[Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918]

Title

[Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918]

Description

Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918. Describes the circumstances of his shoot-down over France on July 31, 1918 and documents his first few weeks as a POW in various German camps, including the camp at Karlsruhe, Germany. 37 handwritten pages.

Date

1918 circa

Coverage

France
Germany

Format

diaries

Bibliographic Citation

The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection/The Museum of Flight

Identifier

2019-01-30_text_001
2019-01-30_text_001_transcription