LEJ Davenport POW Wartime Log Sept 1941- April 1945

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LEJ Davenport POW Wartime Log Sept 1941- April 1945

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I have managed to obtain and read my grandads wartime log from being a POW from 1941 - 45. On his travels he was in the same camp as Douglas Bader.

Interestingly in this book it lists many names and in some instances addresses of people who wrote in my grandads book and left messages.

I thought it would be interesting if I shared the names with you all as it contains RAF, Army etc, worth a look it may bring up a relative!!

Here goes:

Grandads name: Leslie Ernest John Davenport
Service Number: 964692
Squadron 7 Bomber Command

This is the crew he was shot down with: 7th September 1941. All were POWs. (N6046 MG-Y?) Short Stirling. All of the below names were in my grandads POW wartime log.....

F/sgt A Yardley - Serv.No 748748 (Baled out with no parachute and survived, trees broke his fall) - (Canadian)
F/O C.M Hall (Australian) 402002
Sgt. J.H Boulton 742790
Sgt J. Sutton 746720
Sgt A. Speakman 551472
Sgt D. Owens 528924

other names mentioned (done my best to make out hand writing):

Maurice G Shetlow
Stanley Hewitt
R Evans
Don Owens
Johnny Morgan
C F Hall
Richard R Huleatt
Jack H Boulton
J or P Smith
Alec Kerr
D A Lloyd
John H Sutton
Dennis S Merrells
W S Bellew
David Y Teil
Richard A Copley
H West
Ray Evans
J D Morgan
Thomas W Coultard
Sydney Dawson
Edward Parnell
Jos Donven - Luxembourg
Charles D Paterson
Anthony Palmer
Harold Bell
Harold I Bast - Oklahoma USA
Virgil H Smallen - Tennessee USA
Floyd T Stitely - Pennsylvania USA
Monty Todd
Jack Maher - Ontario Canada

Hope this was interesting

Ian Davenport
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