Casgliadau Arlein

Mounted photograph '"D" Flight No. 4 Squadron No.8 I.T.W. May, 1942'. Names of some of the men signed around mount. Cecil 'Joe' Rees is on the second row from the top on the far right.

Part of a collection of items belonging to Cecil (Joe) Rees. Cecil (Joe) Rees was a member of the RAF and took part in several bombing raids during the Second World War. His plane was shot down in May 1943 on the way back from a raid on Wuppertal, Germany. While sheltering with a Flemish family, Cecil was captured by the Germans and sent to the prisoner of war camp, Stalag Luft 3. However he managed to escape but was recaptured by the Germans and sent back to the camp.