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Typescript memoir by Flight Lieutenant Alex Roberts MID, NO.452 Spitfire Squadron RAAF (UK) entitled "One...that got away". Describes how F/Lt Roberts parachuted into German held territory in July 1941 and consistently escaped capture through the help of the French Underground. Captured in Lyons, France he was eventually sent to a German concentration camp from which he escaped. The escape was organised by Albert-Maria Edmond Guerisse who operated under the name of Patrick Albert O'Leary. The memoir includes an obituary to O'Leary and outline of his Underground work during WWII - including reference to the "Pat" line or PAO network. Following his escape across the Pyrenees into Spain F/Lt Roberts rejoined NO. 258 Squadron. He later served in Ceylon and Burma where he was attached to NO.146 Squadron and later 77 Bge, Long Range Penetration Group (LRPG), Burma Special Force, before being discharged in July 1945. Includes photographs.
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 407010 Flight Lieutenant Rex Clifton Senior. The collection consists of a 94 page typed memoir written by F/Lt Senior titled "My Air Force Histor
Collection relating to the service of NX202232 Lieutenant James Henry Palmer during the Second World War. Consists of a 37 page handwritten memoir written by Palmer's second wife. The memoir provides
Typescript memoirs of 404448 Flight Lieutenant (Flt Lt) Eric F. Maher, No. 460 Squadron, RAAF, titled `My experiences as a prisoner of war in Germany June 8th 1942 - Sept. 8th 1944' (26 pages). Flt Lt
Typescript memoir entitled "From soldier to kriegie: the war experiences of Wilton Eady" based on an interview by Betty Ellis, 1996. The memoir gives an account of Lieutenant Colonel Wilton Eady's Wor
Bierges, Belgium. April 1980. Noel Eliot (left) with Baron Jean (Big John) de Blommaert de Saye, outside his home. Baron de Blommaert de Saye, a Belgian Army officer who went underground after the inv
Collection relating to the Second World War service of 400396 Flight Lieutenant Horace Spencer Wills 'Bill' Fordyce, 458 Squadron, Royal Australian Air Force, Germany, 1944. Wallet 1 of 1 – Consists