Description
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, who sheltered him after his Halifax aircraft was shot down on 7 May 1944. Identified, left to right: Giselle Wyatt, Mrs Wyatt, Mr G Wyatt, Flt Sgt Perry and Noel Wyatt. Flt Sgt Perry stayed with the Wyatts until members of the Maquis (the fighting section of the French Underground) arrived and wanted the house. Flt Sgt Perry was then taken to Paris, where he was taken to the Gestapo Headquarters and handed over to the Germans by a driver supposedly belonging to the Underground. He was transferred to Buchenwald Concentration Camp, where he spent approximately eight weeks, later being 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.
Details
Accession Number
P02980.002
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Format: 4x5"
Support: Polyester
Credit Line
Donor M Perry
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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