Hammer

£620

WW2 RAF POW Group of Medals & Photographic Archive Stalag Luft 3. The archive of Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Lomax Bromiley a pilot with 83 Squadron who was shot down in 1942 and held at Stalag Luft 3 and is known to have been one of the camp code writers sending information in letters back home. He was also the subject of one of Lord Haw Haw broadcast the first indication he was a POW. Comprising: Medal Group 1939/45 Star, Aircrew Europe Star, War Medal, with entitlement name slip. Contained in original forwarding box addressed to "F/Lt J.L. Bromiley Middlesborough. Caterpillar Club original membership card with typed name. Ephemera Archive includes Missing in Action telegram. ... confirmed POW telegrams ... Pages from his POW diary book. ... Transcript of Lord Haw Haw broadcast etc. Photographic Archive Includes formal portrait photographs in uniform ... Photographs with aircraft ... Large number taken in the POW camp group shots of Officers ... Theatre shows etc. An extensive archive. Flight Lieutenant Jonathan Lomax Bromiley was commissioned into the RAF in June 1941 and after training as a pilot was posted to 83 Squadron operating the Handley Page Hampden twin engineed bomber. The Squadron soon converted to the Avro Manchester and it was in this type on the night of 13th March 1942 his aircraft was shot down by night fighters near Nijmegen Holland, of the 7 crew 5 were killed. On the 28th March Lord Haw Haw broadcasted Bromiley's name and described how he was shot down and captured. This would have been the first indication to his family he was safe. Held at Stalag Luft 3 the home of the Great Escape, the archive includes a number of small original photographs of fellow inmates and activities of the camp. He was listed as one of the code writers who hid secret messages within letters home. He was released in 1945 and a document included is addressed to the Russian Commandant of Repatriation Stalag Luft 3 7th May 1945 describing the poor condition of the British prisoners.