Les davenport - 7 squadron raf / pow 1941

Hi Ian,

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Regards,

Dave

 

Hi there
My father F/LT R.W Keen was also one of the crew of W7931 on the night it was shot down. I've attached a couple of shots from his Logs which might be of interest to the relatives of those involved. He eventually ended up in Stalag Luft III. I have a list of others who were in his hut in the North Compound, and would be interested if anyone recognizes the names

F/O L.M Whitton (Kilmarnock, UK)
F/O A.C BEALES (New Malden, UK)
F/LT Derek A Thomas (Durham, UK)
Capt AC Warner (Natal, SA)
H.C.S Hamley (Sheffield, UK)
F/O J.W ROCH (Sheffield)
Jack Haydon (Melbourne, AUS)
F/O A.C Smith (Reading, UK)

 

Stanley William Bert Hewitt was my Father. He died in early January 1985, in West Wales General Hospital, Carmarthen. His wife, my Mother, is still alive, living independently and driving. She will be 96 in May this year.

I have his POW Log Book from WWII, which contains entries by a number of fellow PoWs, including an extract from Omar Khyam written at Stalag 357, Thorn, Poland by what looks like a R E J Davenport. There are pictures too, and a map showing his journey through the different POW camps.