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Personal World War II Possessions of Robert Allan Anderson, R.C.A.F. 420 Squadron Rear Gunner, Prisoner of War Stalag Luft 3 Zagan and Stalag III-A Luckenwalde

 

Personal Communication

Bourcier, Jean Bosco – Brother of Flying Officer Jean Paul Bourcier, R.C.A.F. 420 Squadron Mid-Upper Gunner, Prisoner of War Stalag Luft 3 Zagan and Stalag III-A Luckenwalde

Champion, David – Researcher

Crossley, Gordon – Heritage Officer, Canadian Armed Forces, 17 Wing, Winnipeg

Gilbert, David – Losses Archivist, International Bomber Command Centre

Jones, Ann – Niece of Sergeant Patrick Francis Gough, R.A.F.V.R. 420 Squadron Flight Engineer, KIA

Kjarsgaard, Karl – Curator, Bomber Command Museum of Canada and Director of Rescue Canada

Kowal, François – Recherches aéronautiques, retired teacher

– Undertaking research on the crash of Halifax BIII LW692 PT-V in Pourville France

– Provided information on the book “Zone Côtière”, written in 1946 by Roger Lefebvre, Secretary of the Hautot sur Mer Town Hall, describing a witnesses account of the night of April 20, 1944 when Halifax Bomber LW692, coded PT-V, was shot down.

Lazarz, Marek – Director, The Stalag Luft 3 Museum, Sagan Poland

Lagacé, Pierre

McKay, Russell (Croix de Guerre) – R.C.A.F. 420 Squadron Pilot and Author of “One Of The Many”

McKillip, Dr. James – Historian, Department of National Defence Canada

Merrick, Owen – Great Nephew of Pilot Officer Raymond Gale Leonard, R.C.A.F. 420 Squadron Pilot, KIA

Neid, Gregory – Historical Consultant, Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Snape, Ralph – Researcher, Aircrew Remembered, United Kingdom

Sweanor, George – R.C.A.F. 419 Squadron Prisoner of War Stalag Luft 3, Nurnburg and Moosburg

Viton, Laurent – Researcher and Author, France

Walton, Marilyn Jeffers – Publisher, Stalag Luft 3 Families Newsletter

Wilcock, Roy – Researcher, Aircrew Remembered, United Kingdom

 

Books/Papers

Canadians In the Royal Air Force (0-919213-91-X) by Les Allison

In Enemy Hands – Canadian Prisoners of War 1939-45 (ISBN 0-7710-2547-5) by Daniel G. Dancocks

One Of the Many (0-919431-27-5) by Russell McKay

Screwball – How Canadian Uber-Ace George Beurling Got His Nickname

“The Camp” Published by The RCAF P.O.W. Association

The Nuremberg Raid 30-31 March 1944 (ISBN 0-304-35342-6) by Martin Middlebrook

R.C.A.F. Ex-Prisoners of War Association Membership Directory, March 1996

 

Photos, Correspondence, Newspaper Articles

Property of the Anderson Family unless otherwise noted

 

Websites

https://www.455bg.org

Various Aircrew Remembered including:

 21 Squadron, Blenheim IV L9746

Halifax III LW692 PT:V.

Halifax II JB790 EQ:V.

404 Squadron Z6245

Usmilitariaforum.com

 

Organizations

Aircrew Remembered, United Kingdom

American Air Museum, Britain

Bomber Command Museum Canada

British Imperial War Museum

Canadian Armed Forces, 17 Wing, Winnipeg

Canadian Warplane Heritage Museum

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Department of National Defence Archives Canada

International Bomber Command Centre, England

International Committee of the Red Cross Tracing Archives, Geneva Switzerland

Library & Archives Canada

Memorable Manitobans

Royal Canadian Air Force Association of Canada

Stalag Luft 3 Families

Stalag Luft 3 Museum, Sagan Poland

U.S. Militaria Forum, Collecting Preserving History & Honoring Veterans

Veterans Affairs Canada

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