My Uncle Eddie's letter To Newspaper Aug 1976 about the lancaster Bomber

I have two wonderful memories of the Lancaster having been taken prisoner of war on June 12, 1940, sent to Poland and then to Danzig. In Danzig the Germans were giving us a rough time and we used to say to the guards "when Churchill hears the way you are treating us, he will send planes and bomb here." They said it was too far for any planes to come.
Then one Saturday in 1942, at about 7pm four planes came over the camp. They were Lancasters - what a wonderful sight to see.
We told the guards we had got word to Churchill and he had sent them to show it was not too far for British planes to come.
My second memory is of when we were released by the Yanks, after we had been on the forced march from Danzig to Germany. We were taken to Luneberg from where we were brought home by Lancaster in May 1945. When we arrived in England we cried and touched the grass we thought we would never see again.
I often think too of the men of the Lancaster who were shot down over Danzig. We gave them a military funeral to the best of our ability and I often think of the graves of the Lancaster boys and other prisoners of war and I hope they are being looked after.
E. Murray
Salford 6