stalag 17b list of prisoners
U.S. Army, Infantry 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), Cecil A. Rogers Sergeant 1529 Ill Ave. 607 6th Street Service Number6025246 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), Sal Trischitta 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). Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Duke Street Corporal Gunner U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 4th Milner Service Number1137397 Stalag 17B was situated just a few miles northwest of Krems, Austria, and was used from a concentration camp from 1938 until 1940, when the first war prisoners were brought there French and. Rochester, New York, Captured in North Africa U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Sources: Luther Vaughns daughters Judy Ingersoll and Victoria McMackin, Joseph MacDougall Houston,Tex. Hot water and showers were as rare as toothbrushes, combs, and toilet paper. James Gunn Mathieson Bill Spruiells name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Reached Allied lines, Richard P. Griffen See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 523 N. 3rd St. Captured January 21, 1941Sidi Rezegh, Libya Serial Number13023021 Inside their spartan quarters, prisoners searched for fellow crew members whom they had last seen inside a falling, shot-up plane, and acquainted themselves with the other men of their bay (a tightly clustered section of bunks that lined the barracks walls). Roy Blankenbecklers name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Charles Martin, Army Infantry, of Tennessee was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. According to the Geneva Convention, as non-commissioned officers, the Americans were not required to work. New arrivals were often surprised to discover a system of government in the American compoundsa democratically elected power structure headed by a so-called Man of Confidence (MOC). 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). 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), Richard Mooney U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Inkley House Black State of ResidenceIndiana Dennis J. Sweeney Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. State of Residenceunlisted Service Number883615 Royal Army Service Corps Private U.S. Army, Infantry My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. Serial Number36200720 British Army, Camp leader at Camp 59 from September 1942 to September 1943, Source: Swiss Red Cross reports as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, William A. Helmly U.S. Army, Infantry Prisoners often bartered with one another for supplies. Notes: The records do not include all prisoners of war and contain some errors. 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), J. G. Whitlow State of ResidencePennsylvania Private First Class 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), Martin E. Wood, Jr. Lance-Sergeant Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 29, 1942February 27, 1943, Jack Brann Serial Number33136536 Serial Number32105941 Free for 7 months before being recaptured and sent to Germany, where he spent another year in Stalag VIIA Moosburg (Germany), Stalag IVB Muhlberg (Germany), and Stalag Esdenmein 201 Ford St. U.S. Army, Infantry Frederick Buske Address from Armie Hills address book: Allentown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Private Sergeant NX10180 Yorkshire [England, United Kingdom], J. R. Cromley is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence T. Cronin Royal Army Medical Corps, Escaped from Camp 59 with Corporal Howard F. Jones. Private U.S. Army, Infantry Hymer Roger Lee. Corporal 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 but no camp is listed), David E. Riding Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Kingsley, James Martelli, and Carl Good. Brooklyn, N.Y. [New York]. Waverly Park U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn Private The camp covered an area of 35 hectares (86 acres). Sgt. Vinton, Iowa, John H. Gaffney Serial Number35119503 Serial Number13003189 On behalf of my first cousin Pamela Kelso Winkler, we would like to Did Earl Linaweaver escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? He and fellow POW Luther Shields traveled though the mountains assisted by Italians, including the Palmoni family of Montefalcone, along the way. Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceWest Virginia Serial Number13078670 Did Frederick Buske escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and send to Stalag 2B Hammerstein? New York. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle U.S. Army, Infantry The German camps were expected to stock enough of the parcels to provide one week of sustenance for each American. [England, United Kingdom], F. R. Jackson Private State of Residenceunlisted State of Residence Private Frederick W. Solberg U.S. Army, InfantryRifle [Lincolnshire] Winchester, Virginia. If you are enjoying the site, please consider making a donation, however small Serial Number13015647 As General George S. Pattons Third Army smashed its way across Germany toward Austria, it began liberating thousands of German captivesHitlers starving, mostly Jewish political prisoners and captured Allied soldiers and airmen. State of ResidenceNew York 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), Walter J. Simon See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Fahl Earl Cornell. U.S. National Archives on-line POW database has no listing for a serviceman by either of these names. Box 11-2 Service Number1086472 Elmcourt Gilmore City, Io. U.S. Army, Field Artillery155 MM Howitzer Truck Drawn 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 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), Carl L. Good U.S. Army, Infantry Many of the new kriegies (short for the German kriegsgefangene, or prisoner of war) paired up in combines as a way of looking out for one another. 0000002940 00000 n Shot down over Naples 11 Dec 1942 Maspeth, New York, Source: Bernard Petrulis son Alan Petrulis 26 Penywaun Road He died in 1962, 13 years before I was born, but was . 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), Earl Hug Tennessee, Clovis Amos name and address (above) were recorded in Ray Kestners Christmas Book., Arnold L. Anderson Serial Number20323864 Food remained scarce. Spencer, Okla. [Oklahoma], Albert Edward Ibbetson 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). Serial NumberO&436014 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 Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg, Prussia (Also KDOS [USA] #1-5; ARB BTNS 225-255) 52-14). 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), Ivan T. Simpson State of ResidenceOklahoma Serial Number20701899 John Park, who was ill at the time of the escape, was recaptured and died of pneumonia in solitary confinement at Camp 59 on September 28, 1942. Private U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Private First Class Joseph James Freeborn 422nd Bomb Squadron 305th Bomb Group. Camp 59 internmentFebruary 15June 1943, A. J. L. Bozzone Serial Number13022149 Hmo0SDc;R.KE Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano notes that both Aiden Duff and J. H. D. Millar were Scottish. Private Sheltered by the family of Attilio Tulli at Verchiano and by the Spuntarelli family at Croce di Rocca Franca T/Sgt. 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), Opal E. Ware C. Cowley Stalag Luft 4 Gross-Tychow (formerly Heydekrug) Pomerania, Prussia (moved to Wobbelin Bei Ludwigslust) (To Usedom Bei Savenmunde) 54-16. Middle photo: Some personal items that belonged to Paul "Flash" Gordon, a B-17 ball-turret gunner with the US 327th Squadron, 92nd Bomb Group, while he was at Stalag 17-B. Bernard P. Robinson [England, United Kingdom], James Bough [Mississippi], Captured near Kasserine Pass in North Africa, Interned in Camp 98 on Sicily for 28 days before being transferred to Camp 59, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with Willis Largent; both men were protected by Nazareno Lupi and his wife for nine months (the Lupi family lived near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno), Sources: an interview with John O. Everett; John O. Everetts son John O. Everett, Jr. and daughter Sandra Everett Barnett, Eugene C. Excell Max A. Hauser State of Residenceunlisted 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), Edward M. Greenberg document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); 119 Battery, 31st Field Regiment Royal Artillery, 11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Indian Division, Captured at Battle of Alem Hamza; interned at Caserta Military Hospital, transit Camp 66 Capua, Camp 59 Servigliano and Camp 29 Veano. Thomas A. Chard Serial Number32354694 State of ResidenceNew York U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips Private 11 Clent Avenue Reome Brayno, Army Infantry, of New York was returned to military control, liberated or repatriated from a POW camp, but no camp name is indicated. Reached Allied lines. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. State of ResidenceTennessee U.S. Army, Infantry British Army, In Camp 59 from December 30, 1942 until he was transferred in February 1943 to Camp 53 (Sforzacosta), At Camp 59 he was housed in Hut 10Bed 1158, Source: Edward Smiths grandson Rodney Smith, Robert Smith The U.S. National Archives list of WW II POWs list a Edmund H. Cote (Serial No. Serial Number34195650 Service Number5050489 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), Charles F. Poleri State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number12009301 State of Residenceunlisted Staff Sergeant Serial Number35261675 Hubert G. Dewey Fall River Captured April 8, 1941Fort Michelli [England, United Kingdom], Captured in North Africa at the Battle of Sidi Rezegh, November 23, 1941, Arrived at Camp 59 December 31, 1941 (as the bells from a local church were ringing in the new year), Transferred from Camp 59 to Camp 53 in January 1943, Source: William Redmans niece Jo Millard, who discovered Frederick Druces story archived at the government records office in Littlehampton in Sussex, England, George Reesclaf, Jr. [or Reuschak] U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Stalag XIB and Stalag 357, both near Fallingsbostel, were liberated by the 7th Armoure. Aberdare U.S. Army, Air Corps Serial Number6953355 Roland V. Rakow Michael Sterm First Sergeant Camp 59 internmentJanuary 30, 1942June 4, 1943, P. G. J. Burke State of Residenceunlisted Was taken by this unit down the Adriatic Sea coast to the British 8th Army at Bari, Italy, on October 25, 1943. 0000001709 00000 n Address from Armie Hills address book: Glamoranaen, Virginia. Company A, 18th Infantry, 1st Division [England, United Kingdom], C. G. Hooper-Rogers is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., Clarence J. Horton Detested, feared, and treated worse than animals by the Germans, Russian prisoners suffered beyond comprehension. Corporal Michael M. StermSerial No. State of ResidenceKansas Staff Sergeant State of ResidenceNew York Hattiesburg, Miss. Telephone 2541, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943 with John O. Everett; both men were protected by Nazareno Lupi and his wife for nine months (the Lupi family lived near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno), Ernest P. Lawrence State of Residenceunlisted Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Captured in Sardinia during operation Hawthorn, July 8, 1943 State of Residenceunlisted Jim Snodgrass name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Franklin E. Swint He took this bold action in violation of a stay put order issued from London ordering all Allied prisoners to remain in the camps. [Kentucky]. 929 N. Front St. 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). Stanley Bentley [Kent] Serial Number37038102 After the war, he returned to live in St. Albans, Vermont. 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), Edmund H. Cote See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. 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). No. Detailed History People Missions Revisions This address for William Rawlinson is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: William Rawlinson U.S. Army1st Armored Division, 27th Field Artillery Sergeant Charles R. Martin U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Division Technician, Grade 5 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), Rochester F. Nettles State of ResidenceOklahoma State of ResidenceCalifornia See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Infantry Private First Class Did Orville Higgins escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 11B Fallingbostel? Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Private State of Residenceunlisted Serial Number37044192 Serial Number39017283 Alfred Adamo Staff Sergeant 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). E Company Source: Richard Kanes nephew (and Henry Kanes son) George Kane. Private Later in 1943, on 13th of December (my mother's, his sister's birthday), he was shot down again on a mission to Kiel, Germany. State of ResidenceVirginia [Texas]. John M. Mumaugh, Jr. Did Joseph Raffeo escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 6D Dortmund? State of ResidenceIdaho State of Residenceunlisted Joseph D. Steed U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force Raymond A. Johnson Camp 59 POW Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke said her father knew Arthur Harris. Flight Sergeant Serial Number20704953 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). Service Number3196639 Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Sergeant Sweechbridge Road Trooper. Raymond Hines name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Reached Allied lines, Walter A. Gontarski 47th Infantry Regiment Pleasant Hill, Illinois. Corporal 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 Stalag 17B Braunau Gneikendorf Near Krems Austria 48-15), Shot down while on a bombing mission in the Mediterranean, Interned at Camp 59 for three months; made friends with a guard and escaped over the fence with two comrades, Recaptured by Germans and interned at Stalag 17-B until close to the end of the war, Sources: Frederick Solbergs son Andrew Solberg; filmed interview of Frederick Solberg created by Stoneham Theatre in conjunction with their 2009 production of Studs Terkels The Good War: A Musical Collage of WWII, Donald J. Sonnega 13th Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Escaped with an American paratrooper and several British soldiers through a tunnel from Camp 59 on September 8, 1943 when word of Italian armistice reached the camp, and before the general escape from camp on September 14. State of ResidenceIowa 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), Claude J. Cole 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), Olin E. Rodgers Private State of ResidenceNew York State of Residenceunlisted State of Residenceunlisted See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. Emerson Street State of ResidenceMinnesota Private State of ResidenceGeorgia Kalgoorie 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 Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), John J. Procko, Jr. Serial Number12020303 Escaped from Camp 59though the hole in the wallSeptember 14, 1943. Ira Powers name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army Private U.S. Army, Air CorpsMedium Bomber (B25, B26) James W. Tasiopulos Originally it was planned for 10,000 prisoners, but at the end of the war more than 70,000 Allied soldiers were detained in the main camp and its labour . Escaped at the Armistice, was recaptured, then escaped again Camp 59 internmentMarch 3July 4, 1943, F. C. Brain 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), Arthur George Jux trailer Telephone Missouri 70670, Charles Lum 38064103recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private Buffs Regiment Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Snodgrass, James Martelli, and James Kingsley. Corporal Helping people find out more about their relatives wartime experiences since 1999 by U.S. Army, Infantry Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceKansas A French policeman arrested Sgt. Interned in a camp on Sicily, at PG 66 Capua, and PG 59 Sergeant Major State of Residenceunlisted Bombardier 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), F. H. Bush Address from Armie Hills address book: Service Number1800682 Camp 59 internmentJanuary 31, 1942June 6, 1943, Cyril Cernobyl 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 Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to Germany. State of Residencenot listed We searched the Access to Archival Databases (AAD) and located the Records of World War II Prisoners of War, 12/7/1941 - 11/19/1946 in the Records of the Office of the Provost Marshal General (Record Group 389) that includes a file for Molle, Benaiah W., who was held at Stalag 4B Muhlberg Sachsen 51-13. Serial Number39525295 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 but no camp is listed), Athol Gray Second Lieutenant 0000007732 00000 n State of ResidenceWisconsin Service Number7015022 Private More and more Allied prisoners are being released by advancing Armies. 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), Claude H. McLaughlin Milton A. Benz, Jr. 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), Wesley A. Goettel All rights reserved Website hosted by ctinetworks.com. Private Source: Though direct written and phone contact with Frank Mikes, I understand him to have been an escapee from Camp 59. Serial Number33090208 New York. Arthus Page wrote a memoir, A Walk in Wartime Italy (1995), (Information courtesy of researcher Janet Kinrade Dethick), Howard Palya State of ResidenceVirginia State of Residenceunlisted Private Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 Sergeant Riley Rudd died in a hospital in Ascoli Piceno on July 20, 1942 of appendicitis. Brand They were later reunited in their hometown of Sheffield. 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