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Old 23rd Jul 2016, 18:20
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Buster11
 
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Danny. Your #8936.
As far as I know there was no German (or British for that matter) requirement to write in uppercase; certainly my mother's letters to him were in her normal handwriting as were mine, at the age of seven onwards, though a good deal less legible (and far less legible if I did the same now).

A spot of light Googling tells me that Stalag Luft III was initially for officers only ( not aircrew only, or my father wouldn't have been there), but later an NCOs compound was added.

Re-reading my post (again) my mention of his portraits of fellow PoWs was confusing; the portraits were done in the camps, but must sureoy have been mounted later, as I can't imagine he'd have taken several of them A4 board-mounted on the so-called Long March.

There's a bit more to come yet, but I'll be abroad till mid-August.
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