Description
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: unidentified, Flight Sergeant (Flt Sgt) Eric Davis RAF, unidentified, unidentified, unidentified. Middle row: Noel Wyatt, Flying Officer (FO) Frank Salt RAF, Giselle Wyatt, 415738 Flight Sergeant Raymond (Ray) Walter Perry, 466 (Halifax) Squadron, RAAF. Front row: Mrs Wyatt, unidentified. The Wyatt family sheltered Flt Sgt Perry after his Halifax aircraft was shot down on 7 May 1944, until members of the Maquis (the fighting section of the French Underground) arrived and wanted the house. Flt Sgt Perry, along with Flt Sgt Davis and FO Salt, 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, Germany, 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
P02980.003
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Colour: Black & white
Credit Line
Donor M Perry
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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