Badcock, J O
Warrant Officer James Oliver Badcock
Family/Last name:
BadcockForename(s) and initial(s):
James OliverPlace of birth:
Southend, EssexDate of birth:
24/10/1911Service number:
1377440Military Unit:
Rank when captured:
Place of capture:
North SeaDate of capture:
7/1942POW number:
25080Data sources
The National Archives (UK)Other Sources (Relative’s report)Information provided by Lynda Harvey
Date: 27 March 2016
My father James Oliver Badcock. 1377440 W.O. 150 Squadron, POW No. 25080
Crashed in North Sea July 1942, taken to Lamsdorf.
Took part in the long march before being liberated by the Americans in 1945
Wrote some stories of his time as a POW, which I have and are also lodged at the Imperial War Museum.
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