| ROYAL AIR FORCES EX-POW ASSOCIATION |
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| ROYAL AIR FORCES EX-POW ASSOCIATION |
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| Background | |
| Over 10,000 airmen of the Royal Air Force became Prisoners of War (POW) during World War II, including naval and other service fliers. | |
| The Association evolved in the 1950s from a small group of Kriegies [Kriegsgefangener = POW] who met occasionally at a pub in Holborn, London: POWs from later conflicts are also members. | |
| The treatment of prisoners in Europe was largely in accord with the Geneva Convention, but in the confused period towards the end of the war many suffered on forced marches as the Germans retreated. Some ex-POWs today suffer from the effects of being captured and from the conditions of their imprisonment, especially those who were in Japanese camps. | |
| Members from more recent
conflicts are active in maintaining the comradeship that
POWs forge in adversity. this website is hosted by 207
Squadron Royal Air Force Association |