World War II prisoner of war camp - Stalag Luft I



 

World War II - Prisoners of War - Stalag Luft I 

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North 2 Compound
 

American Compound Commander

Col. Henry R. Spicer August 44 to Nov 44
Col. Cy Wilson Nov. 44 to May 45
   

German Compound Commander

Major Sprotte Sept. 44 to Oct. 44
Major Steinhower Oct. 44 to Dec. 44
Hauptmann Bloom Dec. 44 to Apr. 45


Map of North 2 Compound 

Drawing of North 2 Compound
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The wheels of North 2

The Wheels of North 2

Drawing of Barrack 201

Drawing of Typical Barrack
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Daily Bulletin -  April 18, 1945       

 
The men would often name their rooms. Some of the room names in North 2 :
Sack Shack Clipped Winds Flak Sack Blow Hole
Flop Inn Shady Rest Casa Manana The Guntry
Wander Inn Offensive Manor Rumor Hall Breakfast Club
Dunromun Club Elegante Klim Kriegie Office Klim Inn
La Siesta Club Sauer Kraut Kriegie Haven Huey Long's City Hall
Auger Inn Ye Olde Belle Shoppe Chez-Spam Les Miserable
The Bitching Bunch Geraderaum    
 
North 2  Barracks 1  Officers:
Barracks Commander - Col. Robert Fry
Adjutant - Capt. Kenneth Bales
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 3
James E. Barbour Albuquerque, NM
John E. Benbow Galion, OH
Herbert C. Bridges   see also Barracks 1 - Room 13 Springfield, MO
Leonard Childers Appomattox, VA
Stanley Davidson   see also Barracks  3 -  Room 11 Emerson, Iowa
William T. Fitzroy   see also Room 13 Verona, PA
Floyd F. Hartman Collingsville, OK
Orangeburg, SC
Marvin Lowman New Madison, Ohio
John H. Mann White Plains, NY
Robert E. McAdam   see also Barrack 6 - Room 2  Chicago, IL
Norman J. Morrison Barre, VT
George I. Oliver    see also Barrack 6 - Room 2 
Wakefield, MA 
John A. Parker Collingswood, NJ
George H. B. Spann     see also Barrack 6 - Room 2  Kansas City, Missouri
James R. Wicker    see also Room 13 North Carolina
 
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 4 or 5
Donald Koch Milwaukee, Wisconsin
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 6
Charles C. Arnao Wayzata, Minnestoa
William J. Collins Easton, Pennsylvania
Bill Kannapinn Milwaukee,  Wisconsin
Warne S. May St. Louis, Missouri
Francis P. McDonough Chicago, Illinois
Richard E. Lindemann Milwaukee,  Wisconsin
Charles H. McVey Nashville, Tennessee
Kenneth C. Micko St. Paul, Minnesota
Dean M. Peppmeier Truro, Iowa
Ted L. Prevost Baltimore, Maryland
Robert Swartz        (later moved to Room 11) White Pigeon, Michigan
Tom Schmerler    Room Commander Chicago, Illinois
Wendell B. Terry Salt Lake City, Utah
Willard R. Williamson Hillsboro, Ohio
Lawrence  A. Wreyford  "Larry" Rochester, Texas
Harry B. Yolodka Buffalo, N.Y.
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 9
Major Paul Hildreth Brundidge, Alabama
 
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 10
Walter Boychuk Whippany, New Jersey
Mathew Costantino East Boston, Massachusetts
Robert F. Messersmith Dawson, Pennsylvania
Captain Emory Jones San Antonio, Texas
Robert K. Jones   "Jones'y or Keith"    Bennington, Nebraska
William R. Manierre Lake Forest, Illinois
North 2  Barracks 1 - Room 11
Robert E.  Bell Jr  (postal address available) Paris, Tennessee
Henry T. Bengis     also North 1 - Barrack  3 -  Room 6 New York, New York
Walter Boychuk Whippany, New Jersey
Bert Daniels Jr. Nutley, New Jersey
Ray Delbert S. Charleston, West Virginia
Homer Gregory Birmingham, Alabama
J. Wiley Hansen Wickenburg, Arizona
Fred J. Kushera Whittier, California
John W. Lightwine Ft. Worth, Texas
Gordon K. Madson   Room Commander Ogden, Utah
Anthony B. Mancini Erie, Pennsylvania
Al Sapak Saginaw, Michigan
Thomas J. Stitz Canal Fulton, Ohio
Robert Swartz White Pigeon, Michigan
Jack L. Timmins Des Moines, Iowa
 
North 2 - Barrack  1 -  Room 13
Wesley Akins    “Hoppy” Texas
Ray E.  Barthelmy    “Pop” Ashtabula, Ohio
Herman G. Beck    “Food” Plainfield, New Jersey
Herbert Bridges     “Bridge”  see also Barracks 1 - Room 3 Missouri
John E. Dougherty, Jr.     “Doc” Chicago, Illinois
William Fitzroy     “Fitz”  see also room 3  
Gilbert B. Hollingsworth Jr.     “Holly” Bessemer, Alabama
Stanley M. Johnson     “The Baker”       Bet Winner Port Allegany, Pennsylvania
Rollins O. Mahony Jr.   “Head” Virginia
John K. Mayfield      “Pancho” New Mexico
Joseph  S. Pokorny     “Porky” Long Island City, New York
William Schultz      “Rudolph”  
William F. Smithdeal      “Boy” Virginia
Carroll  Snidow Roanoke, Virginia
Archie  W. Sornberger      “Sandy” Victoria, Illinois
Richard D. Stark    “Shark”          Bet Loser Tampa, Florida
Rollins Wade     “Joe Miller Jokes”  
James R. Wicker      “Wick”    see also Room 3 Pinehurst, North Carolina
 
North 2  Barracks 2  Officers:
Barracks Commander -
 
 
North 2 -  Barracks  2 -  Room 3         "The Corn Hole"
John S. Beatty  Cincinnati, Ohio
Edward F. Bracken   "Heetle" Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robert Walter Culwell  Tyler, Texas
Raymond O. Edgar Dunn Station, Pennsylvania
Raymond E. Frey Waukesha, Wisconsin
Jeb L. Halliburton Arkansas City, Kansas
Daniel J. Healy Buffalo, New York
Edward M. Lindbloom     "Bloom"  Wood, South Dakota
Henry C. Preher  Evansville, Indiana
Robert E. Read Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Dean H. Sanner  Buhl, Idaho
John M. Sant Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Robert J. Schomp East Orange, New Jersey
John P. Selmeier  Cincinnati, Ohio
Kenneth L. Skeen    "Old Timer"  Twin Falls, Idaho
Donald H. Trott  Fon Du Lac, Wisconsin
 
North 2 -  Barracks  2 -  Room 4        
Marshall E. Bates Burbank, California
William C. Berry Dayton, Ohio
Edward C. Buckley Chicago,  Illinois
Maxwell M. Cain   see also room 6 Jasper, Alabama
Harry L. Castelman      shot down 7/16/44 Phoenix, Arizona
Wendell P. Davis       B-17 Bombardier Latham, Kansas
Robert E. Diles Little Rock,  Arkansas
Russell C. Flegal South Clearfield, Pennsylvania
Lester E. Ford       P-51  Pilot    shot down 7/11/44 Kilgore, Texas
D. Garner       B-17 co-pilot   shot down 5/19/44 Lower Lake, California
Al J. Hackbarth       Bombardier   shot down 7/19/44 Birmingham, Alabama
William C. Hale       B-24 Navigator shot down 7/11/44 Portland, Oregon
Joe R. Johnson       B-17 Navigator Houston, Texas
John R. Johnson      C-47 Pilot  shot down 9/18/44 Frankfort, Kentucky
Clayton A. Nattier Concordia, Kansas
R. E. Reed Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Ed C. Ruff          B-24 Bombardier shot down 7/11/44 New York, NY
John R. Ryan            P-51 Pilot  shot down 9/28/44 Lockport, New York
R. M. Simmons Sinclaresville, NY
George V. Whitehouse         see also South Compound South Africa
Frank L. Whittington   Bombardier  shot down 9/28/44 Dubuque, Iowa
Harry B. Wilson Louisville, Kentucky
 
North 2 -  Barracks  2 -  Room 6      "Les Miserables"
Rudolph Babel Pawtucket, Rhode Island
Paul Bailey Emporia, Kansas
Marshall Bates Burbank, California
Earl L. Boland Perrace Park, Ohio
Maxwell Cain    see also room 4 Jasper, Alabama
Charles Farrell Plattsburg, New York
William Nicholls     see PowTaps Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Clayton Nattier Concordia, Kansas
John Ryan Lockport, New York
John B. Saidla Chicago, Illinois
Arthur Segars Jefferson, Georgia
Linn Stuckenbruck Jamestown, North Dakota
Eben Tilman Lincoln, Nebraska
Robert J. Vickers Clarence, Missouri
Charles Wegener Higginsville, Missouri
Marion Wiles Kennedy, New York
 
North 2 -  Barracks  2 -  Room 9
Walter Armisted    "Shorty"            Atlanta, Georgia
Daniel J. Clark                     Pittsburg, Pennsylvania
George M. Collar                            Jackson, Mississippi
Robert E.  Crotty                      Erie. Pennsylvania
Wesley G. Fish                        Los Angeles, California
Howard Griffin                            Baytown, Texas  
Donald J. Harris                           Baltimore, Maryland
Harvey J.A. Jarantoski                Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Marvin A. Jest                    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Robert L. Korth                             Elmwood, Illinois
Michael Kuchwara      see also South Compound                Dixon City, Pennsylvania
Desmond E. Laird                          Vernonia, Oregon
Gail F. Leediker      "Curly" Houston, Texas
Oscar R. McMahan                  Los Angeles, California
Edwin R. Meade                                      Ray, Minnesota
Warren E. Perry                        Lindenwood, Illinois
Norman A. E. Quast                       Bay City, Michigan
Richard Stearns                              Augusta, Georgia
George Verbruggen                    Milwaukee, Wisconsin
 
North 2 -  Barrack 2  Room 10  (This may have been Barracks 6)
Cleo D. Aldredge Lufkin, TX
Angelo P. Archiopoli Brooklyn, NY
Glenn C. Ballantyne Spokane, Wash.
Ernest J. Bennett Portland, OR
Stanley B. Cressey Bath, Maine
Walter L. Hartman Detroit, MI
Francis B. Hoeltgen Duluth, Minnesota
George J. Hogaboam   see also Barrack 6 - Room 2  Culdesac, Idaho
Robert A. Huettel Winnetka, Il
Samuel F. Irwin Mt. Vernon, Il
Andrew G. Jackson Eldora, Iowa
Jasper Arkansas
Wayne L. Lowry Mason City, Nebraska
Ralph G. McGuire Dexter, New Mexico
Buel C. Robinson Augusta, Kansas
Eric  W. Smith St. Louis, Missouri 
Herschel L. Smith Germantown, OH
Edward F. Stuart Victoria, TX
Harry L. Sturla Oak Park, Il
James N. Ware Houston, TX
 
North 2 -  Barracks  2 -  Room 12
Ted D.  Bell Chicago, IL
Dale W. Burkhead   El Cerrita, CA
Ruel D. Burnham Jay, Maine
George N. Croft St. Paul, MN
Jack Dean Edwards          Wichita, Kansas
Roger M. Fox    Jamestown, NY
Howard N. Franklyn    Medford, Mass.
Herb F. Frels Cuero, Texas
Dan D. Galindo Los Angeles, CA
William R. Haines   Sioux City, IA
James E. Jatho Holstein, IA
Emory D. McAtee Springfield or New Carlisle, Ohio
Louis K. Nesselbush   ( believe to be living in Sacramento ) Youngstown, Ohio  
Harry R. Rearick       Sharon, PA
Marvin D.  Sachs Pipestone, MN
Howard Brett Smithers   Connecticut
John A.  Staedler Merced, CA
Albert Sidney Johnston Tucker III Lexington, Virginia
James W. Voorhies Miami, Fl
Horace B. White Memphis, TN
Harry  Wood Wilkes-Barre, PA
 
North 2  Barracks 3  Officers:
Barracks Commander - Capt. Jay Jaynes

 
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 2
Mark Altvater (until 2/27/45) Greensboro, NC
Heckle H. Brown Fitzgerald, GA
Paul E. Corley Burlington, VT
Joseph A. Duncan Corpus Christi, TX
Robert M. Gray  Greene, NY
Robert K. Hankey    see also Barracks  3 -  Room 11 Butler, PA
Joseph E. Hanzl   see also Barracks  3 -  Room 11 Cleveland, OH
David A. Harman Winter Haven, FL
Donald D. Hawkins  see also room 3 Springfield, MO
Selby P. Hereid    see also Barracks  3 -  Room 11 Duluth, MN
Charles L. Kee     (later in room 9) Big Spring, TX
Malbourne G. Michael Linwood, NC
Walter E. Payne    see also room 3 Dallas, TX
Edward W. Roggenkamp  see also Barracks  3 -  Room 11 Chicago, IL
Merle G. Turley Tulsa, OK
Joe Waickus   see also room 13 Racine, WI
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 3                                         diagram of barrracks
Mark Altvater   (from 2/27/45) Greensboro, NC
Jack L. Armstrong Los Angeles, CA
Charles F. Bain Bloomington, IL
William T. Bolt Big Spring, TX
Bruce R. Bryan Memphis, TN
James B. Butler Bellville, TX
Edward W. Doering Brynathyn, PA
Joe Bob Foster Lubbock, TX
William F. Freidberg Sayville, NY
Robert M. Gray Greene, NY
Donald D. Hawkins  see also room 2 Springfield, MO
Leonard D. Hansen Creighton, NE
John D. Hill Dallas, TX
Niels C. Jensen Decatur, IL
Alphonso H. Kent Rocky Mount, NC
George Lesko Cleveland, OH
Walter E. Payne   see also  Room 2 Dallas, TX
Richard S. Perla Milwaukee,  WI
William L. Rucker San Francisco, CA
Henry O. Sellars Darlington, SC
North 2 - Barrack 3   Room  4     "La Siesta"
Dixon J.  Arnold  "Hap"  "Dick" San Angelo, Texas
Grover C. Cummings  "At Ease" Boise, Idaho
Stanley Davidson Emerson, Iowa
Albert Davis Maywood, California
George A. Dawson  "Bob" Kalamazoo, Michigan
William T. Follis Bellingham, Washington
Collin Fritz Des Moines, Iowa
Lorin W. Hamann    author A Prisoner Remembers World War II St. Olaf, Iowa
George D. Hubbard Seattle, Washington
Alfred P. Janson     see also room 5 Waseca, Minnesota
Richard M. Jensen   "Mobile" Mobile, Alabama
Raymond D. Kathary  see also room 5 Morganville, Kansas
Jack Mabe Missouri
Donald C. Marsh  "Rat Face"     see also room 5 Hamilton, Ohio
Garland A. Montague     story  Raleigh, North Carolina
Vance R.  Mooring   "Tin Can"  see also room 5 Racine, Wisconsin
 
North 2 - Barrack 3 - Room 5
Robert J. Abresch Staten Island, NY
Bill E. Canion    see also Barrack 8 -  Room 10 Salina, Kansas
Harry L. Cardon, Jr. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
James J. Crooke Pensacola, Florida
Alvin A. Eicher St. Paul, Minnesota
Thomas M. Houser Sinton, Texas
Lee R. James   see also Barrack 9 - Room 4 Gulfport, Mississippi
Alfred P. Janson   see also room 4 Waseca, Minnesota
Raymond D. Kathary     see also room 4 Morganville, Kansas
John F. Krempasky     "Jack" Perth Amboy, NJ
William T. Luttrell Chesta, Pennsylvania
Garland D. Maddox Birmingham, Alabama
Donald C. Marsh   see also room 4 Ohio
Vance R. Mooring   see also room 4 Racine, Wisconsin
Edward F. Neu    (moved to North 3)    Middleton, Ohio
Dave Orkin Long Island, NY
Frank C. Smith Oakland, CA
Eugene C. Saur Clinton, Iowa
Edward J. Spaniol Los Angeles, CA
Robert. F. Sullivan    (moved to North 3)    Frankfort, Indiana
Carl R. Swanson Racine, Wisconsin
Richard A. Tierney Genesee, Idaho
John R. Wardell Topeka, Kansas
Roger V. Willett Sacramento, California
Oscar A. Williamson Pontiac, Michigan
M. Rex Wingard      (moved to North 3)            Akron, Ohio
 
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 6
Daniel S. Bolinski Shamokin, Pennsylvania
William B. Bower     "Ben" Chicago, Illinois
Jesse G. Daniel Tulsa, Oklahoma
F. A. Goplin Chicago, Illinois
R. J. Jones Fort Worth, Texas
Henry Kardas Buffalo, New York
Donald H. Lienemann   author Miracles Do Happen Nebraska
Jerome Marlow St. Louis, Missouri
Robert C. Mathews Pascagoula, Mississippi
Donald W. Overdorff       "Scratch" Windsor, Pennsylvania
William P. Sheridan Chicago, Illinois
William A. Sykes Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Ross T. Turner    "Red" Flint, Michigan
Charles T. Wilson   "Mole"   room commander East Liverpool, Ohio
Edwin C. Woodroof Mt. Lebanon, Pennsylvania
 
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 9
Hersha F. Davie    (see May 2002 POW Taps) New York
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 11
Martin L. Bertsch Auburndale, Mass.
Daniel C. Cashman Portsmouth, RI
Richard A. Christensen Los Angeles, CA
Stanley Davidson  see also Barracks 1 - Room 3 Emerson, Iowa
Robert K. Hankey   see also Barracks  3 -  Room 2 South Minneapolis, MN
Joseph E. Hanzl   see also Barracks  3 -  Room 2 Cleveland, OH
Stanley W. Henceroth Wash. Court House, Ohio
Selby P. Hereid   see also Barracks  3 -  Room 2 Duluth, MN
John S. Karlac Slatington, PA
Robert  E. Mickadeit Kansas City, MO
Carnot J. Nisely Chicago, IL
Arthur Palladino St. Revere, MA
Ben J. Pastorino Lodi, NJ
John C. Quinn Flushing, NY
Edward W. Roggenkamp  see also Barracks  3 -  Room 2 Chicago, IL
Duane Seaman Newark, NJ
Albert Edwin Smith Findlay, OH
Lew E. Wallace Spokane, WA
Lewis H. White Carbondale, IL
Gordon F. Zrust Minneapolis, MN
 
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room 13
Delbert Blount Hillsboro, Ohio
Donald Brazdzons   Racine, Wisconsin
Sidney E. Carlson Farwell, MN
Frank R. Dawson Harrisburg Pa.
James W. Dye New York City, NY
David L. Forbes Marion, MA
Sydney Groden   
Homer G. Hale   Athens, GA.
William M. Hart Chicago, IL.
Aubrey E. Jones Roanoke, VA.
Robert F. Kallstrom Rockford, IL. 
James M. Mounts Golden Gate, IL.  
John E. Mullery Memphis, TN.
Don E. Nicholson  Moline, Kansas
Fred Riley    Odessa, TX
David L. Smart Kansas City, MO.
Joe Waickas   see aso room 2 Wisconsin
John P. Wollach Deep River, CT
Ralph E.  Woodard Springfield, Ohio
 
North 2 -  Barracks  3 -  Room   Unknown"  possibly room 5
William G. Biely Pasadena, California
Gerald D. Binks   see also Barrack 4 - Officer's Room San Antonio, Texas
Wallace M. Boggs Roseville, California
Otto E. Caudell Vincennes, Ind.
Irving J. Cohen New York City, NY
David O. Deeter Dayton, Ohio
Thomas Flaherty Waterloo, Iowa
A. C. Gibson   see also Barracks 4 -  Room 1 Stephenville, Texas
Milton K. Goodridge  Westwood, California
Eugene H. Harre    see also Barracks 4 -  Room 1   Tuscola, Illinois
Irving G. Hunsberger Grand Rapids, Michigan
John Jacobs, Jr   see also Barracks 4 -  Room 1   Lansford, Penn
Daniel E. La Hurd Akron, Ohio
William W. McLennan China Springs, Texas
Edward D. Michelson Santa Rosa, California
J. S. Miller Manitowoc, Wisconsin
William W. Moller Hollywood, California
Edwin Moye El Paso, Texas
George S. Owens Baltimore, Maryland
H. B. Palmer Yakima, Washington
Harold H Peters White Plains, New York
L. C. Smith Canton, North Carolina
Charles E. Walker Gainesville, Florida
Arthur W. Washburn North Attleboro, Massachusetts
A. Watt Hamburg, New York
Benjamin F. Wells St. Augustine, Florida