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Name of POW Fidel L Mendoza POW camp Stalag 2B Hammerstein Comments: My uncle, Fidel, died before I was born. I heard stories from my dad about my uncle being a prisoner of the Germans. His records shows he was in Stalag 2B. If anyone remembers him, please contact me. Thank you.
Name of POW Lt. Trinidad O. Rios POW camp Stalag Luft I, NOrth 1-Barrack 11 Rm. 11 Address 4008 Ashton Club Dr. City, State, Zip Lake Wales, FL 33859 Comments: This is an excellent website. My dad did not talk much about the POW camp. He was a B-17 pilot and was shot down on 11 April 44 and was a POW until the end of the war. This website provides me with much info on how he lived during those many months as a POW.
Name of POW Freddy Robson POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Address Somerset England City, State, Zip Bristol Comments: Hi, I'm looking for 'Freddy' Robson,he was in West compound of Stalag Luft 1, his POW no was 722. I believe he was an observer on a Fairey Battle. Although I am not a relation, I am searching on behalf of my mother, Frances Carrick, who was Freddy's sweetheart. They had regular,if sporadic, communication whilst he was in Stalag Luft 1, and she sent him Red Cross parcels. Unfortunately communications stopped from him, and Mum assumed the worst. However, with the miracle of modern technology at my fingertips she has asked me to find out 'what happened to Freddy??' was he released when the camp was liberated? did he have a happy life? is he in fact still alive? If anyone remembers Freddy and could fill in some of the blanks please get in touch, so Mum can put him to rest. Thank you and God Bless.
Name of POW Gordon Ritchie POW camp Stalug Luft 1 and Stalag Luft 3 Address Old Village Hall, Oxenwood, City, State, Zip Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 3NJ Comments: I am looking for any information about my father Gordon Ritchie, I know he was in Stalag Luft 1 in 1941 but I think he was moved to Stalag Luft 3. I believe he might have been the Librarian and also a writer of camp entertainments. Would love to have any information - however trivial.
Name of POW Col Charles W Stark POW camp Dulag Luft Address 2154 Beverly Beach Dr NW City, State, Zip Olympia, WA 98502 Comments: Col Stark was the senior allied officer from some time in 1944 until 25 Apr 45. He became my friend in 2000. I am writing a biography of him and would like to hear any information that anyone might have about him. [View Entry]
Name of POW harold j brown POW camp stalag luft 4 Address 2350 cr 3070 City, State, Zip mountain view mo 65548 Comments: MY GREAT UNCLE WAS IN THE 8TH AIR FORCE I BELIEVE. HE WAS A STAFF SARGENT AND WE WAS A BALL TURETT GUNNER. I FOUND HIS NAME ON A POW ROSTER LIST FOR STALAG LUFT 4, AND I HAVE AN AUDIO TAPE OF HIM ABOUT SOME OF HIS LIFE DURING THE WAR, AND AS A POW. I DO KNOW HE WAS ON THE DEATH MARCH FROM STALAG LUFT 4 ALSO. I WOULD LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH ANYONE WHO SERVED WITH HIM AND HAS ANY MORE INFORMATION ON HIM. HE REFERS TO HIMSELF ON THE TAPE AS "BROWNY", OR THAT IS WHAT HE SAID SOME OF HIS COMMRADS CALLED HIM. ANY INFO IS APPRECIATED THANKS BECKY
Name of POW Col Charles W. Stark POW camp Dulag Luft Address 2154 Beverly Beach Dr NW City, State, Zip Olympia, WA 98502 Comments: I am writing a biography of Col Charles W Stark, who was the SAO at Dulag Luft from about May 1944 to Apr 1945. I got to know him very well, in the last few years of his life. He told me many stories of his time at Dulag Luft and loaned me his copy of The Interrogator. He had a small journal with some notes aobut the camp, but very little narrative. His narrative started on 29 Apr 45. If there is anyone with personal experience at Dulag Luft during Col Stark's time, I would really like to hear form them. Thanks Cal Taylor
Name of POW Eric Alexander Meikle POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Comments: Very interesting, My Dad would have loved this, he died in 1992 but often told me stories of his time as a POW
Comments: A very great website, thanks for all infomations.  Busby seo challenge [View Entry]
Do you have a roommate listing? If so please email to us at stalagluftone@hotmail.com No Roommate Listing but have unidentified photo of roommates Name of POW Donald B. Iden POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Address 255 South Mariposa Road City, State, Zip Visalia, California 93292 Comments: My dad, Donald Iden passed away in August 2001 at the age of 76. He did talk about those months very much so we don't have much info. My mom is still living and will turn 83 in December of this year. Her name is Madelyn Iden. We would be very interested in hearing from anyone that would recongnize the name and might be able to identify men in photo. Please feel free to contact me. Thanks.
Name of POW Eugene H. Gallagher POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Comments: I am the daughter of Eugene H. Gallagher from Hillsborough, NJ. This email is to inform you that he passed away Feb. 20, 2007 at the age of 88 years. He is survived by me, my sister Susan, 3 grandchildren, and 9 great grandchildren.
Name of POW Francis N. Mills POW camp Stalag Luft IV Comments: My father was a pow at Luft IV Lager B barrack #10 . Thats really all the information I have and only found this in a diary he wrote while he was there, after clearing his estate. If anyone knew him or was with him at that time, please let me know. He did spend 30 years in the Air Force and is now at rest in National Cemt. Jefferson Barracks, St. Louis Missouri. Thank's for your service to our country. Dan Mills U.S.N. Retired
Name of POW Harold Horsfall POW camp Stalag 1VB Address muhlberg Comments: I would like to know anyone who knew my dad Harold Horsfall,he was in the R.E.M.E. a yorkshire man.He spent time in Stalag 1VB but was later found in a camp in Dresden (we believe it to have been a concentration camp),a Dr White got him out with the help of the authorities. We believe he escaped from Stalag 1VB, but as for many of us children we have never been told of their lives in the camps or of the war.Harold went to the Reunions in Edinburgh until he emigrated to NZ.I would like to have known more about these years, maybe someone can help
Name of POW Richard Lee Weber POW camp Stalag IV, then Stalag I Comments: My father was stationed in Spinazola, Italy with the 15th AAF, 460th BG, 763rd BS. He was a waist gunner on a B-24 and was shot down over Munich on Nov. 16, 1944. He was captured, held in Salsburg, then went to Stalag IV, and finally Stalag I. His crew mates were: Samuel Marlin Hamilton; Joseph Rudolph; Emmett Barger; John Murphy; Harold T. Adams; Otto E. Mattiza; Delbert Dana Satterfield; Robert Sherman Seidel, and John E. Bills, Jr. [View Entry] [View Entry]
Comments: I live in Longstanton and we have set up the Longstanton & Ditrict Heritage Society to preserve and promote the heritage of Longstanton, Oakington & Westwick & RAF Oakington. The site of RAF Oakington is about to disappear under the government's new town of Northstowe (10,000) houses. We are currently in discussion with the developers to try and establish a Heritage Centre in the former Officers Mess. We hope the heritage centre will be a memorial to all those who flew from the airbase. We have information on Ted Ansfield former POW who flew from RAF Oakington. Are there any others? Please send us your stories, photos etc. The more information we have, the greater our bargaining position with the developers. Every single photo or item is greatfully received. My contact details are: H Stroude, LDHS, The Manor Woodside, Longtanton, Cambs. CB24 3BU or e mail: hilarystroude@btconnect.com Please spread the word amongst other RAF Oakington veterans. We would be most greatful.
Name of POW Col. Charles W. Stark, Jr. POW camp Dulag Luft Address 2154 Beverly Beach Dr NW City, State, Zip Olympia, WA 98502 Comments: I am writing a biography of col Stark, whom I knew in his last ten years of life. A great fellow. Anyone who has comments about him as the Senior Allied Officer is welcome to contact me at firstfleet@aol.com. I have COl Tolliver's book, which is a great source. Thanks Cal Taylor
Name of POW Dean E. Lange POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Address 1749 N. Somerset City, State, Zip Mesa, AZ 85205-3554 Comments: I believe that I was in North 1, Barracks 10, (room #?) Two roommates were Philip Stock and Lynwood Argenbright. In my recollection, Barracks 10 was on the east side of the compound facing toward the city of Barth. Is it possible that the sketch of the North compound is reversed? Would love to hear from any roommates with additional information. Dean Lange
Name of POW Winston Barrington POW camp Stalag IVB Address Glasgow, Scotland Comments: I am looking for information on Winston Barrington and his mother Flo Barrington. They were the basis for the book and miniseries "Jenny's War" by Jack Stoneley. Winston was sent to Stalag IVB and his mother dressed as a fellow male POW and was smuggled in to see her son. They both attended a POW Reunion in April 1971, held in Edinburgh. Thanks for a smashing website, absolutely wonderful.
Name of POW Carl Groesbeck POW camp Stalag Luft III Comments: For years my family has waved to my neighbor Carl on the POW float in the 4th of July parade but I never knew why he was up there. With fewer and fewer people riding on the float every year, I decided to research his story. This website has been a great starting point. Thank you all and God bless. [View Entry]
Name of POW John J. Chwirut POW camp Camp Bad Orb..then??force marched to several then a farm type camp until liberated 4/12/45 Address 29242 Meadowlark City, State, Zip Livonia, Mi 48154 Comments: My father, John Chwirut, was captured at the Ardennes during the Battle of the Bulge January 2nd or 4th, 1945. Taken to Camp Bad Orb first but only stayed a short while there before he and fellow POWs were forced to march well into Germany and either into Poland or very near to the Polish border. Luckily, being a 1st generation Polish American, he spoke it fluently and was able to communicate with a few local people who would pass by the farm where he was working in the fields. They passed him food in exchange for cigarettes. These young women did this for him and other prisoners at great risk to their own lives. Dad found out that one of the girls, whom he hadn't seen a a few weeks, had tied of typhoid. Her friend continued to bring them food which Dad would share with the other prisoners. I have a very small diary, just on scraps of paper, that Dad kept from Jan 45 thru Apr 45. I'd like to know how I can preserve that and all correspondence between He and Mom and how do I trace his POW steps? Return addresses on letters vary greatly. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I would love to put a book together for our family so my children know this history. So we never forget. Thank you and God Bless that generation and all Vets!
Name of POW Edward J. Wronkoski Comments: Just looking if anyone has any stories or comments about my grandfather. Lt. Col. Edward J. Wronkoski, USAF (Ret.), passed away in 1995. Though he rarely talked about his time in the camp I know his experence there made him into the amazing husband, father, grandfather, and Air Force officer he was. I miss him a great deal and I wish I had more time with him. All of you are outstanding men and the model of true Americans. Take Care, FF Brian Conn Georgetown City Fire Department, SC
Name of POW Lt. Thomas Edkin POW camp Stalag Luft 1, North 1 Address 112 S Market St City, State, Zip Muncy, PA 17756 Comments: Collecting any information on my father's war service. Member of the 8th Air Force, 401 Bomb Group, 613 Bomb Squadron. Shot down Feb 22, 1944 and held until liberation in Stalag Luft 1, North 1.
Comments: I just found the little book called "A Sad Story, But True," by Roger Wilco (in some of a friend's belongings left to me) and wanted to know more about it and about Lt. K.C. Reimer, so when I "Googled" the book, I found this web site. My family was so lucky that my dad and all my uncles who served in WWII came safely home without any periods of internment. All the best to anyone who reads this, Chris
Name of POW Alexander Fridge POW camp Stalag xx1and xx1b I think..Danzig Address 10/55 Andrew st..Waikanae. City, State, Zip Wellington New Zealand. Comments: I was born in Inverness Scotland,my father was with the 51st Highland division and was taken prisoner at Dunkirk. He was on the great marchand I think his dogtags read xx1a and xx1b,they were made of wood.My dad was a boxer in the army,I would be greatful for any information.
Comments: INCREDIBLE WEB SITE! This web site is a fantastic source for veterans who want to maintain contact with one another, learn about different aspects of the Armed Forces, and educate one self about your site information. We have added a link to our monthly newsletter so that more veterans are made aware of this invaluable resource. Also, please visit our web site in order to learn about benefits you are eligible for today. Learn how to increase your service-connected compensation and VA pension. Again, Thanks For Your Great Web Site! http://www.veteranprograms.com [View Entry]
Name of POW Floyd Whaley City, State, Zip Oil City,Pa. Comments: Looking for any info. on my father-in-law who was a prisoner of war when my husband was born 12/03/1944. Thank You So MUch! Barbara Whaley
Name of POW William Thomas Kilminster POW camp Stalag 9c,Muhlhausen Address 114,ILAN RD.,ABERTRIDWR,CAERPHILLY City, State, Zip Nr. Cardiff,Wales Comments: Just wondered if you have any recollections of my father.Excellent website!!!
Name of POW Sgt. Michael T, Postek POW camp Stalag Luft I City, State, Zip Sebring, FL Comments: What a great web site. I hope to show this to my uncle the next time I can get with him. Brian Rueger MSgt USAF (Ret)
Name of POW Robert H. Sambo, 2nd Lt, USAAF POW camp unknown, possibly Breslau, Germany City, State, Zip Chicago, IL Comments: Hello. I'm trying to find 2ndLt Robert H. Sambo. He was the bombardier in a B-17G, Bomber Dear, that was shot down during the famous Merseberg raid on Nov 2, 1944. The plane crashed near the town of Barby, Germany. Sambo was taken prisoner, along w/ 2nd Lt Robert Wisor and Sgt. Bruno Lombardi. My great-uncle, 1st Lt John H. Liekhus, was the pilot of Bomber Dear, and he went down with the plane after ordering the crew to bail out. The plane was part of the 91st BG, 323 Sq. If anyone out there has info regarding Lt Sambo, I'd appreciate hearing from you. Thank you! Mike Cushing
Name of POW George T. Sulick Sr. POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Address 560 Silver Sands Road, Unit 2103 City, State, Zip East Haven CT 06512 Comments: My Dad does not have a computer, but he is still alive. He was first a prisoner in Stalag Luft IV, then transported in a box car to Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany - where he remained until the Germans liberated the camp. I am interested in connecting with anyone who might have had contact with my Dad during his imprisonment. I would also love to submit his story - how can I do that? Thanks, Pat
Address 714 Atlantis Road S.E. City, State, Zip Palm Bay,Fl.32909-4811 Comments: hello I want to send my Utmost thanks to all the WW2 veterans for what you did for us during the war,your sacrfices and service is appreciated beyond words and I am glad that I've had the opportunity to meet amny of you at various air shows reunions etc,you are "The Greatest generation" and you'll never be forgotten!!!!!!!! I am a artist of leather unit patches and an avid USAAF emblem researcher,the emblems of this time period were great and i love seeing them in photos of flight crews and on the aircraft of that time,it really was a great period in America and I wish America was still like that now. thanks again boys you are fantastic!!!!! Johnny Signor WeBeEmblems@aol.com
Name of POW Joseph Earl Duplechain POW camp unknown Address unknown City, State, Zip Port Barre, Louisiana 70577 Comments: Wow! I was reading the entries on your website and I found my grandfather's name. My grandfather was Joseph Earl Duplechain, the engineer who put the fire out on the plane before you took off for England. I called my grandmother to read the story to her since she does not use a computer. You were apparently on the same plane, but not in the same prison camp. My grandfather passed away in 1980 when I was in the third grade. He never did talk very much about his experiences, but he has a similar journal. I am a high school teacher, so I use this information in my English III American literature classes along with the book Night by Elie Wiesel. Thank you for such a gift, and feel free to contact us using my e-mail address. My grandmother would love to hear from you or a family member. She did not recognize your name, but she keeps in touch with a Garber family in Louisiana (also a POW) who might. Mr. Garber is still alive, but he had a stroke a couple of years ago. His communication is limited, but he does very well despite the situation. Thanks again!! Alicia Reed, Susan Ryder (my mother), and Rena Duplechain (my grandmother).
Name of POW Samuel S. Rosenberg POW camp Stalog Luft I and Stalog Luft IV Address 8 Everett St. City, State, Zip Boston, MA 02130 Comments: My father flew on a B-24 named Miss Fitt. She was shot down over Austria en route to bomb Germany on June 26, 1944. Four of the ten men on board survived the shoot-down. The crew is pictured here: http://charlie.igc.org/sol/sol13.gif (Left to right starting at top) William Jackson, Pilot Bob Ahrens, Co-pilot Thomas Smith, Navigator S.B. Tolar, Bombadier Bob Truex, Nose Gunner Frederick E. Beitz, Assistant Engineer Bob Sloper, Waist Gunner/Radio Operator Samuel Sol Rosenberg, Engineer/Waist Gunner Sam Cristamus, Ball Gunner Dominic Citranio, Tail Gunner Here is a letter my father wrote: Letter written to Myra McCreery, niece of Bob Sloper, a member of Sol’s B-24 crew lost in action over Austria. Written July, 1999 This is a brief history of my life in the service of the United States Army Airforce. In December of 1943, I received a notice for induction into the service. At the time I was working as an inspector in a war plant. The company made tugs and forklifts for the Navy. Because of this, I had an exemption from the draft. Never the less, I decided to allow my self to be drafted since that was what everyone else was doing, which is to say, going off to the war. I reported to the induction office in downtown Chicago and was given a physical exam and told to report back on February 3,1944. On February 3 they sent me to Camp Grant in Rockport, Illinois. We were issued uniforms and other equipment and put us on a troop train to Miami Beach, Florida for basic training. After basic training I was sent to Sheppard Field in Wichita Falls, Texas, for aircraft engine mechanics school. When I completed the mechanics course they sent me to Tyndall Field in Panama City, Florida for gunnery school. I was given a few days leave back in Chicago after gunnery school and then reported to Salt Lake City, Utah. There we sleep in squad tents and waited for orders. I'm sure Bob and the rest of the enlisted crew were also there but we didn't meet until we got to Davis-Monthan field where we took transition training which involved high altitude flight training and allowed us an opportunity to become aquatinted with our fellow crew members. During this training, our aircraft sustained minor damage when it scraped the top of the building. Although they brought charges against our pilot for this incident, they were later dropped when none of the crew would testify against him. Never the less, the pilot was assigned to another crew and flew dozens of combat missions without ever losing a man. We were assigned a new pilot, Riddle, who had been a flight instructor and it was Riddle who would fly our B-24 bomber named, "Miss Fitt" to our base in Italy. After we finished training at Davis-Monthon, the crew traveled to Topeka, Kansas to pick up "Miss Fitt". We took this plane to Panama City Naval Air Station field and then on to Homestead, Florida. At Homestead, our new aircraft was modified and after five days restricted to base, we flew her off into the wild blue yonder. Our first stop was in Trinidad. Then we went to Belem, Brazil. Then we flew across the Atlantic to Dakar, Senegal, and then to Morocco. From Morocco, we flew to Barr, Italy and then to Cerignola, Italy which was the base from which we flew our bombing missions. We were assigned to The 472 Bomb Squadron, 455th Bomb Group. 15th Air Force. Were assigned a big tent it looked like a dining tent or a circus tent with three center poles. Just the enlisted crew slept there. There are three other remaining crew members although I never did have the addresses of the pilot and co-pilot who were officers. The other surviving member of the crew is Fred E. Beitz, Red Field, Arkansas. I'm sure you can find him through a directory or the Pilots Association. On June 26, 1944 almost the entire wing was assigned to bomb an oil refinery near Vienna, Austria. The nazi Air Force fighter planes and anti-aircraft artillery guns were waiting for us. I understand that we lost over 110 planes and their crews that day. The target was hit and the smoke was up to twenty three thousand feet. Our plane was hit and it was on fire above my turret. The aluminum was melting and flowing down into the turret. I opened the hatch door and had my hand on the pull cord. Apparently there was an explosion and I was knocked out and blown from the aircraft. The next thing I knew, I was floating under a big parachute. I landed through some trees on the banks of a stream in the middle of the village Michaelbock, Ostmark. I was captured by farmers with pitch forks and they put me in a cell with the other three men in my crew who had survived the shoot-down and an airman from another plane. Because I spoke some Yiddish, I found I was able to communicate pretty well with our captors. In fact, I was the only one who could understand them or make myself understood to them. I kept asking for a doctor for my crew and they were finally taken to a hospital. They were all burned very badly, much more so than myself although I had significant burns as well. Because I had blond hair and blue eyes, yet they knew I was Jewish from my dog tags, I became a considerable item of interest to the local people. They had never seen or heard of a blond haired, blue eyed Jew, and they all wanted to come see one. We saw the bodies of our men being transported in a wagon. I understand they were transferred after the war to Sam Houston National Cemetery. The next day they sent a truck to pick a large number captured airmen and took us to Gestapo Headquarters in St. Polten. The next day they took several of us on a train to Frankfort to a Dulag, which was an interrogation center. They assigned Germany pilots to guard us and they were pretty effective in assuring our safety from often hostile civilians who mobbed around us. At one point a German guard raised his gun and fired it into the air to get a crowd to move away from us. On June 28, one of the guards looked at my papers and cheerfully wished me a happy birthday. We spent thirteen days in Frankfort in solitary confinement where we were interrogated. Then we were sent to Stalag Luft IV, a prisoner of war camp. I was there until March of 1945 when they took a group of 1500 men and tried to get us away from the advancing Russian line. We traveled in box cars, 75 prisoners to a car. We spent a week on the train and ended up at Barth, Germany on the Baltic sea and were held at Stalag Luft I. We got to Stalag Luft I about April 10, 1945. Luft I was an officer’s camp. On May 1 the Russian Army liberated us. The German guards had left the night before the Russian troops arrived. The POWs who did not travel by train from Stalag Luft IV to Stalag Luft I were marched out on foot with very little or nothing to eat. A lot of POWs were shot for not being able to keep up or for trying to escape. After the camp was liberated, the US Air Force flew in B17 bombers to transport the American and British former prisoners to France for processing. They offered us leave in France, but there was a chance that if we left the camp, we would miss the first planes to go back to the states, so I stuck around the processing center. I didn’t need any more of Europe, I just wanted to get back home and see my family. My experience as a POW was both boring and frightening. I hope this is at least part of what you wanted to know about. Samuel S. Rosenberg 165 Chestnut St. Brookline, Massachusetts July, 1999
Name of POW Gordon Lien POW camp Stalag Luft 1 North1 Compound Address 515 N. Waugh Rd. City, State, Zip Mount Vernon WA 98273 Comments: My father, Gordon Lien, seldom spoke of his time as a POW. He retired from the Air Force as a Lt. Col. in 1969, having served as a pilot for almost 30 years. In later years he had careers as a local politician and bank manager before his death in 1999. He did share two stories regarding his years as a POW. The first involved a chess set that had been constructed of available materials in and around the compound. He seemed to have enjoyed his time playing chess. The second was a story he told about a friend who did laundry asking only that, those he did laundry for while being interned, would pay him upon their return to the US. My father, being the man that he was, looked this friend up and paid him upon his return to the states. After his death I found a map among his things that I think he must have used following his escape just prior to the Russian invasion of the camp. I asked an elderly German acquaintance to translate the map. She said that the maps that he had were published weekly to update the German populace about the changing German landscape, based upon latest countries to be occupied. Where he got the map, I do not know. He also told stories about his escape, but only when asked, and always reluctantly. He told his granddaughter that, even though he had been a prisoner of war, he held no ill will and was fortunate to meet many good German people. He spoke briefly about being interrogated, but never shared details. Thank you for developing this website. I have enjoyed reading about something that was an important part of my father's life. I think he would have enjoyed it had he been alive to see it.
Name of POW Robert C. Wisor, 2nd Lt, USAAF, 91st BG, 323rd Squadron POW camp ? Stalag Luft 1 Comments: Hello! I am looking for any info as to the whereabouts of the family of Bob Wisor. Bob was a co-pilot in a B-17G from the 91st BG, 323rd Sq out of Bassingbourn, England. He was flying in "Bomber Dear" along with my great-uncle, 1st Lt. John H. Liekhus. They were shot down over Merseburg, Germany on 2 Nov 44. My uncle went down w/ the plane. Bob had sent a letter to my great-grandparents as to what happened that day. I now have the letter in my possession. I'd like to talk with any member of the Wisor family who might have info as regards Bob's time with my uncle. I was at the 91st BG reunion held in Fullerton, CA this past weekend, and was told that Bob may have been trying to write a book about his time in Europe. I believe Bob's wife was Ruth, and they lived in Newcastle County in Delaware. I also heard they had a big family, and they all enjoyed going to sporting events! Any help getting in touch with the Wisors would be appreciated. Thanks! Sincerely, Michael Cushing, MD
Name of POW T/Sgt Harold Giesler POW camp Luft 4 City, State, Zip Mankato, MN Comments: I am trying to find my fathers barracks number and room assignment. Any suggestions?
Do you have a roommate listing? If so please email to us at stalagluftone@hotmail.com http://www.users.psln.com/pete/pow_journal_prisoner_names.htm Name of POW 2LT Robert D. "Rob" Peterson (South Compound - Block 7 - Room 8) POW camp Stalag Luft 1 Address PO Box 261 City, State, Zip Herlong, California Comments: I am searching for anyone who has information about my Father or any of the many airmen he documented in his journal. I am also interested in any information you may have regarding the South/West Compound of Stalag Luft 1. This is not a commercial enterprise, it is a personal memorial to my Father and the POWs held in Stalag Luft 1 during WWII. My Father Dr. Robert D. Peterson http://www.users.psln.com/pete/pow.htm was housed in Block 7 Room 8 from January 1944 until Stalag Luft 1 was liberated in May of 1945. (Block 7, and two others, served as MP's after Germans departed when the Russians arrived in May 1945) My Father's POW journal contains over 110 prisoner names from the South (West) compound of Stalag Luft 1. http://www.users.psln.com/pete/pow_journal_prisoner_names.htm If you recognize a name or even recorded in this journal please contact me.
Do you have a roommate listing? If so please email to us at stalagluftone@hotmail.com no Name of POW Billie J. Key POW camp unknown at present Address P.O. BOX 584 City, State, Zip Powell, TN. 37849 Comments: My Dad, whom was a POW from the State of TN. in WW11, I have been trying to find either some photos of him or even his name listed on the roles and cannot find either. Any one that has any info, please, I beg of you to send to me. Evelynn Maloney Daughter
Name of POW Robert I Lojinger Comments: It was nice to find my grandfather’s name on this list. He wrote several journals during his time in the came and left them to my mother after his death. My sister and I grew up with his stories of the war and have come to know the slang of the camp well. We read his journals after his death and were surprised to find that he has painted the camp in great detail as well as saved many of the letters from home (many of them not nice as many of the people back in the States felt being a POW made you a coward and were not afraid to tell the men in the camp this via letter). It is amazing to see how the community has stayed together through the years.
Name of POW Lt. Earl Hertel POW camp Stalag Luft I Address 3307 Long Shadows Street City, State, Zip Spring, TX 77380 Comments: I am hoping that there may be people who visit this site from WW II who served with my uncle, Lt. Earl Hertel, or were in the same POW camp as he was. He died sometime back and what little information we had was shipped off to his daughter who has since disappeared. I am trying to put together family history for my children and Earl was always my hero as I was growing up and he is the reason I have a love for American history. Anyone who may be able to share any tiny bit of information is welcome to email me. God Bless all who have fought and still fight for our country. Ann Maguffey
Name of POW John W. Webster POW camp Stalag Luft I Address 6303 Wenzel Rd. City, State, Zip San Antonio, Texas 78233 Comments:
Name of POW T/Sgt Harold Giesler POW camp Luft 4 City, State, Zip Mankato, MN Comments: T/Sgt Giesler (my Father) was radio operator on B24J Liberator "Mairzy Doats", Tibenham, England 1944. Shot down 27 Sept, 1944 while on "Kassel Mission" over Germany. Participant of death march. Have some info about 445th bomb group and 703rd squadron. Wonderful site folks. Thank you.
Name of POW David Vaentine Paul Address 121 Pindari Ave City, State, Zip Camden NSW 2570 Comments: This is the first time I have visited this site, I have printed some of the information off to show my father, he is David Valentine Pauls brother. I found the site very interisting and I will pass on any comments my father has to offer. Kind regards David
Do you have a roommate listing? If so please email to us at stalagluftone@hotmail.com rlmartin2001@hotmail.com Name of POW robin martin Comments: My father-in-law was in Stalag 1. (S/SGT. Buell Martin) I am putting together a book for him on the camp. He wants to know if anyone remembers the boxing match with Zemke, and were there German barracks that were made over for the POW'S? His address is: 3 Pickett Lane, Unionville,CT. 06085. |
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