Prisoners of War
Arthur E. Adams (front row, second from left) and other fellow PoW's at Stalag VIII B
Flight Sergeant Frank Firman (front row, centre)
Ronald Arnold (front row, far right)
Below is a list of names and addresses of various PoW's from Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A. The original pages can be seen in Arthur's Wartime Log - Part 2 |
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29th Jul 1942 |
12th Jul 1942 |
14th Nov 1940 |
27th Jul 1942 |
24th May 1940 |
27th Jul 1942 |
15th Sep 1940 |
26th April 1944 |
26th April 1944 |
Frank W Day |
20th Jan 1944 |
20th Jan 1944 |
2nd Nov 1944 |
9th Jul 1943 |
27th Jul 1942 |
Ken Whitely |
Norris E. Hunt (Joe) |
Armand Rondeau |
9th Mar 1942 |
1st April 1942 |
31st Jan 1942 |
19th Oct 1944 |
20th Dec 1943 |
11th Apr 1944 |
19th Aug 1942 |
1st Dec 1943 |
Owen L Griggs |
29th July 1942 |
7th May 1942 |
28th Oct 1943 |
26th Jul 1942 |
26th Jul 1942 |
17th Jun 1942 |
29th Jul 1942 |
J. R. Skan |
25th Jun 1942 |
J. A. Carmichael |
R. P. M. Vander Heyden (Rein) |
Jim Healey |
26th Jul 1942 |
RAF No. 616337 |
J E Hall |
Ron Cartwright |
29th Jul 1942 |
Eric W Earl |
22nd Jul 1942 |
24th Aug 1942 |
Lt. A. J. Haupe (Paddy) |
R W Kinsey |
Johnnie P Baple |
B H James |
22nd Jul 1942 |
26th Jul 1942 |
25th Jul 1942 |
J Macgregor |
A W Hadley |
F Firman |
Geoffrey P Wadsworth |
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Below are messages we have kindly received regarding POWs in Stalag VIII B, Stalag Luft III, Belaria and Stalag III A N. H. Firman 10th January 2013 I found your site of the utmost interest & somewhat emotional as the man in the front row centre of the RAF group at Stalag V111B was my father, flight sergeant Frank Firman. My father enlisted in the RFC just as it became the RAF in 1918, he went to Egypt in May 39, went to Greece, escaped to Crete & was wounded & captured there. We first heard that he was a prisoner in Stalag 111B, from there to Stalag V111B hence the picture. Before the end of the war he was transfered to Marlag & Milag Nor, a Naval camp; how he was made to travel there we do not know, it's a pity PCs were not around years ago. Incidently my dad was born in Wednesbury, not far away from Walsall. Thanks again for your site. I looked at the names (listed in Part 2 of Arthur's Wartime Log) and I do recognize the handwriting of my uncle (Albert Siebel). Reading this information gave me chills and made me so sad to think of all those who gave their lives for our freedom. My Grandfather, two uncles and my dad were all over there during the war at the same time and thanks to God they all came back safe although my father later died of cancer when I was 8 months old. The movie about the Great Escape was very moving as well to me. I am enclosing his picture and the obituary of him. I looked at the photo on the site and am wondering if he is in the picture in the back row on the right because I don't have any photos of when he was very young to compare.
R. D. Campbell 6th September 2012 I thoroughly enjoyed scrolling through the web site earlier today. My father, P/O GD Campbell, 424 Squadron RCAF, was also at Belaria and Luckenwalde. Dad arrived at Belaria in late October’44. He had been at IX C since his capture in mid August. Not only do I recognize a number of the poems that Dad had in his diary but names as well. Joe Hunt and Armand Rondeau in particular. When Dad left IIIA while in the Soviet control one of his mates was Joe Hunt. Hunt and Dad had first met while at IX C. Hunt later became a doctor. Rondeau was in Dad’s room at Belaria. Both being from Quebec and able to speak Armand’s mother tongue they became good pals. Dad credits Rondeau for saving his life during the march to Spremburg. They remained in touch post war until Rondeau’s early demise. I see the name Mullins as part of the cast in one of the plays. Could this be Hank Mullins, RCAF? Mullins did well post war owning some hotels and is said to have employed Rondeau when he was on the outs. I didn’t see the name of Thurmann Esselmeyer, USAAF, on any of the programs. He may have arrived too late. Esselmeyer was a big band leader in the states after the war called the 'River City Big Band' in St Louis Missouri. While Esselmeyer is long gone the band is still active. Dad had one of their recordings. Any idea of the names of the fellows in the photo from VIIIB? The only two to survive on Dad's plane were he (Jim Snowsell) and Wild Kipp. Dad died in 1957 at age 40, he was damaged coming back from the war PTS a word that came from the Vietnam era, but in those days you sucked it up and most never talked about it again, we basically grew up without a father. At that time 1957 John Mayhead came over to visit some of his POW friends, he from New Zealand, but dad had passed on at that time already. He and mom wrote back and forth for the next ten years and finally got married in Kelowna mom and John then moved to New Zealand. In November last year 2011 (Rugby world cup was on there) we went to New Zealand as mom at 91 had passed on we were there two weeks and just as we were leaving John did as well. The New Zealand gave John a full military funeral and he was placed in a military cemetery there, ironically very near Wiuku where his dad was, we have mom here and she will be placed with Dad in Kelowna if winter ever stops. Thanks again for the contact. If you'd like to get in touch with us regarding Arthur's Wartime Log please feel free to e-mail darren@bluelight.biz |
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