Overview
- Format
- Online resource
- Published
- London : Museum of London, 2019
- Locale
- Great Britain
Germany
Sierra Leone - Notes
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"8 November 2019".
Johnny Smythe was one of the first black airmen in the Royal Air Force. He successfully navigated 27 bombing missions over Germany. He was shot down on a bombing mission over Germany in 1943. After the war he was a senior officer aboard the ship Empire Windrush. He trained as a barrister in London, and became Attorney General of Sierra Leone.
Physical Details
- Language
- English
- External Link
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https://www.museumoflondon.org.uk/discover/sierra-leone-stalag-luft-i-remembering-johnny-smythe
- Physical Description
- 1 online resource : illustrations, video
Keywords & Subjects
- Subjects
- Flight navigators--Great Britain--Biography. World War, 1939-1945--Aerial operations, British. World War, 1939-1945--Participation, Black. Prisoners of war--Germany--Biography. Sierra Leone--Biography. Biographies. Smythe, John Henry,--1915-1996. Great Britain.--Royal Air Force--Airmen--Biography. Stalag Luft I.
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- 2024-06-21 23:31:00
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- https://collections.ushmm.org/search/catalog/bib277923
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