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20TH.FG PRISONERS OF WAR



This list compiled from information in King's Cliffe, the Official History of the 20th.FG.

NAME SQUADRON DATE LOST POW CAMP
Lt. Col. Mark E. Hubbard Group HQ 18 March 1944 Barth
Col. Cy Wilson Group HQ 27 August 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Charles Bain 55th.FS 25 August 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Robert Brown 55th.FS 7 October 1944 Barth
Maj. Joseph S. Ford 55th.FS 20 February 1945 Nurnberg
2nd. Lt. Royal D. Frey 55ht.FS 10 February 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Everett E. Geiger 55th.FS 24 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Al H. Kent, Jr. 55th.FS 27 August 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. William McGee 55th.FS 20 February 1945 Nurnberg
Capt. Joseph T. McKeon 55th.FS 7 October 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Edward G. Pfeiffer 55th.FG 4 March 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Edward Planchak, Jr. 55th.FS 17 January 1945 Sagan
1st. Lt. Joseph A. Peterburs 55th.FS 10 April 1945 Lukenwald
2nd. Lt. A.D. Singleton, Jr. 55th.FS 8 April 1944 Sagan
Capt. Willis B. Taylor 55th.FS 19 October 1944 Sagan
Capt. Richard M. Tracy 55th.FS 10 April 1945 Lukenwald
1st. Lt. Jack Yelton 55th.FS 5 April 1944 Sagan
Capt. Charles H. Cole 77th.FS 25 February 1945 N/A
Capt. William K. Coon 77th.FS 22 May 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. Edward W. Doering 77th.FS 27 August 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Hal W. Everett 77th.FS 13 May 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. Robert L. Frakes 77th.FS 8 Februaury 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. Jack L. Gard 77th.FS 1 December 1943 Barth
2nd. Lt. Kenneth M. Geiger 77th.FS 28 September 1944 Sagan
1st. Lt. Richard M. Hairston 77th.FS 17 June 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. Bernard CC. Halpin 77th.FS 21 November 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. James C. Hart 77th.FS 24 January 1944 Sagan
Capt. Robert W, Holmes 77th.FS 10 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Robert P. Johnson 77th.FS 29 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Miles N. Keathley 77th.FS 11 February 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Dixon V. Kendrick 77th.FS 12 June 1944 Sagan
Capt. James M. Morris 77th.FS 7 July 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. C.J. Swierczynski 77th.FS 24 March 1945 N/A
* 1st. Lt. R.L. Thomas, Jr. 77th.FS 30 November 1943 N/A
Capt. T.M. Williams 77th.FS 14 June 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. John L. Armstrong 79th.FS 28 August 1944 Barth
F/O Markrel L. Byrd 79th.FS 5 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. John F. Esau 79th.FS 8 April 1944 Sagan
1st. Lt. Mack D. Fall 79th.FS 30 January 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Albert R. Fogg 79th.FS 30 April 1944 Sagan
F/O Joseph L. Hamilton 79th.FS 4 January 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Thomas A. Hanzo 79th.FS 11 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Ray E. Huarte 79th.FS 20 February 1944 Barth
Maj. Carl E. Jackson 79th.FS 20 February 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Kenneth Kautz, Jr. 79th.FS 26 October 1944 Sagan
2nd. Lt. Benjiman F. McCarty 79th.FS 9 May 1944 N/A
2nd. Lt. Robert B. Moss 79th.FS 29 January 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Melvin H, Orr 79th.FS 11 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. William H. Rierson 79th.FS 8 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. Myron R. Sands 79th.FS 11 February 1944 Barth
2nd. Lt. L.S. Smutko 79th.FS 11 February 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. David Stewart 79th.FS 10 April 1945 Lukenwald
2nd. Lt. H.J. Watson, Jr. 79th.FS 25 May 1944 Barth
1st. Lt. Ralph D. Whitley 79th.FS 26 February 1945 N/A
2nd. Lt. L.M. Wright 79th.FS 24 February 1945 Nurnberg



Lt. Benjamin McCarty's P.O.W. Identification Card


l.) The Gates of Stalag VII-A, where McCarty was imprisoned
r.) C-47s waiting to take the POWs home after the Stalag was liberated.


(*= Died while in captivity)

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(Photographs courtesy of Robert Patrick McCarty)

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