Item
An item (gold ring) extracted from parent piece AIR 81/605
Catalogue reference: AIR 81/605/1
Date: 1940-1952
An item (gold ring) extracted from parent piece AIR 81/605
Piece
Flight Lieutenant C D Swain, Flight Lieutenant E J Clelland, Sergeant M J Cowley:...
Catalogue reference: AIR 81/4394
What’s it about?
This record is about the Flight Lieutenant C D Swain, Flight Lieutenant E J Clelland, Sergeant M J Cowley:... dating from 1940 Jan 1 - 1949 Dec 31 in the series Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- AIR 81/4394
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1940 Jan 1 - 1949 Dec 31
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Description (What the record is about)
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Flight Lieutenant C D Swain, Flight Lieutenant E J Clelland, Sergeant M J Cowley: prisoners of war; shot down and crashed near Morlaix, France, Blenheim T1893, 105 Squadron, 29 November 1940.
[Swain participated in the 'Great Escape' from Stalag Luft III on the night of 24/25 March 1944.]
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- P 356269/40
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open on Transfer
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Closure status (Whether the record is ‘open’ (available to the public) or ‘closed’ (not available due to a legal exemption))
- Open Document, Open Description
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C16688492/
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Series information
AIR 81
Air Ministry: P4 (Cas) Files relating to casualties suffered during air operations...
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