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Sgt. Arthur J. Smith
Royal Air Force 99 Sqd
from:Ousden, Newmarket, Sufolk
Arthur Smith was shot down over Berlin on the night of the 9th/10th of April 1941. His Wellington aircraft took off from Waterbeach.
He was, as far as we can tell, held in Stalag Luft 111 hut 357,
from information gleaned from relatives. He escaped 3 times, if he done it again he would have been shot. He took an electrical course while in prison.