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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
June 1942- Tank in action at Fort Knox,Kentucky.
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vikingBerserker
Lieutenant General
Great pics gents!
Were those two pictures taken at the same site? They sure look it!
Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
My Uncle, first on left, middle row, and the rest of his bunk mates is Stalag Luft III (VIIIB) taken sometime in 1944. Uncle Clair was a flight engineer in 78 Squadron RAF flying Halifax IIs when he was shot down on the night of Aug30/31 1943.
Cheers,
Jeff
Vic Balshaw
Major General
Epic photo's gents.
Agreed! Top stuff...
Anyone know what unit that badge is from?
Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Which badge Jim?
On the desert He-111. Looks almost familiar...a mod of an existing badge?
Wouldn't that be up-ward pointing?
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
My Uncle, first on left, middle row, and the rest of his bunk mates is Stalag Luft III (VIIIB) taken sometime in 1944. Uncle Clair was a flight engineer in 78 Squadron RAF flying Halifax IIs when he was shot down on the night of Aug30/31 1943.
Jeff
That was taken at a stalag? The Germans would take a photo like that?
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syscom3
Pacific Historian
Iranian women watch an Allied supply convoy halted somewhere on the Persian Corridor. 1943
fubar57
General
I think I see an ankle there, woohoo...
Geo
Geo
Flightpath
Airman 1st Class
Why not? here's another one from the same stalag........... germans were kamera krazy and still are!
cheers,
-John
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Njaco
The Pop-Tart Whisperer
Fairey Battles attacking a German column in 1940.
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Airframes
Benevolens Magister
Why not? here's another one from the same stalag........... germans were kamera krazy and still are!
cheers,-John
John, I'm not doubting the info you have with the photos, but there are three glaring things which indicate that both photos were probably not taken at any Stalag.
1) All personnel shown are in complete 'Service' dress uniform, including ties, full rank and associated aircrew insignia (not normally worn on operations), and looking clean and tidy, with polished shoes etc.
2) They all look well nourished, healthy, and are smiling.
3) The hut in the background has brick-built 'foundations', without visible access to the void between floor and ground, and lack the exterior black-out shutters on the windows, closed and locked after evening 'Appel'. Huts in all German PoW camps were raised above ground, on brick or stone 'pillars', in order for the 'Ferrets' to be able to inspect the void for any signs of tunneling or other escape activity.
It's more likely that these photos were from an OTU course, or at a Squadron base.
Jeff Hunt
1st Lieutenant
While I cannot speak specifically to John's photo I can tell you on the back of mine my Uncle addressed the picture post card to my grandmother
From> Sgt C A Hunt
27034
Stalag Luft III (VIIIB)
Deutschland
It is stamped on the back with the following in German ( perhaps someone can translate )
Fotoaufnahme geneh(cant make out the rest)
Dieser Prufvermerk gilt nicht fur
schriftliche Mitteilungen
Stalag VIII B
It also is post marked with what appears to say
Gepruft 88
I can also tell you that since I first posted my photo, I have been contacted by another visitor to this site who recognized the picture as his father is also in it. This other poster lives about 35 kms from me and has not only a copy of the picture but also his father's diary from his time spent at the camp. Small world.
Cheers,
Jeff
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michaelmaltby
Colonel
Warms my heart to see that they at least got some licks in before the slaughter began.
