Stalag Luft I
Prisoner of war campIWM, Roger Freeman Collection
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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: 44th Bomb Group 67th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 19012052 / O-689756
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Co-Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-801721
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 355th Fighter Group 358th Fighter Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-1699474
- Highest Rank: First Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Fighter Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 94th Bomb Group 331st Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: O-799220
- Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
- Role/Job: Pilot
- Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
- Nationality: American
- Unit: 305th Bomb Group 422nd Bomb Squadron
- Service Numbers: 11138368
- Highest Rank: Sergeant
- Role/Job: Top Turret Gunner
Related videos and documents
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16116
- Description: Evacuation of POW's from Stalag Luft 1 - # 1
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16117
- Description: Evacuation of POW's from Stalag Luft 1 - # 2
- Media Type: Video
- Object Number: UPL 16118
- Description: Evacuation of POW's from Stalag Luft 1 - # 3
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 41165
- Description: Letter sent to 1st Lieutenant Frank C Miller of the 401st Bomb Group on 24 April 1945 from his wife, while he was a Prisoner of War (POW) in Stalag...
- Media Type: Document
- Object Number: Document 56933
- Description: Documented events of the crash of B-24 41-29438 and the subsequent fate of the crew, and other airmen, who were held as Prisoners of War in the same...
Revisions
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
Roy, Morris. Behind Barbed Wire. Published in 1946; Zemke, Hubert (and Freeman, Roger). Zemke's Stalag. Published in 1991.