Wartime Diary of Robert E. Toomey
Flight Engineer
428 (Ghost) Squadron
Royal Canadian Air Force
RAF Middleton St. George
WWII
A tribute to RAF Bomber Command and allied airmen prisoners of the Second World War
Dedicated to the crew of Lancaster KB751 / NA-Q who perished August 17th, 1944
Prisoner of WarSgt. Robert George Emmett ToomeyStalag Luft 7 and Stalag 3AAugust 1944
RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War had more than 125,000 aircrew. Their casualty rate of 44.4 percent was the highest of any allied military unit, with 55,573 killed. The number of aircrew wounded in action was 8,403 and 9,838 more became prisoners of war. Their average age as just 21 years, and all were volunteers. This website pays tribute to their courage, strength and dedication.
RAF Bomber Command in the Second World War had more than 125,000 aircrew. Their casualty rate of 44.4 percent was the highest of any allied military unit, with 55,573 killed. The number of aircrew wounded in action was 8,403 and 9,838 more became prisoners of war. Their average age as just 21 years, and all were volunteers. This website pays tribute to their courage, strength and dedication.
Sgt. Robert Toomey became a prisoner when his Avro Lancaster X bomber was shot down off the Danish coast in the early hours of August 17th, 1944. He was the sole survivor of his crew of seven Canadian volunteers, and spent the remainder of the war at Stalag Luft VII and Stalag III-A. Images from his wartime diary, photographs, letters and news articles are preserved here.
Sgt. Robert Toomey became a prisoner when his Avro Lancaster X bomber was shot down off the Danish coast in the early hours of August 17th, 1944. He was the sole survivor of his crew of seven Canadian volunteers, and spent the remainder of the war at Stalag Luft VII and Stalag III-A. Images from his wartime diary, photographs, letters and news articles are preserved here.
The conditions endured in German POW camps in the Second World War were very difficult and often deadly. Many prisoners died of malnutrition, untreated illness and abuse and many who survived the war were left with serious physical and emotional wounds that would last a lifetime.
The conditions endured in German POW camps in the Second World War were very difficult and often deadly. Many prisoners died of malnutrition, untreated illness and abuse and many who survived the war were left with serious physical and emotional wounds that would last a lifetime.
This website contains the photos, names, signatures, duties, details of capture and home towns of over 70 fellow prisoners of war, collected by Sgt. Robert Toomey while a prisoner at Stalag Luft 7 and Stalag 3A.
The Scrapbook section contains dozens of photographs of his fellow prisoners and "name cards" signed by the prisoners while at Stalag Luft VII during WW2.
The following airmen are mentioned in this website.
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