Osborn, Richard B, DSO, DFC (Squadron Leader, b: 1919)

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Accession Number MSS1482
Collection type Manuscript
Measurement 1 item
Object type Manuscript
Maker Osborn, Richard B
Date made 1993
Access Open
Related File This file can be copied or viewed via the Memorial’s Reading Room. AWM371 93/0678
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copying Provisions Copyright restrictions apply. Only personal, non-commercial, research and study use permitted. Permission of copyright holder required for any commercial use and/or reproduction.
Description

Manuscript titled `The Last Landing of C Charlie 23 Janury 1943', describing being shot down and crash landing near Warns in Friesland; and subsequent experiences in hospital and as a POW. Includes subsequent investigations of events, eye witness accounts, German records. This account is included in a book titled `Circuits and bumps', held in the monograph collection. (See also ART26236).