Skipper, I think you are probably right about the nick names. I might have to wait on his reports to find out more about them. I am also...
Good News.... The Veteran Interview with my Uncle came today....now I have 8 hours to watch and take notes!:eek: Went back to my box to scan...
Thanks Skipper... Any idea where I would find British Army info on POW's I am determined to find the story on BRITTON. Found Snowshoe Meyers:...
I think I found Neal McVickers: RCAF N. McVicar POW #263494 Service# R/190185 Camp 4B Raf Bomber Command Halifax LW328 Squadron 419 November...
Erich, $125.00 US:eek: Christmas is coming!;) Jo Ann
Information on "Sugar" Townley: RAF Bomber Command RCAF R. G. Townley (Garfield "Sugar" Townley) POW #222791 Lost Bombers Squadron 158 Halifax...
Skipper, Uncle called...feeling better today:) I got names..... First off it was a Czech. Airman with the RAF last name Techko. (When he is...
Skipper, Not in Buchenwald. CATECKO was with him in Stalag Luft 4B. When they got caught they were sent to 4F for about 4 days then back to 4B...
Skipper, In going over the "Bulls Eye" interview, my Uncle said that he was with an American Airman POW. He was tired yesterday on the phone...
I found this website that lists some Czech. Airmen that flew with the RAF. I sent an email. Czechoslovak airmen in the RAF 1940-45 1st Escape...
Question: Where would I find information on a Czech. POW? My Uncle escaped from Luft 4B with a Czech. POW last name CATECKO. I checked sites...
Alan, I have a confession to make.....Promise you won't tell anyone!:o I haven't see the movie, "The Great Escape." I saw a part of it in a...
Alan, I always knew that my Uncle's life was so interesting. I remember sitting there for hours listening to him talk. He would pop in at the...
Yippee!:D Got a phone call. They found a picture of my Uncle in Eisden with the Resistance Archives! (I had sent them a picture of him to...
Skipper, Charles Woehrle said in his interview that Jim Russell had been in the Resistance and someone had turned him in for a bounty. Jo Ann
I am reading the Veteran's Interview of Charles B. Woehrle at: WoehrleC - Concordia University And he talks about his Pilot "Jim Russell"...
I found a lot of information but still need to somehow veryify it's him: Crew: Lt. Fc Russell (KIA) Lt. Colonel J. Russell Jr. (POW) Deceased...
It appears that I have tracked down the "Jim Russell" that was with my Uncle in Fresnes. Name: Colonel J. Russell Jr. (listed also as Russell...
I sent off for the International Red Cross records on my Uncle. Will take about 3 months to get a response. I got feedback from London Archives...
In speaking about POW camps: Is there a difference between a "Clink" and a "Cooler"? I take it the "Cooler" is solitary confinement. Jo Ann
