POW’s log, 1941–1945
‘One of the things that helped the prisoners was their sense of humour’
During the Second World War Jim Tyrie (1919–1993) served as a flight lieutenant with 77 Squadron. He was captured in 1941 when his plane was shot down, and spent the rest of the war in German prisoner-of-war camps – including Stalag Luft 3, the site of the ‘Great Escape’ breakout. The Digital Archive of the International Bomber Command Centre in Lincoln now holds copies of the two
