Info. request about P.O.W. camp transfers.

Many thanks for your information Nick.

David,

The numbers refer to either huts and rooms or huts and bunks. These are listed out in the registers held at Kew showing where the POW’s were kept. I have my Father’s referance details but not others but will check them out when l am next there. This may confirm the situation for you.

Regards,

Nick

Hi David,

Not specifically filtered for L6 (Stalag Luft VI) but all the PoW residents March/April 1944 are given on the following list

http://www.rafcommands.com/Air%20Force%20PoWs/RAF%20POWs%20Index.html

Regards
Ross

perhaps those numbers are the date they arrived, or the dates they were transferred. perhaps they are a reference to the hut and compound they were in.

Thanks for the suggestions. I think we can discount the numbers being dates. Hut and compound is certainly a possibility. Also the numbers could relate to transportation allocation for the transfer.

perhaps those numbers are the date they arrived, or the dates they were transferred. perhaps they are a reference to the hut and compound they were in.

Thanks Ross. Is the roster of Luft 6 available? Are other camps rosters available?

Is there a roster of Luftwaffe personnel at Luft 6 that would determine who signed the paper?

I think the “C” means Canadian although my father W.H. Layne was English. I am still puzzled by the numbers 5/7 6/3 6/6 and 6/7.

PoW 9360 L E Peterson RCAF J/42490
PoW 2194 D G Mullock RCAF J/85379
PoW 605 W H Layne RAF 158255
PoW 3462 H Cooper RCAF J/85935
PoW 1727 J G Leslie RCAF J/85407

All the numbers are from Stalag Luft VI roster

Regards
Ross

I have managed to come up with the second listed name. D.G. Mullock, RCAF.

Can anyone help me with the remainder?