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
Stalag Luft III
Other location
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2nd LT Joseph F. Gill - B-24 Navigator survived his B-24 before it crashed, caught by German/Nazi and sent to POW camp Stalag Luft III
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Prisoners of War of the 44th Bomb Group at Stalag Luft III with a USAAF insginia made of stones. Left to right : Bob Walker, Wayne Gotke, Bob McPhillamey, Bill Wockenfuss, Leo Frazier, John Mooney.
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"Aerial view of Stalag Luft III, German prisoner of war camp for air force personnel, at Sagen, Germany. Thousands of American air force prisoners were imprisoned here. In addition, the camp held British and other allied air force personnel who were captured during the air offensive against Germany. This entire camp was evacuated the latter part of January 1945 and all prisoners of war were marched westward as the advancing Russian armies drew near. 17 Sept 1944."
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Kommandant Friedrich Wilhelm von Lindeiner-Wildau, Kommandant of Stalag Luft III.
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Dutch Rekindle War Memories for Pilot, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 30, 1989
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Ink drawing of Leonard D. Culbertson by William P. Nicholson while POWs at Stalag Luft III. This was one of many drawings found in Bill's Wartime Journal.
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2nd Lt. John V Lilly
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Norville John Gorse
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Hudson
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Nance Pg 1
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.
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
Connections
People
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Elden Agler
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Co-pilot, Simpson crew. 381st BG, 534th BS, 8th AF. Shot down 17 August 1943 in B-17 #42-30245 'Lucky Lady'. Mission #20 "Black Tuesday" to the ball bearing works at Schweinfurt, Germany. MACR 381. Prisoner of War at Stalag Luft III and Stalag VIIA. ... -
Anthony Alaimo
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 322nd Bomb Group
Assigned to 450BS, 322BG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) repeat raid to power station at Ijmuiden, Holland in B26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Rescued by a... -
George Alexander
Military | Flight Officer | Navigator | 91st Bomb Group The Ragged Irregulars
Navigator on plane 44-6596 'Sweet Dish'. Plane badly damaged during mission on 5 December 1944. Alexander and two other crew members bailed out and were captured. Rest of crew stayed on board and pilot was able to nurse aircraft back to base. -
Joe Alexander
Military | Major | Pilot | 381st Bomb Group
Pilot, Alexander crew. 381st BG, 532nd BS, 8th AF. Shot down 25 July 1943 in B-17 #42-30153 "Worry Wart". Mission #12 to the Focke-Wulf factory at Hamburg. MACR 131. Flak damaged, vibrating violently over the English Channel, turned 180 degrees back to... -
Robert Anderson
Military | Second Lieutenant | Navigator | 381st Bomb Group
Navigator, Steele crew. 381st BG, 533rd BS, 8th AF. Shot down by FW 190s on return from mission #62 to the marshalling yards at Brunswick, Germany on 30 Jan 1944 in B-17F #42-29761 'Martha II'. MACR 2244. He had glass in is eyes from the exploding nose... -
Coburn Arledge
Military | Second Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 365th Fighter Group
Retired from the USAF with the rank of Major. -
James Aubele
Military | First Lieutenant | Co-Pilot | 305th Bomb Group Can Do
Assigned to 364BS, 305BG, 8AF USAAF. Shot down 17-May-43 in B-17 42-29663. Prisoner of War (POW). MACR 15555 Awards: PH, POW, WWII Victory, EAME. -
John Balason
Military | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 353rd Fighter Group
Flew a tour of duty in the Aleutians with 18FS, 343FG, 11AF prior to being assigned to 350FS, 353FG, 8AF USAAF. Failed to Return (FTR) free lance to Madgeburg, set off in pursuit of several Me262 fighters in P-51 44-14793 'Miss Betty D', last seen... -
Clarendon Barbarus
Military | Second Lieutenant | Co-pilot | 390th Bomb Group
Shot down 10 October 1943 in B-17 42-3302 'Rick-O-Shay'. Prisoner of War (POW). Awards: POW, WWII Victory, EAME.
Revisions
| Date | Contributor | Update |
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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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 20 July 2015 20:35:20 | 466thHistorian | Changes to person associations |
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Chris Brassfield |
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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 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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| Date | Contributor | Update |
| 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. |
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