Hi Christer!
Sorry for the late reply, I was hoping to show this thread to my grandfather before I replied to you so he could see the photo for himself. He was absolutely delighted and a little surprised to see it on the internet, he's not too big on computers so trying to navigate him through can be a little amusing. My parents were wondering if you still had the photo or if it would be possible to get a copy of it? We're having a 90th birthday party for him this May so it would really be nice to have a copy of it for everyone to see. They would be delighted to have a copy of the book you mentioned as we are trying to gather the information on his life during the war. If you could give us an idea of the cost for the book and the postage they would be more than willing to pay the cost.
Grampy added a little information to the story about his capture. Apparently there was a row boat waiting for them in the water as they landed, they stepped into the boat and were rowwed to shore. He said they never got their feet wet! The plane was pulled out of the water not too many years ago.
And Chris:
I'm not too sure if everyone was repatriated under the condition of sitting the rest of the war out, but I do know that "the powers that be" felt my grandfather had been through a slightly tramatic event when he was a POW which is why he was sent to Yarmouth, a nice quiet place for him to recover.
He's often said that his time in Sweden was the best vacation he's ever had!
Cheers,
Rebbecca