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248331 WO Ernest "Teddy" Gooch Royal Air Force 115 Squadron from:Hitchin Dad, Ernest Gooch was flying his 13th mission over Germany from RAF Witchford and was shot down by flak on 29th of October 1944, one of 2 to survive, the other being the bomb aimer, John Bovill, who was also kept in Bankau Stalag Luft VII. They went on the forced march to Luckenwalde south of Berlin from where they eventually left for the Allied lines when the Germans capitulated. Bankau was ok for the US, French and British airmen, not so good for the Russians who were systematically starved and and frozen to death. With nothing to wear but what they stood up in, the other nationalities would tip potato peelings over the fence to the Russians on pain of execution, who would then fight to the death for them. Corpses were often seen the next day with flesh missing from them. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.** Please type in the code shown here:    If you are unable to read the code please click here. If you have received an error message for incorrect code, please click to refresh the code before resending. This should overcome the error message.