Stalag Luft I

Prisoner of war camp
Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I. media-456991.jpg FRE 10019 Prisoners of war, including Colonel Hubert Zemke of the 479th Fighter Group at Stalag Luft I. Roger Freeman Collection

IWM, Roger Freeman Collection

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: 493rd Bomb Group 862nd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-773313
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier / Top Turret Gunner / Flight Engineer
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 351st Bomb Group 510th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-679457
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 303rd Bomb Group 427th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-752561
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 92nd Bomb Group 325th Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: 12054039 / O-746950
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier
  • Military/Civilian/Mascot: Military
  • Nationality: American
  • Unit: 381st Bomb Group 533rd Bomb Squadron
  • Service Numbers: O-673143
  • Highest Rank: Second Lieutenant
  • Role/Job: Bombardier

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Military Records

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Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html

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Associated prisoners of the 457th Bomb Group from http://www.457thbombgroup.org/POW/POW.html

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Additional history added from b24.net : http://www.b24.net/pow/stalag1.htm

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Added b24net link

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Title change for consistency

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Associated Hub Zemke image from Stalag Luft I from Freeman Collection

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Roy, Morris. Behind Barbed Wire. Published in 1946; Zemke, Hubert (and Freeman, Roger). Zemke's Stalag. Published in 1991.

Stalag Luft I: Gallery (29 items)