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German POW Camp Identity Tag of Sergeant Leonard Clarke
Aircraft & Exhibits, In Storage, 1995/0815/U
Flight engineer Sergeant Leonard Clarke was shot down and became a prisoner of war in 1944. He was issued with this identity tag in his POW camp, stamped with his prisoner number.
Photograph of Sgt L.W. Clarke with his crew
Archives, In Storage, AC95/45/6
Flight engineer Sergeant Leonard Clarke was shot down and became a prisoner of war in 1944.
Telegram reporting Sergeant Leonard William Clarke as missing, 15 January 1944
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/3
This telegram was sent to Mrs Ivy Clarke on 15 January 1944, informing her that her husband Sergeant Leonard Clarke of No. 7 Squadron, was missing following air operations on the night of 14 January 1944.
Caterpillar Club Badge of Sergeant Leonard Clarke
Aircraft & Exhibits, London, Hangar Five, 1995/0819/U
The Caterpillar Club awards membership to people whose lives have been saved by baling out of a stricken aircraft using an Irvin parachute. Members are awarded a gold caterpillar pin badge (the caterpillar represents the silk thread from which parachutes were originally made).
German language prisoner record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/8
This record card for Sergeant Leonard Clarke was raised at his POW camp, Stalag IVB. It shows that he arrived there on 28 January 1944.
Letter to Mrs Clarke from the Commanding Officer of No. 7 Squadron regarding the loss of Sergeant Leonard Clarke, 16 January 1944
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/4
This letter was sent to Leonard Clarke’s wife by Group Captain Kenneth Rampling, the Commanding Officer of No. 7 Squadron. He was himself killed on operations a few weeks later, in March 1944.
Prisoner-of-war postcard from Sergeant Leonard Clarke at Stalag IV B to his wife, 17 November 1944
Archives, London, Hangar Five, AC95/45/13/058
German prisoner-of-war postal service (Kriegsgefangenpost) postcard with German and British censorship stamps and text by Sergeant Clarke handwritten in pencil.
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