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Want to know more about Stalag 13D Prisoner of War Camp? There are:4 items tagged Stalag 13D Prisoner of War Camp available in our Library
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Sargent Harry Tapper My father was Sgt. Harry Tapper, #13007264 US Army.
He was captured in North Africa and taken to Stalag Luft 3, then he went to Stalag 13D. This is all of the information that I have been able to find to date, I would love to know more.
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Sargent Harry Tapper My father was Sgt. Harry Tapper, #13007264 US Army.
He was captured in North Africa and taken to Stalag Luft 3, then he went to Stalag 13D. This is all of the information that I have been able to find to date, I would love to know more.
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Pte. Arthur Aldridge 1st Btn. Welch Regiment Arthur Aldridge was held as a POW in Camps 65 and 66 in Italy, and Stalags 8A, 8B, and 13D in Germany and Poland. He escaped twice in Italy and then on four occasions after being transferred to Germany and Poland. In Germany, he worked in coal mines.
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SSGT. David Nathaniel Davidson Company B 393rd Infantry Regiment David Davidson was captured on the 16th of December 1944 during the onset of the Battle of the Bulge. He was marched, worked, beaten and interrogated on the long journey to Stalag 13D where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945.
I am his grandson and am currently working on a detailed account of his wartime experience.
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Flt.Sgt. John Charles Goodson DFM. B Flt. 35 Squadron Flight Sergeant John Goodson joined 78 Squadron on the 1st of April 1942, transferring to 35 Squadron, Path Finder Force, at RAF Graveley on 1st of September 1942, aged 22. He was a Flight Engineer on Handley Page Halifaxes. He was commissioned on 4th of April 1943. His aircraft was shot down on his 43rd operation over Belgium on route to Wuppertal on the night of 29th of May 1943, only two survived, Pilot Officer Goodson and Sergeant Jones, navigator. After a spell in hospital he was transferred to Stalag Luft III and he spent most of the rest of the War there in North Compound. He was in the camp when the Great Escape took place.
On 27th of January 1945, ahead of the Soviet advance, he was one of 11,000 POWs marched to Spremberg. On 2nd of February he was sent to Stalag XIII-D at Nurnberg and possibly marched to Stalag VII-A at Moosberg as he was repatriated from Munich. He continued flying in 1949 and became an air traffic controller before retiring in April 1975.
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Pte. James Owens Cheshire Regiment I have some details about my late father-in-law, James Owens. He was a gunner in the Cheshire Regiment, captured 29th of May 1940 and survived 5 years as a POW (acted as interpreter, thereby earning 'extras' despite knowing no German until he arrived at the camp). He later became part of the Long March into Germany as the war began to end during which many prisoners and some German guards died too from exhaustion, starvation and hyperthermia.
I have his service and pay book and a book gifted to him during his time as a POW by Red Cross entitled, The Autobiography of a Chinese Girl, which has a kind of official sticker:
"P/W 467. Pte. J. Owens Stalag XXID (13)"
While he was grateful, at the time, for such a gift, he never read it!
I also have his memoires of his war which he recorded by hand 1984 and were later typed up but remain unedited.
He married 1950 and had a son, my late husband. He died aged 74 in 1993. I believe his privations and experiences as prisoner, held for 5 years scarred him terribly. He had a recurring nightmare about losing his pack. He suffered flash-backs and depression, classic PTSD symptoms but of course, like his fellows, he never complained. He did not seem to bear any grudges against Germans either.
It makes me laugh to recall how when news of Allied defeats and Nazi victories etc were announced at roll call, the prisoners would cheer wildly much to the bewilderment of the guards who never got British humour.
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Pte. William M. Lang 32nd Cavalry Regiment My father Bill Lang was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. He was captured on 15th of December 1944 and taken to Stalag XIIID, and escaped along with two other buddies during a forced march in May of 1945. Through the grace of God, he is still alive as of this writing (01/12/2015) and would love to hear from any of his fellow prisoners that may still be alive.
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Albert Lang I was a POW first at the Oberursel interrogation center outside Frankfurt, then to a hospital in Obermassfeld, then to a recuperation hospital in Meinengen, Germany. From there I went to Nuremberg. Stalag13D and then on the march from Nuremberg to Moosburg Stalag 7a where we were liberated on 29th April 1945.
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H. G. Crissman 454th Bomb Group I served with the 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF, based near Cerignola, Italy from August to 27th December 1944. I was a tail-gunner on B24 `Thunder Mist' which was lost to AA fire over Bruck, Austria on our 30th mission. I was in POW camps in Frankfurt, Wetzler and Nuremburg and walked to Stalag 7a Moosburg in mid April 1945. Nuremburg had to be the worst camp in Germany (old 13d) There was no heat and little food.
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Howard G Crissman 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF 739th Sqdn I was a member of 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF, 739th Sqdn stationed near Cerginola, Italy from August to December 1944. On my 30th mission on 27th December I went down over Bruck, Austria. I was then a POW in
Stalags 13d and 7a until liberated on 29th April 1945. I was a tail gunner on a B24 (a great plane). All except the engineer got out safely. I lost one-third to one-half of my body weight in four and a half months on a 700 calorie (or less) diet. I retuned to the USA on 5th June 1945.
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Tech Sgt. Daniel J Burke 76th Troop Carrier Sq My father was shot down during the Battle of the Bulge over Melmedy, Belgium. He was kept in Stalag X111D at some point. His story is highlighted in a book "In Harms Way" written by Paul Cashdollar.
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2nd Lt. Joseph Charles Sanford 782 Bomb Sq, 465 Bomb Group I went into Federal Service From 44 Div NG. Sept 16 1940. I then entered USAAF in 1943 a Member of Class 43 10 Bombardier training at Childress Texas. I trained to drop "The Bomb" at Wendover Field Utah as a member of Col Keese' Provisional Group. But The Bomb was not ready so I joined 456th Bomb Group at McCook, Nebraska and flew to Africa, and later on to Italy. I then flew 31 missions bombing oil refineries. I was shot down in July 1944 and taken to POW North Compound at Stalagluft III, then to Nuremberg and then Mooseburg. I was Liberated by General Patton.
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T/Sgt. Morris Franklin Snyder 7th Infantry Reg My father, Morris Snyder was captured in France, and taken to Stalag XIIID until he was healthy enough to go to Stalag IIA by the Baltic Sea.
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Flying Officer Daniel McLean 578th Squadron Daniel Mclean was the sole survivor of aircraft, LKL, which was shot down over Germany, 21st February 1945. As bomb aimer during bombing run, the nose cone was blasted off by an attack of ME109s, at 10,000 feet. He was shot on his left side, but managed to get his right arm hooked into the harness during freefall and open chute. He was captured and was not given any medical attention. He was transfered from a German police cell to Dulag Luft near Wetzlar, then onto Stalagluft111A (Stalag X111d) southeast of Nuremberg. On April 17th 1945, General Patton and his tanks arrived at the camp gates and he was given medical attention also Freedom. This is confirmed in the book Based at Burn Mk11.
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Sargent Harry Tapper My father was Sgt. Harry Tapper, #13007264 US Army.
He was captured in North Africa and taken to Stalag Luft 3, then he went to Stalag 13D. This is all of the information that I have been able to find to date, I would love to know more.
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Sargent Harry Tapper My father was Sgt. Harry Tapper, #13007264 US Army.
He was captured in North Africa and taken to Stalag Luft 3, then he went to Stalag 13D. This is all of the information that I have been able to find to date, I would love to know more.
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Pte. Arthur Aldridge 1st Btn. Welch Regiment Arthur Aldridge was held as a POW in Camps 65 and 66 in Italy, and Stalags 8A, 8B, and 13D in Germany and Poland. He escaped twice in Italy and then on four occasions after being transferred to Germany and Poland. In Germany, he worked in coal mines.
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SSGT. David Nathaniel Davidson Company B 393rd Infantry Regiment David Davidson was captured on the 16th of December 1944 during the onset of the Battle of the Bulge. He was marched, worked, beaten and interrogated on the long journey to Stalag 13D where he remained until the camp was liberated in 1945.
I am his grandson and am currently working on a detailed account of his wartime experience.
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Flt.Sgt. John Charles Goodson DFM. B Flt. 35 Squadron Flight Sergeant John Goodson joined 78 Squadron on the 1st of April 1942, transferring to 35 Squadron, Path Finder Force, at RAF Graveley on 1st of September 1942, aged 22. He was a Flight Engineer on Handley Page Halifaxes. He was commissioned on 4th of April 1943. His aircraft was shot down on his 43rd operation over Belgium on route to Wuppertal on the night of 29th of May 1943, only two survived, Pilot Officer Goodson and Sergeant Jones, navigator. After a spell in hospital he was transferred to Stalag Luft III and he spent most of the rest of the War there in North Compound. He was in the camp when the Great Escape took place.
On 27th of January 1945, ahead of the Soviet advance, he was one of 11,000 POWs marched to Spremberg. On 2nd of February he was sent to Stalag XIII-D at Nurnberg and possibly marched to Stalag VII-A at Moosberg as he was repatriated from Munich. He continued flying in 1949 and became an air traffic controller before retiring in April 1975.
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Pte. James Owens Cheshire Regiment I have some details about my late father-in-law, James Owens. He was a gunner in the Cheshire Regiment, captured 29th of May 1940 and survived 5 years as a POW (acted as interpreter, thereby earning 'extras' despite knowing no German until he arrived at the camp). He later became part of the Long March into Germany as the war began to end during which many prisoners and some German guards died too from exhaustion, starvation and hyperthermia.
I have his service and pay book and a book gifted to him during his time as a POW by Red Cross entitled, The Autobiography of a Chinese Girl, which has a kind of official sticker:
"P/W 467. Pte. J. Owens Stalag XXID (13)"
While he was grateful, at the time, for such a gift, he never read it!
I also have his memoires of his war which he recorded by hand 1984 and were later typed up but remain unedited.
He married 1950 and had a son, my late husband. He died aged 74 in 1993. I believe his privations and experiences as prisoner, held for 5 years scarred him terribly. He had a recurring nightmare about losing his pack. He suffered flash-backs and depression, classic PTSD symptoms but of course, like his fellows, he never complained. He did not seem to bear any grudges against Germans either.
It makes me laugh to recall how when news of Allied defeats and Nazi victories etc were announced at roll call, the prisoners would cheer wildly much to the bewilderment of the guards who never got British humour.
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Pte. William M. Lang 32nd Cavalry Regiment My father Bill Lang was taken prisoner during the Battle of the Bulge. He was captured on 15th of December 1944 and taken to Stalag XIIID, and escaped along with two other buddies during a forced march in May of 1945. Through the grace of God, he is still alive as of this writing (01/12/2015) and would love to hear from any of his fellow prisoners that may still be alive.
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Albert Lang I was a POW first at the Oberursel interrogation center outside Frankfurt, then to a hospital in Obermassfeld, then to a recuperation hospital in Meinengen, Germany. From there I went to Nuremberg. Stalag13D and then on the march from Nuremberg to Moosburg Stalag 7a where we were liberated on 29th April 1945.
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H. G. Crissman 454th Bomb Group I served with the 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF, based near Cerignola, Italy from August to 27th December 1944. I was a tail-gunner on B24 `Thunder Mist' which was lost to AA fire over Bruck, Austria on our 30th mission. I was in POW camps in Frankfurt, Wetzler and Nuremburg and walked to Stalag 7a Moosburg in mid April 1945. Nuremburg had to be the worst camp in Germany (old 13d) There was no heat and little food.
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Howard G Crissman 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF 739th Sqdn I was a member of 454th Bomb Group, 15th AAF, 739th Sqdn stationed near Cerginola, Italy from August to December 1944. On my 30th mission on 27th December I went down over Bruck, Austria. I was then a POW in
Stalags 13d and 7a until liberated on 29th April 1945. I was a tail gunner on a B24 (a great plane). All except the engineer got out safely. I lost one-third to one-half of my body weight in four and a half months on a 700 calorie (or less) diet. I retuned to the USA on 5th June 1945.
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Tech Sgt. Daniel J Burke 76th Troop Carrier Sq My father was shot down during the Battle of the Bulge over Melmedy, Belgium. He was kept in Stalag X111D at some point. His story is highlighted in a book "In Harms Way" written by Paul Cashdollar.
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2nd Lt. Joseph Charles Sanford 782 Bomb Sq, 465 Bomb Group I went into Federal Service From 44 Div NG. Sept 16 1940. I then entered USAAF in 1943 a Member of Class 43 10 Bombardier training at Childress Texas. I trained to drop "The Bomb" at Wendover Field Utah as a member of Col Keese' Provisional Group. But The Bomb was not ready so I joined 456th Bomb Group at McCook, Nebraska and flew to Africa, and later on to Italy. I then flew 31 missions bombing oil refineries. I was shot down in July 1944 and taken to POW North Compound at Stalagluft III, then to Nuremberg and then Mooseburg. I was Liberated by General Patton.
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T/Sgt. Morris Franklin Snyder 7th Infantry Reg My father, Morris Snyder was captured in France, and taken to Stalag XIIID until he was healthy enough to go to Stalag IIA by the Baltic Sea.
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Flying Officer Daniel McLean 578th Squadron Daniel Mclean was the sole survivor of aircraft, LKL, which was shot down over Germany, 21st February 1945. As bomb aimer during bombing run, the nose cone was blasted off by an attack of ME109s, at 10,000 feet. He was shot on his left side, but managed to get his right arm hooked into the harness during freefall and open chute. He was captured and was not given any medical attention. He was transfered from a German police cell to Dulag Luft near Wetzlar, then onto Stalagluft111A (Stalag X111d) southeast of Nuremberg. On April 17th 1945, General Patton and his tanks arrived at the camp gates and he was given medical attention also Freedom. This is confirmed in the book Based at Burn Mk11.
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