The Australian War Memorial Collection. Test site
Portrait of 415738 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Raymond (Ray) Walter Perry, bombardier of 466 (Halifax) Squadron, RAAF, of Belka, WA. Flt Sgt Perry was a bomb aimer in a Halifax aircraft, which was shot down in the early hours of 7 May 1944. He lived with various French families of the Underground until 1 August 1944, when members of the Maquis (the fighting section of the French Underground) arrived and wanted the house he was staying in. At this point he was told that he, along with some other RAF pilots, would be taken to the south of Paris, where they would be flown back to England on an aircraft bringing in supplies for the Maquis. While being driven through Paris, supposedly by a member of the Underground, they stopped by a building where the driver told the men that they were now prisoners of the Germans and that the building was Gestapo Headquarters. Along with other prisoners, he was taken to the civilian Fresnes Prison, where they were de-loused and had all possessions taken from them. On 15 August 1944, all Allied prisoners in Fresnes Prison were transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, Germany, by truck, train and foot. On 19 October 1944, 156 Allied prisoners, including Flt Sgt Perry, were transferred to Stalag Luft III in Sagan, Poland. On 4 February 1945, Perry was transferred to Marlag and Milag North [Marlag und Milag Nord], a Naval or Merchant Marine personnel POW camp, where he remained until liberated.
Boncourt Par Anet. The house belonging to the Wyatt family, who sheltered 415738 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Raymond (Ray) Walter Perry, 466 (Halifax) Squadron, RAAF, after his Halifax aircraft was sho
Boncourt par Anet. Portrait of 415738 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Raymond (Ray) Walter Perry, 466 (Halifax) Squadron, RAAF, (second from right) with the Wyatt family, members of the French Underground,
Boncourt par Anet. An informal group portrait of members of the French Underground and three Allied airmen after celebrations for Bastille Day, the previous day. Identified, left to right, back row:
Portrait of Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James (Jim) P. Gwilliam RAAF, air gunner, of Bathust, NSW, and Flt Sgt Eric L. Johnston RAAF, both of No. 78 (Halifax) Squadron. Flt Sgt Gwilliam and Flt Sgt John
Portrait of 432355 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) James (Jim) P. Gwilliam RAAF, No. 78 (Halifax) Squadron RAF air gunner, of Bathurst, NSW. Flt Sgt Gwilliam was shot down on 22 June 1944 en route to a bomb
Prisoner of war (POW) identification photograph of 410615 Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) John Ansell, Wireless Operator RAAF. Flt Sgt Ansell was a member of a Lancaster crew from 460 Squadron, RAAF that f
