P02491.312
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Nazi flag : Flight Lieutenant I A L Milne, 452 Squadron, RAAF and Ian Hardie, 104 Squadron, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Unknown
Small Nazi flag with several tears and holes. The white cotton circle in the centre which contains the swastika has been annotated in black ink with the names 'IAN. A. HARDIE 104 SQD STALAG 357 HELL C...REL33631
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NORTH AFRICA. 1941-11-25. IN ORDER TO KEEP CHECK ON NEWLY CAPTURED PRISONERS, THE GERMAN ARMY HAD ...
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NORTH AFRICA. 1941-11-25. IN ORDER TO KEEP CHECK ON NEWLY CAPTURED PRISONERS, THE GERMAN ARMY HAD A SYSTEM WHEREBY EACH PRISONER WAS TO BE PHOTOGRAPHED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AFTER CAPTURE. A GENERAL DES...052290
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[No. 3 Squadron RAAF in the Western Desert]
Film
Maker: Salter, James Charles
Western desert, North Africa circa 1941-1942, long shot of tent and parked P-40 Kittyhawk of No. 3 Squadron RAAF in background. Three shots of P-40s preparing to take off from desert airfield. Ground ...F04171
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[Operation Varsity] (RAF R.136)
Film
Maker: RAF Film Production Unit
Operation Varsity was the airborne crossing the Rhine river north of the German town of Wesel by the British 6th Airborne Division. The troops were transported in RAF Horsa and Hamilcar gliders as wel...F02632
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PANMUNJOM, NORTH KOREA. 1953-09-01. STILL WEARING THEIR BLUE CHINESE PRISON UNIFORMS, FIVE PILOTS ...
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PANMUNJOM, NORTH KOREA. 1953-09-01. STILL WEARING THEIR BLUE CHINESE PRISON UNIFORMS, FIVE PILOTS SHOT DOWN WHILE SERVING WITH NO. 77 SQUADRON RAAF ARE SHOWN SHORTLY AFTER THEIR RELEASE FROM PRISONER ...JK0855
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Pasak, Burma. c. February 1945. 'Right on the line', a huge bomb crater smack in the middle of ...
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Pasak, Burma. c. February 1945. 'Right on the line', a huge bomb crater smack in the middle of the rail-river bridge on the Burma-Thailand railway after a raid by RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of the ...P02491.293
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Pattie, R McRae (Flying Officer)
Private Record
Maker: Carthy, J Coffey, C W Haverkamp, A
Three letters to Pilot Officer R McRae Pattie from POWs commending him on his work with the RAF welfare unit. These units provided comforts for allied prisoners of the Japanese. All three letters a...PR01579
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Wheatley (left), fighter pilot, of Alberta, ...
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Flight Lieutenant Kenneth Wheatley (left), fighter pilot, of Alberta, Canada, who was captured when acting in an advisory capacity with General Wingato's 77th Brigade in 1943...P02491.068
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Informal portrait of Flying Officer Allan Jeffrey of East Keswick, ...
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Informal portrait of Flying Officer Allan Jeffrey of East Keswick, Leeds, eating a piece of watermelon after he had been released by troops of the British 14th Army. RAF pris...P02491.067
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Informal portrait of Flying Officer J. Callaghan, a Beaufighter ...
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Pegu, Burma. c. May 1945. Informal portrait of Flying Officer J. Callaghan, a Beaufighter aircraft pilot, of Camelon, Stirlingshire, who was kept in solitary confinement for three months. RAF prisoner...P02491.069
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Playfair, Alfred (Flight Lieutenant, b.1910 - d.1983)
Private Record
Maker: Playfair, Alfred
Papers of Flight Lieutenant Alfred Playfair documenting his time as a prisoner of war at Stalag Luft III in Germany. Items in the collection include service documents, internment papers and an illust...PR03000
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Plunkett, John James (Sergeant, b.1912 - d.?); Sargeaunt, James A H (Squadron Leader)
Private Record
Maker: Plunkett, John James Sargeaunt, J A H
Collection consists of two items - a prisoner of war letter written by 404216 Sergeant John James Plunkett, RAAF; and a postcard written by 70600 Squadron Leader James A H Sargeaunt, RAF. Both are wr...PR90/062
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RANGOON, BURMA, 1945-08. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM AN RAF AIRCRAFT SHOWS ALLIED PRISONERS ...
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RANGOON, BURMA, 1945-08. AN AERIAL PHOTOGRAPH TAKEN FROM AN RAF AIRCRAFT SHOWS ALLIED PRISONERS OF WAR RELEASED FROM RANGOON GAOL WHERE THE JAPANESE HOLD THEM.042927
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Rangoon, Burma. 2 May 1945. Aerial view low over the jail in which the Japanese kept Allied ...
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Rangoon, Burma. 2 May 1945. Aerial view low over the jail in which the Japanese kept Allied prisoners of war (POWs), some of whom are in the courtyards and on the stairways. Warrant Officer L. A. Payn...P02491.065
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Secret radio receiver concealed in a book : Flying Officer H W Closter, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Closter, H W
Hardback copy of Sinclair Lewis's popular book, "Ann Vickers", this version published in Dutch in Amsterdam in 1936 as a third edition. The last two thirds of the book has been sewn together and has a...RELAWM34782.001
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Secret radio receiver concealed in a pair of clogs : Flying Officer H W Closter, RAF
Heraldry
Maker: Closter, H W
Pair of carved wooden clogs, with the toe and heel hollowed from each to accept an earphone and a handwound transformer. Each hollowed space has been sealed with rubber cut from motorcycle tyres and s...RELAWM34782.002
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Shittyit, Burma. c. March 1945. Aerial view during an attack by RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of ...
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Shittyit, Burma. c. March 1945. Aerial view during an attack by RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command on the Burma-Thailand railway near Shittyit, shows bombs burst...P02491.319
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Siam (Thailand). C. 1945-08. A low-level oblique aerial view from an RAF aircraft flying low over ...
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Siam (Thailand). C. 1945-08. A low-level oblique aerial view from an RAF aircraft flying low over a prisoner of war (POW) war camp in Thailand. In the foreground is a Union Jack which the prisoners ma...SUK14682
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Siam (Thailand). C. 1945-08. Prisoners of war (POW) in a camp seen from an RAF aircraft as it ...
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Siam (Thailand). C. 1945-08. Prisoners of war (POW) in a camp seen from an RAF aircraft as it flew low over the camp.SUK14681
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. A low-level oblique aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft as it ...
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. A low-level oblique aerial photograph taken from an RAF aircraft as it flew over Changi gaol, which was used as a POW camp. Prisoners can be seen thronging the roads of the camp...SUK14719
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Men of the RAF Regiment and RAF Servicing Commandos were in the first ...
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Men of the RAF Regiment and RAF Servicing Commandos were in the first troopship to dock in Singapore after the Japanese surrender on 1945-08-15. A small crowd of natives and All...SUK14728
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Men of the RAF Regiment threw cigarettes and bread to Australian prisoners ...
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Men of the RAF Regiment threw cigarettes and bread to Australian prisoners of war who were waiting on the quayside when the first troopship docked in Singapore harbour following...SUK14729
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Supplies being dropped by parachute from an RAF aircraft on to Changi ...
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Singapore. C. 1945-08. Supplies being dropped by parachute from an RAF aircraft on to Changi airfield, for the inmates of the POW camp in that area.SUK14718
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Singapore. 1945-09-12. One of the first RAF official aerial photographs of Singapore since the ...
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Singapore. 1945-09-12. One of the first RAF official aerial photographs of Singapore since the Japanese surrender shows Themental hospital and POW camp area to the south of Seletar airfield.SUK14717
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE DISPLAYING MUSICAL ...
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SINGAPORE, STRAITS SETTLEMENTS. 1945-09-15. EX-POWS OF THE JAPANESE DISPLAYING MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS WHICH THEY MADE WHILE PRISONERS IN CHANGI GAOL. IDENTIFIED PERSONNEL ARE: SIGNALMAN J. H. ASHWORTH, 8...117202
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Singapore. 1945-09-22. Walking casualties, including members of the RAF, who were among the first ...
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Singapore. 1945-09-22. Walking casualties, including members of the RAF, who were among the first group of sick prisoners of war (POWs) to leave Changi camp after the Japanese surrender on 1945-08-15,...SUK14746
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SMITH, VERNON H (FLYING OFFICER, RAF AND POW, BORNEO b.1900 - d.1945)
Private Record
Maker: Smith, Vernon H
PHOTOCOPY OF DIARY MAINTAINED BY SMITH WHILE A POW. TYPESCRIPT COPY OF LETTER SENT TO SMITH'S WIDOW WITH THE DIARY (1945)PR85/141
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Surasdhani, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, ...
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Surasdhani, Thailand. c. March 1945. RAF Liberator bomber aircraft of Strategic Air Force, Eastern Air Command battled through a violent monsoon thunderstorm and torrential rain for more than half of ...P02491.318
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Sussex, England. C. 1945-05. Members of the Women's Voluntary Services and the Red Cross give ...
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Maker: Le Guay, Laurence Craddock
Sussex, England. C. 1945-05. Members of the Women's Voluntary Services and the Red Cross give repatriated prisoners of war (POWS) in Germany a meal shortly after they land at RAF station Ford, followi...UK2900
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Thailand. C. 1944-10. Bomb from an RAF Liberator aircraft bursting on a section of the ...
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Thailand. C. 1944-10. Bomb from an RAF Liberator aircraft bursting on a section of the Bangkok-Chiengmai railway line, during a low level attack.SUK13340
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Western Desert, Egypt. 10 November 1942. A bren gunner whose duty is to cover riflemen as they ...
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Western Desert, Egypt. 10 November 1942. A bren gunner whose duty is to cover riflemen as they advance, awaits the order to move forward to a new position. Men of the RAF regiment were among the first...MED0800
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Western Desert, Egypt. 9 November 1942. Allied airmen with German prisoners of war (POWs) who ...
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Western Desert, Egypt. 9 November 1942. Allied airmen with German prisoners of war (POWs) who were captured on an enemy airfield in the Daba area. Note the RAF roundel painted on the roof of the vehic...MED0793
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Western Desert, Libya. 2 June 1942. One of the Axis prisoner of war (POW) captured in the third ...
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Western Desert, Libya. 2 June 1942. One of the Axis prisoner of war (POW) captured in the third Libyan campaign was this heavily be-medalled Colonel of the Italian Air Force. His transport aircraft wa...MED0446
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Western Desert, North Africa. 26 November 1941. Portrait of a German prisoner of war (POW) ...
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Western Desert, North Africa. 26 November 1941. Portrait of a German prisoner of war (POW) captured by the RAF during the first day of the second British Libyan offensive - Operation Crusader.MED0130