Z/TEXTS: St Hugh's Military Hospital, article, PDF

Photograph

RAF Pathfinders Archive

Name/Title

Z/TEXTS: "St Hugh's Military Hospital", article, PDF

Entry/Object ID

2022.1.385

Description

St Hugh's Military Hospital (Head Injuries), Oxford 1940-45. Article by M F Weiner and J Silver. PDF file.

Photograph Details

Type of Photograph

Digital

Context

RAF personnel who suffered extreme head trauma were treated at this hospital, for example: Ronnie Gibson. 97 Squadron, injured in a crash on 5 May 1943, who survived; and Flight Lieutenant Allan, 405 Squadron, RCAF, who crashed near Graveley on 17 December 1943, suffered a fractured skull, and died at St Hugh's on 28 December 1943.

Collection

RAF Medical Services, YGIB: RONNIE GIBSON, The Bombing War: 16/17 December 1943, Z/TEXTS