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The Life of American POWs in German prisoner of war camps during WWII
During WWII approximately 28,000 airmen from the US 8th Air Force had to parachute over Germany out of burning planes and most were immediately captured by the Germans and transported to various POW (Stalags) around the Reich. Many of these airmen spent up to two...
The Red Cross’s Impact on Allied POWs in WWII Germany
The Contributions of the International Red Cross the lives of Allied POWs imprisoned in Germany during WWII The role of the International Red Cross based in Geneva Switzerland and its subsidiaries, the American Red Cross, British Red Cross and Canadian Red Cross...
Operation Revival May 13-15, 1945. Barth, Germany
B-17s after landing in Barth to rescue the Stalag Luft 1 POWS and take them to France
Beautiful Barth on the Baltic, Stalag Luft 1 Prisoner of War Camp
On January 11, 1944, my father’s plane was hit by FLAK and lost two engines. Unable to keep up with their squadron, the crippled plane was attacked by German fighters who killed their radio operator. The nine surviving crew had to parachute out into the snowy fields...
RAF Ridgewell Airbase, Essex, England
On August 28, 1943, my father and the crew of his B-17, left the US and flew their bomber to Ridgewell Airbase in Essex England where they joined the 533rd Squadron of the US 8th Air Force’s 381st Heavy Bomb Group stationed there. RAF Ridgewell Airbase was...