BLOGS
Beautiful Barth on the Baltic, Stalag Luft 1 Prisoner of War Camp
On January 11, 1944, my father’s plane was hit by FLAK and lost two engines. Unable to keep up with their squadron, the crippled plane was attacked by German fighters who killed their radio operator. The nine surviving crew had to parachute out into the snowy fields...
RAF Ridgewell Airbase, Essex, England
On August 28, 1943, my father and the crew of his B-17, left the US and flew their bomber to Ridgewell Airbase in Essex England where they joined the 533rd Squadron of the US 8th Air Force’s 381st Heavy Bomb Group stationed there. RAF Ridgewell Airbase was...