Description
Informal portrait of Pilot Officer (PO) 402913 Henry (Harry) Roland Train, 460 Squadron, RAAF (foreground) and Frenchman Andre Dewelde, local primary school teacher at Eppe-Sauvage (later killed 9 September 1944 at Renlies). PO Train was shot down over Eppe-Sauvage on 7 May 1942, later betrayed to the Germans and sent to Dulag Luft, a transit camp for prisoners of war (POWs) in Frankfurt am Main. He was later sent to Stalag Luft III at Zagan, Poland. Andre Dewelde was killed fighting with the French Resistance. The photograph was taken by Mademoiselle Bienfait, the daughter of Jean Bienfait who later became Chief Officer of the Resistance Movement in the Eppe-Sauvage area.
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Accession Number
P00270.018
Classification
Photograph
Physical Description
Support: Paper (Fibre-based)
Copyright
Copyright expired - public domain
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