| Flt. Lt. Ian William Tweddell World War II P. O. W. Diary January 12, 1917 to June 19, 1975 |
| You must also realise that I am not a Canadian by birth and that my heritage, traditions and thinking are conditioned by the fact that I was born an Englishman and still regard myself as being as much English as I am Canadian. Because of this my interest in European affairs is much more intense than yours and my reaction to "foreign" events is..... |
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| DIARY OF IAN W. TWEDDELL, FLIGHT LIEUTENANT, RCAF PRISONER OF WAR, STALAG LUFT III JANUARY TO MAY 1945 January 27 Be ready to leave 20:00. Flap, eating, gunfire, rumors. January 28 01:10 left camp. 07:00 Halbaw. Left arm u/s. Jettisoning. 1/2 hour and on to Friewaldau 12:00. 2 1/2 hours then ___________. 6 km to barn at Steinruhe. At 17:00 hours. 700 in barn. 33 kms. January 29 08:00; Priebus 12:00 Moskaw 19:00. Cold. Tired. 19:30 lodged in brickworks. 30 km. January 30 Brickworks. Bread issue. January 31 Brickworks. Soup from owner's wife. 1/5 of parcel each. Night in worker's rest room. February 1 07:30 to Graf von Arnimisch's riding academy. Barley soup and barley sweet. Trading. 10:30 on march to Spremberg. Mild night. Sledges kaput. February 2 06:00 hours barn at Graustein 7 km from Spremberg. 4 hours in hay and then on to Spremberg. 14:30 arrived at flak school. Good meal of soup and rest. 16:00 to Spremberg West and into rail cars. Left Spremberg 23:00 cold and uncomfortable. February 3 07:00; 9 km. from Spremberg. 9/14 parcel and bread issue. 17:00 Halle. 15:00 Torgau. No water all day. Monday, April 9 15:00 G/C informs us of move 18:00. Collect 2 parcels. Much bashing. 21:00 first blocks leave camp. Dummy run. Back at 23:00. Night foggy. |