Photo's of POW camps, Dulag Luft, SL 1, 3 and 6.

Guys,

Sometime ago l promised that l would scan in and copy a few photographs l had that were taken during the war in RAF POW camps, well here they are.

http://kenfentonswar.com/prisoner-of-war-photographs/

I have posted them in a separate chapter for ease of reference so you do not need to read through my diatribe, research for which, seems never ending.

If anyone has any more of these photos, or you see them for sale, please let me know as l would love to add them to this collect.

I do have a few more to add so if interested, keep watching.

I will start to pick some names out shortly but Stan Parris and Johnny Fender stand out as the leaders of two rival bands, who practised long and hard and provided the music for the shows and of course, the noise to cover the sound of other activities.

Anyone recognise anyone? Just for clarity, there were no girls in the compounds.

Regards,

Nick
KenFentonsWar.com

 

Interesting, thanks for sharing..

 

Fascinating - I wonder where they got the costumes from? Surely they couldn't have made them too.
No didn't recognise anyone - my Dad was in a dance band during the war (piano) but he wasn't a POW.

 

They did indeed make the costumes themselves and there would have been a tailors Dept., l think it was named after a London Tailors shop, within the camp to do this, with its main sideline being the making of escape outfits.They altered uniforms, made costumes from the linings of greatcoats or whatever else they could 'find', including the making of German uniforms.

Regards,

Nick

 

Hi Nick

I assume you have seen :

Reference:WO 208/3269 Description:
Dulag Luft (Oberusel): RAF personnel

Date: 1939 Dec.-1941 June

and on this link there are a number of files of different Dulag's : http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/SearchUI/s/res?_aq=dulag&_ep=prisoners+of+war&_or1=&_or2=&_or3=&_nq1=&_nq2=&_nq3=&_sd=1939&_ed=1946&_col=0&_sw=ref&_cr1=&_cr2=&_cr3=&_ps=15&_ro=any&_rd=&_rsd=&_red=&_fr=&_st=adv

TD

 

Thanks Richard,

Yes, l have seen these. Spent too long of my life at Kew now so got them fairly well covered.

Need to get Stalag Luft 3 and 6 and Stalag 357 written up on my site now.

Regards,

Nick

 

You obviously know your way around the TNA files - nice web site by the way

TD

 

Thanks Richard,

On POW's, yes, 139 Squadron and some training establishments but the rest, no b....y idea, lol

Regards,

Nick

 

Just added a few more of a Panto, 'Aladdin' at SL 3 in January 1943, courtesy of Linzee.

Regards,

Nick