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Date Posted: 13:11:34 04/02/09 Thu
Author: Susan Peters
Subject: Re: Jones, Albert Norman, WWII Bomber command pilot
In reply to: Susan Peters 's message, "Jones, Albert Norman, WWII Bomber command pilot" on 13:10:23 04/02/09 Thu

>I am seeking information on a former member of the New
>Zealand Royal Air Force.
>
>His name is:
>
>JONES, Albert Norman
>
>Date of Birth: May 13, 1911
>Date of enlistment: October 1935
>
>He was a member of the 16 Squadron of the Royal New
>Zealand Air Force, and was a commander of this
>squadron.
>
>However, at some point in about 1939, he transferred
>to England and joined the RAF. He was a member of the
>207 Squadron and was shot down in the lancaster he
>piloted (ME631) April 26, 1944.
>
>He evaded capture by the Germans for 9 days then was
>transferred to Dulag Luft, in Frankfurt and then on to
>Stalag Luft III (Sagan) on May 16, 1944.
>
>He was liberated from Stalag Luft IIIA (Luckenwalde)
>on May 20, 1945
>
>I know that he was living in England, until 1959, when
>he decided to return to his motherland, by horse. He
>decided to undertake the journey on horseback, so
>assumably that must have attracted some attention. I
>am yet to determine whether he actually made it. I
>have a newspaper article about his journey from the
>London Times, dated March 30, 1959.
>
>I am assuming that this trip must have attracted some
>attention, and as well, I gather he must have been a
>pretty flamboyant character, and that also must have
>attracted some attention. Does your archive have any
>record of this man or this journey home?
>
>My interest in him is that he was a member of my
>uncle's crew. My uncle, Albert Seibel, was the bomb
>aimer on Lancaster ME631, and was in the same prisoner
>of war camps as Jones. Towards the end of his life,
>he asked me to see if I could track down his former
>crew mates. I would greatly appreciate any assistance
>that you could give me.

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