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  • War through the eyes of a PoW in Japan (Art exhibition showcases excellent work of POW artist)

    11/23/2007 8:07:42 AM PST · by Stoat · 11 replies · 860+ views
    The Telegraph (U.K.) ^ | November 23, 2007
    War through the eyes of a PoW in Japan  Last Updated: 2:43am GMT 23/11/2007     Sketches by a Second World War Serviceman, tracing his experiences from RAF bases to a Japanese prisoner of war camp, are to be exhibited for the first time. Fred Goodwin began the war servicing aircraft. After the Battle of Britain he was sent to the Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) with 605 Squadron.     They were to try to halt the Japanese advance, but were under-prepared. Mr Goodwin was captured. As a prisoner he witnessed unspeakable horrors. However, throughout the war he made...