Donald Achenbach
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator/gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Trier on 2 Jan 45 in B-17 44-8201
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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.
Stalag Luft III was situated in Sagan, 100 miles south-east of Berlin, now called Zagan, in Upper Silesia, Poland.
This POW camp was one of six operated by the Luftwaffe for downed British and American airmen. Compared to other prisoner of war camps throughout the Axis world, it was a model of civilized internment. The Geneva Convention of 1929 on the treatment of prisoners of war was complied with as much as possible, but it was still war, still prison, and still grim.
Further detailed information, photographs and stories can be found at :
http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag3.htm
Military | Technical Sergeant | Radio operator/gunner | 452nd Bomb Group
Prisoner of War (POW) crashed at Trier on 2 Jan 45 in B-17 44-8201
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POW
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Military | Major | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
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POW
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POW
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23 December 2015 15:36:46 | kgonnam | Changes to person associations |
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Jonah's Feet are Dry. Graham Cross book on 353rd FG |
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20 July 2015 20:35:20 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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Chris Brassfield |
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27 May 2015 16:26:50 | 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 |
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27 May 2015 16:01:10 | 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 |
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11 March 2015 09:50:45 | general ira snapsorter | Changes to known as, latitude, longitude, history and media associations |
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Added further detail from http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag3.htm. |
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17 February 2015 15:35:48 | Anthony | Created entry with name, known as, latitude, longitude and person associations |
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Flight Officer Moore's Diary and Flight Manifest. Wyatt replaced James Garrison on this flight. Garrison was the Assistant Flight Engineer and Waist Gunner. |