Stalag Luft I
Prisoner of war camp
Object Number - FRE 10019 - Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I.
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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
People
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 441st Troop Carrier Group 302nd Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 17024130 / O-684219
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 332nd Bomb Squadron
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Navigator
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 351st Bomb Group 508th Bomb Squadron 510th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-748533
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 397th Bomb Group 598th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-671879
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Bomber pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 439th Troop Carrier Group 94th Troop Carrier Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19093351 / T-001111
- Highest Rank: Flight Officer
- Role/Job: Glider pilot
Revisions
Military Records
Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html
Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html
Additional history added from b24.net : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag1.htm
Added b24net link
Title change for consistency
Associated Hub Zemke image from Stalag Luft I from Freeman Collection
Roy, Morris. Behind Barbed Wire. Published in 1946; Zemke, Hubert (and Freeman, Roger). Zemke's Stalag. Published in 1991.
