A
collection of stories, photos, art and information on Stalag Luft I
If you are a former Prisoner of War or a next of
kin of a POW, we invite you to sign and leave your email address so others that
come may find you. Please mention camp, compound, barracks and room numbers if
possible.
Ken was shot down over
Hamburg, Germany on March 31, 1945. Target had been the Blohm
& Voss submarine pens.
After the war Ken went to work for the Canadian Pacific
Railway in Ottawa, Canada from 1945 to 1947 when he went to work for the
Pere Marquette Railway, which shortly became the Chesapeake & Ohio
Railway. He then moved to the USA in 1956 and held various positions
up to Senior Asst. Vice President, Sales. When they merged with the
Seaboard Air Line and became CSX Ken retired. He has been married to
his lovely wife Sarah for 56 years. They have five children and ten
grandchildren. Ken is also the author of the book "Cradle
Crew" about his experiences as a member of one of the youngest
bomber crews in the RCAF and of his experiences as a POW at Stalag Luft
I.
Photo which ran on the front page in Germany the day after the Memorial
services in Barth. Ken is featured with 2 of the concentration camp
survivors on the way to the Memorial services. Ken is the fourth from the
left.
