U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Technical Sergeant See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. U.S. Army, Field ArtilleryTank Destroyer U.S. Army, InfantryRifle If the information here has been helpful or you have enjoyed reaching the stories please conside making a donation, no matter how small, would be much appreciated, annually we need to raise enough funds to pay for our web hosting or this site will vanish from the web. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion. Serial Number38009720 Serial Number32294444 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 listed). Private First Class 2nd Battalion, Parachute Regiment U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute Infantry No. State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Infantry Scotland. Serial Number38019317 Serial Number35152159 U.S. Army, Infantry State of ResidenceNew York 1st Battalion, The Buffs Fred Chilton and Norman Davison were sent to North Africa on the same boat, were captured together in Libya in April 1940, and were transferred from camp to camp together, eventually ending up in Camp 59. Private Serial Number38151547 Private State of ResidenceKentucky 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. M. Greenshields Athol Grays name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Serial Number35100087 State of ResidenceTexas State of ResidenceMissouri RAOC (Royal Army Ordnance Corps) Serial Number37170266 Private Private R.F.D. 125 So. This address for Aurther Harris is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Aurther Harris Did John Buchanan escape from Camp 59, and was he recaptured and sent to Stalag 3B Furstenberg Brandenburg? Signalman I'm told that he was able to meet with several of his former crew mates. About 20 min from the bombing target at Schweinfurt, Germany on 13th of April 1944 at 13.54 in the afternoon, the B-17 formation came under attack by German FW 190 fighter planes. 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), Joseph E. Pojawis G. Aitken Corporal State of Residenceunlisted Brockton U.S. Army, Infantry Private Flushing, Long Island Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Milton is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Serial Number6952090 Steve Shedlocks name and address were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Address from Armie Hills address book: State of ResidenceIowa 2006 7th St. Service Number6285660 U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17. 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), Murrell C. Harley U.S. Army, Field Artillery Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Ernest Dale 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), Roland B. Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia Captured December 5, 1942El Bathan, Tunisia To free-spirited airmen accustomed to seeing only the pastoral outlines of the German landscape or the tops of cities, the ominous, tightly-pressed surroundings were troubling. Serial Number12016884 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). 0 British Royal Airforce, Sources: The Memoirs of J. H. D. Millar, published by Quaderni della Memoria, 2008; Giuseppe Millozzi, Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano. Private Corporal 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 CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13), Arthur George Jux State of ResidenceMassachusetts Serial Number6984419 London N12 WX5012 Rifleman Lance-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), Source: Swiss Red Cross report on Camp 59 from December 16, 1942, as referenced by Giuseppe Millozzi in Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano. Company A, 18th Infantry, 1st Division Back on the road early each morning, the columns dodged increasing numbers of rumbling German vehicles, and the wide-eyed Americans stared in horror as they passed living skeletons in striped pajamas with yellow stars on them. Serial Number6891870 Corporal Serial Number37044192 State of Residenceunlisted Within days of the rescue, American forces began uncovering the ghastly results of Hitlers Final Solutionhuman slaughter pens filed with the remains of thousands of Jews and other people Nazis considered undesirable and unworthy of life. State of ResidenceIowa State of ResidenceMassachusetts Source: Giuseppe Millozzi, Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, Hilbert H. Balk The address above is from that list. Corporal Les J. Cratty [Crotty]Serial No. Seattle 8, Wash. [Washington]. Hubert H. Schwandt Smithton, Penna. The List of Prisoners ABRAMS, BERNIE Bernie Abrams Source: Robert A. Newton, who corresponded with or met former Camp 59 POWs or their family members, or heard about former prisoners from other escapees. Want to know what life was like during the War? Serial Number36151602 Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942March 3, 1943, Alfred Bowen U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersArmored (Divisional) The German camps were expected to stock enough of the parcels to provide one week of sustenance for each American. Serial Number20701864 8, Alfred Road Source: In Clifford Houbens address list, Marion is noted as having been interned in Camp 59. Serial Number35100858 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). Serial Number20614252 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), Emil J. Keller Camp 59 internmentMarch 2June 1, 1943. 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 indicated), George Shorter Keith Argraves name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Service Number5495606 49th Battalion, Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Serial Number39302734 State of ResidenceMississippi Murray Shulaws name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Hastings, Sussex State of ResidenceGeorgia Private See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. 34138090 State of ResidenceOregon 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 U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number15055130 Address from an envelope featured on metropostcard.com, Fred R. Phillips The crash site was near Groningen, Netherlands. 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), William D. Daoust, Jr. State of ResidenceCalifornia Myrtle Ford[or Myrtleford] Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom, Interned in Camp 59; also in Stalag VI-B (Mhlberg, Germany), William J. OShea Serial Number32335038 Among the first to escape through the hole in the camps west wall, with fellow SAS soldier J. G. Whitlow on September 14, 1943, H. Schofield Tatsfield,Westerham 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). Bud Davids name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. Trenton, Florida, Corporal D. Nevitt is one of 10 prisoners whose poems are recorded in Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling., W. G. Newall 9th Infantry Division James Collins Hot water and showers were as rare as toothbrushes, combs, and toilet paper. 724 MacKinley Escaped during the breakout on September 14, 1943. Australian Army Corps2nd/32nd Battalion, One of nine Australian POWs who escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, (The nine Australians were: John Jack Albert Allen, Thomas David Alman, Arthur George Bellwho sometimes went by A. G. Jux, Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler, Vaughan Lawrence Carter, Robert Edward Albert Edwards, James William Feehan, Ronald James Jimmy McMahon, and Leslie Worthington), Address from Camp 59 prisoner Charles Simmons calendar/address book: [England, United Kingdom], F. R. Jackson Tex Reome 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), Special Air Service (British Special Forces), Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943, Sources: Article Britain at War: Initiating a POW breakout in Italy, The Telegraph (www.telegraph.co.uk), November 13, 2008; http://www.ww2escapelines.co.uk, J. Keith Killby is an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) and a Cavaliere Ufficiale of the Italian Republic. State of ResidenceFlorida Each barracks became a sort of autonomous unit. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private Nello lives in Servigliano. Robert R. Downings name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. U.S. Army, InfantryArmored Force U.S. Army, service branch unlisted Serial Number12017271 See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. His name appears in U.S. State Department wartime reports about Camp 59 from the Swiss Legation in Rome. Bist of Robert. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 with Joseph Olinix, George Tucker, James Kingsley, Carl Good, and James Snodgrass. State of Residenceunlisted State of ResidenceConnecticut U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy Source: Louis VanSlootens son Tom VanSlooten, Leroy Varnadoe Corporal Anthony N. Proto U.S. Army, Infantry Sgt. Corporal Captured December 4, 1942Tebourba, Tunisia State of ResidenceSouth Carolina 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), Leo Denale U.S. Army, InfantryRifle See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Camp 59 internmentMarch 13, 1942May 24, 1943, Peter J. Calvagno Private First Class Captured November 27, 194113 miles west of Bardia 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), Clovis G. Amos Service Number967031 North Tazewell, Virginia, Milton E. Cohen Pennsylvania. Service Number2980168 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 B. Chandler 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), James A. Corcoran 1st Armored Divison, U.S. Army, Captured at the Battle of Sidi Bou Zid, North Africa, on February 15, 1943, Robert W. Nicholls 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), Alec. U.S. Army, U.S. Army, CavalryCavalry Reconnaissance, Mechanized No address for William Anderson or Dillard Anderson is recorded in Armie Hills address book. 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), Paul P. McLaughlin U.S. Army, Corps of Engineers 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), Address: U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle State of ResidenceIowa See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. First Infantry Division (the Big Red One) 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 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), Clifford H. Houben State of ResidenceKentucky U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number37042382 13023021is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. State of ResidenceIowa Captured near Ragusa, Sicily, on or about February 27, 1942 John O. Everett in an interview said that William Helmley is from Savannah, Georgia, Escaped from Camp 59 in September 1943; William Helmley and Owen Frye were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno, Orville A. Higgins 1st Battalion, East Surrey Regiment Private First Class Private Thomas A. Chard U.S. Army, InfantryDivisional Artillery Alkcus Stokes Connections The ingredients used for our meals soon convinced me that the best way to eat was to sit in a dark corner of our barracks and not think about what I was eating, Kriegie William E. Rasmussen recalled. 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), Camp leader at Camp 59 from February 1942 to September 1942, Donald A. Penton Technician, Grade 4 Kenneth Seldon escaped from Camp 59 but was recaptured and sent to Germany. U.S. Army, Infantry U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Corporal U.S. Army, Infantry Serial Number14013189 Baltimore, Md. August C. Erdbrink Sources: Robert Newtons nephew Robert A. Newton (Hillsboro, Oregon), and and interview conducted by Filippo Ieran with Cesare Viozzi published in Antigone nella Valle del Tenna, or Antigone in the Tenna Valley, regional authority of the Marche (Consiglio Regionale delle Marche), 2002, Joseph Maly Massachusetts. 253 0 obj <> endobj Service Number5774137 State of Residenceunlisted Hurley, Virginia, Domingo S. Aguilar The U.S. National Archives POW database include a listing for William T. Miller, but no camp is specified, John H. Derek Millar 11 Clent Avenue State of ResidencePennsylvania U.S. Army, Medical DepartmentParachute 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 RepatriatedStalag Luft 1 Barth-Vogelsang Prussia 54-12). Day 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 Goettel 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), Alfred T. Yax Private Camp 59 internmentJanuary 30, 1942June 4, 1943, P. G. J. Burke State of ResidenceOhio Hubert G. Dewey U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Private See post Clifford Houbens Address List, January 5, 2013. This website is paid for out of our own pockets, library subscriptions and from donations made by visitors. 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), Frank Hillman Reached Allied lines, Daniel J. McAnally Private Private First Class Fredric G. Busky [Frederick G. Buske]Serial No. State of Residenceunlisted England. Lyndale Ligons name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. A. Willis Serial Number12007149 State of ResidenceIndiana I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. (Machine Gun) Battalion H.B. Holly House Medical Officer 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), Tony Spicola U.S. Army, InfantryParachute Infantry Captured December 4, 1942Tunisia 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. Arrived at Camp 59 on August 25, with other SAS members. Telephone Missouri 70670, Charles Lum [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 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 in September 1943; Owen Frye and William Helmley were protected by the Marcozzi family near the town of Force in the province of Ascoli Piceno. 56-10 Remson Place State of ResidenceNew York 6th Armored Infantry, First Armored Division State of ResidenceIllinois [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 Mangum, Okla. [Oklahoma]. Town Street 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 H. Williams 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. The non-commissioned officers were then packed like cattle into filthy boxcars and shipped by rail to their new homes and lives as prisoners of war. During missions over German cities such as Bremen and Stuttgart and other Nazi strongholds, their B-17 Flying Fortresses and B-24 Liberators had been shredded by German fighters or anti-aircraft guns, sending them tumbling through the sky, fumbling with parachutes and praying for survival. 0000006984 00000 n I was thrown through its rickety door before I could even react. 13 Light Anti-Aircraft Regiment, Royal Artillery Camp 59 internmentMarch 12, 1942June 8, 1943, H. J. Carey Private State of Residenceunlisted See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site. See post Dual Purpose Deck of Cards, January 5, 2009. Private U.S. Army There, in hastily improvised shelters, the men shivered, waiting for deliverance. Private State of Residenceunlisted Stalag Prisoners of War of the Germans A group of POWs at Stalag Luft 1 This part of the website is currently being rebuilt and is not yet fully functioning. Camp leader at Camp 59 in September 1943 (at the time of the general escape). Serial Number15055023 L. H. Straight 15055095is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. A. Dean Steeds 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). Serial Number33137212 All escapees were recaptured and held in close confinement cells for 10 days. Lawrence Mortimer Lawrie Butler State of ResidenceOhio 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17), James Guillory Serial Number 13049014 Private Jesse E. Kirk U.S. Army, Air CorpsBombardment, Heavy State of ResidencePennsylvania Top photo: Armed guards in watchtowers and double rows of barbed-wire fencing kept POWs from escaping Germanys notorious Stalag 17-B. P.A. Private First Class Harold AdkinsSerial No. State of ResidenceIllinois New Road 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), Lawrence F. Hunt Freeborn laying in a field. John O. Everett Private First Class List Type: Inmate / prisoner list. This article is a list of prisoner-of-war camps in Germany (and in German occupied territory) during any conflict. Escaped from Camp 59 on September 14, 1943 123 Goldsmith Walk This address for Denis Crooks is from Robert Dickinsons prison camp journal, Servigliano Calling: Denis Crooks The address above is from that list. Private First Class Ray W. DentlerSerial No. Royal Sussex Regiment, 1st Buffs, Captured in North Africa on December 15, 1941. England. Serial Number37038102 Serial Number34088215 William Helmlys name and address (above) were written on a card in Luther Shields deck of playing cards. (Camp=063) Service code abbreviation is A = Army. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Source: Charles Stallings name and address is recorded in Charles Simmons prison camp 1943 calendar and address book. Private First Class U.S. Army, InfantryRifle 21 Locust Street Frank J. Mikes 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 Stalag 2B Hammerstein (99 work camps in vicinity of Koslin & Stolp) West Prussia 53-17). State of Residencelisted in the National Archives POW database as New York, but Robert Newton says his home state was Missouri U.S. Army, Air Corps 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), Edwin P. Rogers Address from Armie Hills address book: 34059817recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Private Royal Army Service Corps 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). 192 Washington Street Sergeant Moses was near Comunanza with a large group, including Gus Teel, Francis Thomas and Walter Simon. U.S. Army, Armored [New Mexico]. U.S. Army, InfantryRifle Camp 59 internmentMarch 5, 1942June 3, 1943, C. A. Bourne Serial Number33090208 Route 5 Johnstown, Pa. [Pennsylvania]. Fred Chiltons address is from G. Norman Davisons prison camp notebook. [England, United Kingdom], Source of address: Denis Crooks daughter Maggie Clarke, Lawrence Danich Sergeant Pilot Serial Number34121513 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), Jacob Stiner Sergeant At Stalag 17-B, one of the most notorious German prisoner-of-war camps, the American fliers were herded from the train to the bleak outpost about a mile or so away. Edward W. Kober Private Virgil Jarvas, Jr.s 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 Stalag 4D Torgau (Elbe) Sachsen, Prussia 51-13), Charlie Perkins Handy exacted a measure of revenge by facilitating the only successful escape from Stalag 17-B. Ronald James Jim McMahon Victoria, Australia, James Frederick Osborn 20701884is recorded in Armie Hills prison camp notebook as being one of 36 men living in Hut 4Section 11 of Camp 59. Marion, Iowa, Lee Cooper Private Serial Number32026775 U.S. Army, Corps of EngineersEngineer Private 1836 Fowler Avenue 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; no camp listed), Escaped from Camp 59 with Edmond Petrelli, Joe C. Mandese, Tony Spicola, and Felice D. Vacca, W. E. 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