The Camps
Operation Crossbow and Gross-Born Oflag IID

Our friends Dariusz TEDERKO, who works at the Borne Sulinowo Town Hall and is passionate about the history of his town and Dariusz CZERNIAWSKI, director of the museum of Oflag IID in Borne Sulinowo, have learned about the link to 130 aerial photographs taken by a British plane on 24 August 1944 over Mecklenburg-Vorpommern and Pomerania, especially pages 7, 8, 9:
photos 3136 to 3145 (photos of oflag IID and the Russian stalag), 10 (photos 3146 to 3148 (idem), 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 29.

These photos of exceptional quality come from an archive held by: Royal Commission and the Ancient and Historical Monuments of Scotland The National Collection of Aerial Photography.
In the dedicated site below, you can see photos of today's town of Borne Sulinowo (Gross-Born Linde),  the villages of Rederitz (Nadarjyce), Zippnow (Sypniewo) as well as the barracks of Westphalenhof near Oflag IID

To consult them: click here

Why were these photos taken? Operation CROSSBOW

(Text published on the WIKIPEDIA website and the work is licensed under CC-BY-SA 3.0) Operation Crossbow is a British film directed by Michael Anderson and  released in 1965.

In December 1942, the British secret service received reports that the Germans were developing new devastating weapons (V1).
Professor Lindemann, prime scientific advisor to Winston Churchill, was highly sceptical about the reality of the information and the Allies were a little too hasty in concluding that it was a manoeuvre of intoxication.
Scientists under the command of General Ziemann, were indeed testing new flying bombs in the secret base of Peenemünde, on the shores of the Baltic Sea.

This film is based on real facts (the titular Operation Crossbow) and will have an unofficial sequel in 1969, Operation V2.

If you want to know more about the film, technical details, cast, awards, etc.: click here