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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."
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.
2nd Lt Lloyd W Waterman 335FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF POW record card. Shot down in P-51B 42-106911 9-May-44. Stalag Luft III.
Part 1 of the P-47 poem written by Raymond "Moose" Moulton at Stalag Luft III in 1944. The scanned page was taken from a logbook written by my father, 2LT Robert G. Presley. He was downed by flak on a mission to Berlin in May of 1944. This and one other poem by Moose were also passed on to the Stalag Luft III website in order to provide a wider dissemination of POW's talent under duress.
This poem about P-51s was also the my father's logbook from Stalag Luft III in 1944. Written by 2LT Raymond "Moose" Moulton who shared lodgings in the West compound, Block 164 with 2LT Robert Presley.
Part 2 of a poem written by 2LT Raymond Moulton during his stay in Stalag Luft III in 1944.
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.
Dutch Rekindle War Memories for Pilot, Pittsburgh Post Gazette, January 30, 1989
Names of pictured POWs from Swissvale PA. Johnnie Euwer, Ed Thorne, Jimmy Schroeder, Parker Finney
Photo taken of my father (George Gaydos) while a prisoner at Luft Stalag III.
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 | First Lieutenant | Fighter Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
Assigned to 334FS, 4FG, 8AF USAAF. Hit by Flak whilst strafing a ground target in P-51 43-6882, performed a belly landing in the vicinity of Lake Zwischenahner. Last contacted by radio. 15-Aug-44. Prisoner of War (POW) MACR 8147
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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
Military | Staff Sergeant | Top Turret Gunner | 303rd Bomb Group
Shot down 20 December 1943 in B-17 #42-39764 'Santa Anna'. Prisoner of War (POW).
POW
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Pilot | 78th Fighter Group
Robert Adamina served as a pilot with the 82nd Fighter Squadron, 78th Fighter Group. He was shot down on 14 May 1943 in P-47 41-6198. He became involved in a dogfight with FW190's in support of B-17s. He came down in North Sea near Belgian coast and...
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.
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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 B-26 41-18086 'Draggin Lady'. Hit by flak on return ditched in North sea, co-pilot ejected from cockpit and sole survivor. Rescued by a...
Military | Lieutenant Colonel | Fighter Pilot | 359th Fighter Group
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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.
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...
Military | Captain | Pilot | 4th Fighter Group
He joined the Royal Canadian Air Force in October 1940, and was awarded his pilot wings on September 15, 1941, joining the 133 Eagle Squadron in England. Alexander was credited with destroying 1 enemy aircraft in aerial combat, plus 1 probable, before...
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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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| 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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| 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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