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  • Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

    Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.

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  • 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot POW in Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany Completed 11 missions to Ludwigshaven, Brunswick, Wilhelmshaven, Frankfort, Rostock, Poznan, Belgium, French and Polish objectives. Shot down by ME 109s on the mission 252 to Berlin on 8 March 1944 in B-17 #4231576. Spent 20th and 21st birthdays and fourteen months as a Prisoner of War (POW) . Was the youngest pilot in the 96th Bomb Group and probably in the 8th AF. Although some seriously injured, all crew members survived to return home safely. Crew was credited with many fighter kills......Please if you can identify anyone in this photo please post...

    1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot POW in Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany Completed 11 missions to Ludwigshaven, Brunswick, Wilhelmshaven, Frankfort, Rostock, Poznan, Belgium, French and Polish objectives. Shot down by ME 109s on the mission 252 to Berlin on 8 March 1944 in B-17 #4231576. Spent 20th and 21st birthdays and fourteen months as a Prisoner of War (POW) . Was the youngest pilot in the 96th Bomb Group and probably in the 8th AF. Although some seriously injured, all crew members survived to return home safely. Crew was credited with many fighter kills......Please if you can identify anyone in this photo please post...

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  • From entry War Time ( Red Cross POW Log Book) of 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany Written by Lt. John H. Lashley POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany......If anyone have photo's of Lt. John H. Lashley,...... Please post

    From entry War Time ( Red Cross POW Log Book) of 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany Written by Lt. John H. Lashley POW Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany......If anyone have photo's of Lt. John H. Lashley,...... Please post

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  • Drawing by 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany From entry War Time ( Red Cross POW Log Book) of 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, German

    Drawing by 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, Germany From entry War Time ( Red Cross POW Log Book) of 1st Lt Richard F. Lemanski Pilot 42 31574 Stalag Luft 1 Barth, German

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  • Stalag Luft 1Barth , Germany North Compound Block 2 Room 15 Drawing of Block 2 & Names of the POW's from 1st. Lt. Richard F. Lemanski's Wartime Log March 8th 1944 ( Shoot -Down on Mission 252. Camp liberated, May 1st 1945. When Russians enter Stalag Lut 1.....Please if anyone has any pictures of these 16 named above, Please post .

    Stalag Luft 1Barth , Germany North Compound Block 2 Room 15 Drawing of Block 2 & Names of the POW's from 1st. Lt. Richard F. Lemanski's Wartime Log March 8th 1944 ( Shoot -Down on Mission 252. Camp liberated, May 1st 1945. When Russians enter Stalag Lut 1.....Please if anyone has any pictures of these 16 named above, Please post .

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  • 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.

    1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.

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  • 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See UPL 32819 (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/32819) for reverse

    1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See UPL 32819 (https://www.americanairmuseum.com/media/32819) for reverse

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  • 1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.

    1st Lt Howard O. Brown parachuted from B-17 44-8704 on March 19, 1945. He was captured and imprisoned at Stalag Luft I, North 2 - Barrack 7 - Room 4. See key for his location.

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  • Poem about guard shooting Elroy F. Wyman in Stalag Luft I, by TG Witt

    Poem about guard shooting Elroy F. Wyman in Stalag Luft I, by TG Witt

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  • A form filled out by James N. Hentges after being captured by the Germans. He was sent to Stalag Luft 1 - North 3 (10 DEC 1944)

    A form filled out by James N. Hentges after being captured by the Germans. He was sent to Stalag Luft 1 - North 3 (10 DEC 1944)

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Detailed history

Allied aircrew shot down during World War II were incarcerated after interrogation in Air Force Prisoner of War camps run by the Luftwaffe, called Stalag Luft, short for Stammlager Luft or Permanent Camps for Airmen.

Germany held nearly 9,000 USAAF and RAF airmen at Stalag Luft I during WWII. Stalag Luft I was located two miles northwest of the village of Barth, Germany, on the Baltic Sea. The first Allied prisoners entered the camp on 10 July 1940 (French and British POWs). The German garrison left the camp several days before the arrival of Soviet forces on 2 May 1945. The POWs were evacuated by 8th Air Force B-17s on 12-13 May 1945.

Further detailed information, photographs and stories can be found at :
http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag1.htm

Connections

People

  • Anthony Abad

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
    Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Charles Abramson

    Military | First Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
    Assigned to 352BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Steyr, Austria in B-17 42-31437 24-Feb-44; enemy aircraft, crashed Enns, Austria; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 2636. Awards: AM (2OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Robert Ager

    Military | Captain | Pilot | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
    Joined Sqd 3-Aug-42. ETO/Flight Echelon 2-Oct-42. WIA 6-Dec-42 (Abbeyville). DS/Tunis 16-Sep-43. Trans/Group HQ. ...

  • Russell Alcott

    Military | First Lieutenant | Bombardier | 44th Bomb Group The Flying Eightballs
    Assigned to 67BS, 44BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Brunswick mission 8-Apr-44 in B-24 42-7767 'Shack Rabbit'; Shot down by fighters, baled out at low level. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 3849 Awards: AM(OLC), POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Alvah Allen

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Bombardier | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
    Assigned to 323BS, 91BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Anklam, Germany. Shot down 9-Oct-43 in B-17 42-29740. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 896. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Spotswood Allen

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Pilot | 301st Bomb Group
    Assigned 32BS, 301BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Lechfeld 12-Sep-44 flak, crashed Karwendelhaus; Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8622. Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Robert Altman

    Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 397th Bomb Group
    Assigned 599BS, 397BG, 9AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) bombing raid on the Eller railroad bridge, Germany went missing after attacks by enemy fighters, last seen with one engine on fire. Prisoner of War (POW). 23-Dec-44. MACR 11487. ...

  • Dudley Amoss

    Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 55th Fighter Group
    Assigned to 38FS, 55FG, 8AF USAAF. 59 Missions credited with 5.5 kills and 1.5 destroyed [Ground]. Failed to Return (FTR) strafing mission to Hopsten aerodrome. Hit by flak, limped towards friendly territory in Belgium, belly landed near Arnhem in P...

  • David Anderson

    Military | Major | Bombardier | 379th Bomb Group
    Assigned to 524BS, 379BG, 8AF USAAF. 18 x combat missions. Failed to Return (FTR) Madgeburg mission in B-17G 42-97890 'Queen of Spades' A/C Crashed at Niederdodeleben. Prisoner of War (POW). 28-Sep-44. MACR 9364. Awards: AM, POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

  • Harold Anderson

    Military | First Lieutenant | Navigator | 483rd Bomb Group
    Assigned to 815BS, 483BG, 15AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) Memmingen in B-17G 44-6177 'Dry Run' 18-Jul-44 hit by enemy aircraft, crashed Ravensburg; Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 7099 Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.

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Stalag Luft I, Barth, Germany

Revisions

Date Contributor Update
19 January 2017 19:41:48 Al_Skiff Changes to person associations
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Added William F Schmid and James Groblewski
Date Contributor Update
11 December 2015 06:11:58 AKMark Changes to person associations
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Military Records
Date Contributor Update
13 May 2015 15:55:45 general ira snapsorter Changes to person associations
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Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html
Date Contributor Update
13 May 2015 15:46:05 general ira snapsorter Changes to history and person associations
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Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html
Date Contributor Update
11 March 2015 09:54:35 general ira snapsorter Changes to history
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Additional history added from b24.net : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag1.htm
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11 March 2015 09:34:55 general ira snapsorter Changes to history
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Added b24net link
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11 March 2015 09:29:55 general ira snapsorter Changes to name and known as
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Title change for consistency
Date Contributor Update
09 March 2015 16:20:54 Emily Changes to media associations
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Associated Hub Zemke image from Stalag Luft I from Freeman Collection
Date Contributor Update
31 December 2014 14:53:50 Sam_Martin Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude, history and person associations
Sources

Roy, Morris. Behind Barbed Wire. Published in 1946; Zemke, Hubert (and Freeman, Roger). Zemke's Stalag. Published in 1991.

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