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Name: Geoffrey Talbot Chinchen. Rank: Flight Lieutenant , A 704 or R 704, 3 Squadron...

Catalogue reference: WO 208/4244/68

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This record is about the Name: Geoffrey Talbot Chinchen. Rank: Flight Lieutenant , A 704 or R 704, 3 Squadron... dating from 1944 Sept 11 in the series War Office: Directorate of Military Operations and Intelligence, and Directorate.... It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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WO 208/4244/68
Date
1944 Sept 11
Description

Name: Geoffrey Talbot Chinchen.

Rank: Flight Lieutenant, A 704 or R 704, 3 Squadron Royal Australian Airforce. Captured: near Knightsbridge Libya, 14 June 1942.

Escaped or Liberated: Fort Bismark Strasburg France, 9 October 1943.

Arrived in Switzerland: 18 November 1943.

Held by
The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
PW/EX/SWITZ/88
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C18050727/

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