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Prisoners relaxing and reading in the morning sun at the German prisoner of war camp ar Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Comber and other officers were based there from October 1942 to June 1943. At Sulmona Comber joined the Escape Team and tunnel-digging crew. Over two months they worked many hours underground. However the plan ended in failure. Sulmona camp. Most Australian officers captured in North Africa ended up in Campo 78 at Sulmona, near Rome. A.H. Comber was commissioned as a flying officer in 1941. He was shot down over the Gulf of Taranto in August 1942. Like many of his fellow prisoners of war, he was transferred through a series of camps from Corfu to Italy (including Sulmona) before being taken north to Stalag Luft III.
Probably SULMONA, ITALY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON, RAF) AT WORK ON HIS PAINTING 'ITALIAN SPRING'. AN ARTIST BEFORE THE WAR, HE PAINTED THIS W
SAGAN. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON RAF) (RIGHT) AND FLIGHT LIEUTENANT JOHN RUSSELL (RAF) (LEFT) WITH A PAINTING IN OILS OF RUSSELL BY COMBER. BO
SAGAN. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON RAF) (RIGHT), FLYING OFFICER KENYON DFC, (CENTRE) AND FLYING OFFICER R.B. BUCKHAM (BOTH OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN
SAGAN. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER, RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON RAF) (LEFT), FLYING OFFICER KENYON DFC, (CENTRE) AND FLYING OFFICER R.B. BUCKHAM (BOTH OF THE ROYAL CANADIAN
SAGAN. A SCENE FROM A PRISONER OF WAR (POW) PRODUCTION OF THE PLAY "ARSENIC AND OLD LACE" AT STALAG LUFT III IN POLAND. THE ELABORATE STAGE SETTING WAS DESIGNED BY FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COM
402730 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Albert Henry Comber rests (left) while 402379 Flt Lt Colin George Milson (right) prepares to polish his boots somewhere in the Western Desert. Flt Lt Comber enlisted
Officers relaxing at the German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Mountain, house and road in background. Comber and other officers were based there from October 1942 to Jun
Interior of hut, German prisoner of war camp at Base POW Campo 78 at Sulmona, Italy. Prisoners seated on boxes around large heating stove. Comber and other officers were held prisoner there from Octob
A greyscale wash drawing of two Prisoners of war working in a tunnel. At Sulmona the artist joined the Escape Team and tunnel-digging crew. Over two months they worked many hours underground, however
Depicts a drawing of three prisoners removing soil from the tunnel in bags, a fourth is in the roof handing down the bag. At Sulmona the artist joined the Escape Team and tunnel-digging crew. Over t
Probably SULMONA, ITALY. FLIGHT LIEUTENANT A.H. (HENRY) COMBER RAAF (AN AUSTRALIAN ATTACHED TO 39 SQUADRON, RAF) AT WORK ON HIS PAINTING 'ITALIAN SPRING'. AN ARTIST BEFORE THE WAR, HE PAINTED THIS W
After being shot down in August 1942 over the Gulf of Taranto, Italy, Flight Lieutenant Albert Henry Comber was taken prisoner, eventually an intern of Stalag Luft III. The camp was evacuated in Janua
