BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK ...

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Accession Number P00235.002
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
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BANGKOK, THAILAND, 1945. (PROBABLY 30 SEPTEMBER) FORMER POW'S FROM SAIGON ON ARRIVAL AT BANGKOK AFTER THEIR RELEASE. THE DOUGLAS C47 DAKOTA TRANSPORT (ARMY) CREW WAS: AUSTRALIAN PILOT, ENGLISH NAVIGATOR AND CANADIAN CO-PILOT. "WE WERE ALL ISSUED WITH MAKESHIFT CLOTHES: SOME ARMY, SOME CIVILIAN AND FOOTWEAR". SERGEANT J.N. CRANLEY, WHO IS ONE OF THE GROUP. (DONOR: N. CRANLEY).