stalag 17b list of prisoners

Camp 59 internmentFebruary 28June 2, 1943, Sid Bowland Lincoln, Lincolnshire Address from Armie Hills address book: Robert A. Newton corresponded with or met a number of former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees, while conducting research for his book Soldiers of the Strange Night. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle In the middle of the beautiful Austrian countrysideof rolling hills and thick forest stood an ugly placethe sprawling eyesore and den of misery known as Stalag Luft 17-B. U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer State of ResidenceIowa S.E. 5115 Schuler Ave. Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe Corporal Southend-on-Sea, Essex London Irish Rifles James Martelli Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Jack Webb Private Service Number3189899 Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). I have recorded below names, military ranks and units, and notes concerning capture, internment, escape, and repatriation. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Edwin P. Rogers Private Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), S. C. Dowland Brooklyn Captured November 21, 1941Tobruk, Libya U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number32294444 4217 S. 23rd Street First Lieutenant Serial Number33147188 They reached the Allied forces on June 14, 1944. Private First Class Duard W. Payne The names on this list have been submitted by relatives, friends, neighbours and others who wish to remember them, if you have any names to add or any recollections or photos of those listed, Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ray W. Dentler John D. Green Enlisted June 7, 1940 State of ResidencePennsylvania North Wales [United Kingdom]. Handy exacted a measure of revenge by facilitating the only successful escape from Stalag 17-B. Serial Number0&678420 (Driver 4532572) Private State of ResidenceOklahoma Kings Royal Rifle Corps Private WX14635 Serial Number15047094 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Reached Allied lines, Robert R. Krager State of ResidenceNew York Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallSeptember 14, 1943. Technician, Grade 5 Morris Brunt Private First Class Ray W. DentlerSerial No. Serial Number32066473 <<08A4E18E2E986D4A88491B7C2608C279>]>> U.S. Army, Field Artillery Private Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson Medical Orderly Serial Number14052008 State of ResidenceMassachusetts State of ResidenceTennessee Nello lives in Servigliano. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Serial Number17006940 Library contains an ever growing number diary entries, personal letters and other documents, most transcribed into plain text. This article originally appeared in the February 2006 issue of America in WWII. State of ResidenceIowa Goodrich, N. Dak [North Dakota], Clarence A. Private First Class This database is no t thought to be a complete listing of every POW of WW2. Private Chris J. FacchinaSerial No. U.S. Army, Air CorpsHeavy Bombardment Serial Number12040114 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriatedno camp listed), 16th Engineer Battation, 1st Armored Division 59. Arthur Shupes name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. PJX 203935 [England, United Kingdom], Stephen T. Dean Private Franklin E. Swint 1st Infantry Division (the Big Red One), Captured at Long Stop Hill, near Medjez el Bab, Tunisia on December 23, 1942, Interned in Camp 98, Sicily, for one month, Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943; recaptured by German paratroopers nine days later, After recapture, Ralph Hoag was interned at Muhlberg, Stalag IV-B, Stalag II-B at Hammerstein, Stalag III-B Furstenberg on Oder, and Stalag III-A at Luckenwalde, Herman J. Hochman His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Kings Norton Bottom photo: The prisoners tag (above) and dog tag of Stalag 17-B prisoner Lloyd Kern, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with he US 303rd Bomb Group, known as Hells Angels. State of ResidenceMaryland U.S. Army, Infantry Yorkshire Burton Street See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Serial Number35170899 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Martin G. Wethington Corporal 601 Walnut Street U.S. Army, Field Artillery Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). Private First Class State of ResidenceConnecticut Serial Number15057395 Although they had lived through hell, they lived. (LogOut/ First Infantry Division (the Big Red One) Christopher J. Facchina Route 4 Captured December 3, 1942Bizerta, Tunisia See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. CQ0 Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Ernest C. Ellis Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Robert J. Noah Serial Number10600080 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry East Surrey Regiment, British Army Serial Number32003230 Private Serial Number13069951 Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. F. T. Lockett Private Ray Felcle [Felchle]Serial No. Charlie Perkins name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunesia CHESSELLARNOLDPRE No 7264690. 132 Field Regiment, Royal Artillery Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, Raymond Felchle Private Source: Henry Kanes son George Kane, Richard Kane 404 No. Sergeant 0000006168 00000 n Ehmann Frederick Elliot. Grey ultimately reached Yugoslavia, where anti-Nazi partisans assisted him. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of Residenceunlisted In Clifford Houbens address list, John is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Sergeant U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Eric Ethier is a former staff editor of Civil War Times and American History magazines. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Billy England After their time in Camp 59, the men were sent to separate camps and, after escape from their respective camps, both made their way north to freedom in Switzerland. Staff Sergeant Captured December 28, 1941Agedabia, Libya Serial Number38027037 State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Murrell C. Harley U.S. Army, Infantry (DIED AS PRISONER OF WAR; 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Oria Powers (National Archives database has no POW listing for Ira Powers) Sol, Calif. [California]. Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13). 34059817recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Serial Number15046656 U.S. Army, Signal CorpsRifle Camp 59 internmentJanuaryMay 1942, Vaughan Lawrence Carter Lt Briley observed several of his men being picked up by Red Cross ambulances. Private Patrick Cahills address is from an official notification of his capture to his parents. Second New Zealand Expeditionary Force (2NZEF) Document Date: 9 Apr 1940. Serial Number6956161 Bombardier I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. Service Number2980168 Franklin Nettles Source: Carl Goods granddaughter Crystal Aceves, Ronald Gordon Escaped from Camp 59 on September 15, 1943 Service Number958853 Royal Artillery (repatriated to the East Yorkshire Regiment), Captured in Egypt by Germans Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Died as prisoner of war). Royal Corps of Signals Sergeant State of Residenceunlisted zBPk ql5^ ~fuYg=SsZ. Serial Number39227259 Mangum, Okla. [Oklahoma]. [England, United Kingdom], C. Bruce Source: U.S. National Archives, World War II Prisoners of War Data Files, documenting the period December 7, 1941November 19, 1946 (Returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Jack G. Hughes J. W. T. Duffield Reached Allied lines, Maurice W. Cox Serial Number38023144 U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Serial Number14030133 They were later reunited in their hometown of Sheffield. Rochester, New York, Captured in North Africa State of Residenceunlisted Bist offered art lessons in Camp 59. Serial Number38151547 Lance-Sergeant Box 123 In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March 43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Infantry Finally, as May dawned, relief arrived in the rugged jeeps and hulking Sherman tanks of the 13th Armored Division. August C. Erdbrink Prisoners held there were forced to work at . 15 31st Field Regiment, Royal Artillery State of ResidenceIowa Serial Number37073082 U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment Camp 59 internmentMarch 1942May 1943, R. C. R. 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