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GENEVA CONVENTION AS APPLICABLE TO 1939 - 1945 (Part 1 Article 2)
'Prisoners of war are in the power of the hostile Government, but not of the individuals or formation which captured them.
They shall at all times be humanely treated and protected, particularly against acts of violence, from insults and from public curiosity.
Measures of reprisal against them are forbidden.'

The data in this database is largely based on a list of Allied airmen murders collected by the late Willi Wachholz. He published his findings on a web site which is no longer available. Traugott Vitz found Mr Wachholz's list in the web archive when he co-authored a book on 'Hangmen At War' which included several airmen murder cases where the culprits were hanged. He then added to this list based on his own research using the 'Review and Recommendations' papers of the US war crime trials held at Dachau, and (British) National Archive files. These sources were also used to note and correct errors in Mr Wachholz's list. Researchers of airmen casualties within the borders of present-day Austria (which was incorporated into the German Reich in 1938) may perhaps appreciate the Memorial Book of all members of the American and British/Allied Air Forces killed in the air war in that area which was published by two Austrian researchers, in 2016, under the title 'Missing in Action - Failed to Return', freely downloadable in bilingual German/English.

In the course of our continuing research by Traugott Vitz and Ralph Snape it has become clear that the Archive should not restrict itself to air force personnel and accordingly we also cover cases involving other services as well as civilians.

Many cases are covered in more detail than in the Notes accompanying this database. A list of such cases may be found here. (Note that this list contains entries in the Pacific Theatre of Operations, which is outside the scope of the Vitz Memorial Archive.)

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JURISDICTION
In the main trials were held under United States, British or Canadian jurisdictions. However, two were held under Federal Republic of Germany jurisdiction. These may be found through a Search for FedRepGer.

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#	Name	First Names	Rank	Service Number	Category Code	Category	Unit/Aircraft Number	Trial By	Case Number	DateOfDeath	Place-of-Death	Name(s) of Perpetrator(s)	ExecutionDate	Remarks	Links
1	Dill	David Gordon	LT	265704	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd SAS Regt.	Britain	WO 235/185	1944-11-25	76571 Gaggenau	Heinrich Neuschwanger	1946-09-26	One of 14 victims on that day: 6 UK, 4 US, 4 French	Notes
2	Whately-Smith	Anthony R.	Maj	113612	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd SAS Regt.	Britain	WO 235/185	1944-11-25	76571 Gaggenau	Heinrich Neuschwanger	1946-09-26	One of 14 victims on that day: 6 UK, 4 US, 4 French	Notes
3	Smith	Miller	CSM	2657063	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
4	Reynolds	Denis Bingham	Maj	130586	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd SAS Regt.	Britain	WO 235/185	1944-11-25	76571 Gaggenau	Heinrich Neuschwanger	1946-09-26	One of 14 victims on that day: 6 UK, 4 US, 4 French	Notes
5	Radwell	Arthur Leonard	Pte	5349139	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	10th Bn. Royal Berkshire Regt.	Britain	WO 235/113	1944-07-27	97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön (Lower Franconia)	[withheld; found not guilty]	-.-	Burial Durnbach War Cemetery 3.D.16
6	Poole	Frederick John	Lt.	229263	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	55th Regt., Reconnaissance Corps, R.A.C.	Britain	WO 235/238 and WO 235/118	1944-02-25	Oflag VIIB Eichstätt, Germany	[accused was found not guilty in WO 235/238][Death sentence, commuted to 10 yrs imp. in WO 235/118]	-.-	Buried Dürnbach War Cemetery, 3. E. 23
7	Mouzer	George William	Sapper	1875820	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	26 Field Coy R.E	Britain	WO 235/141	1945-04-11	95444 Bayreuth	[2 yrs imprisonment]	-.-	Buried Durnbach War Cemetery 3. B. 16
8	Makeham	Reginald Henry	Pte	841059	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
9	Lanoue	Octave	Pte	C/32355	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Algonquin Regiment, R.C.I.C.	Britain	WO 235/278	1945-04-30	(26215 Wiefelstede-)Gristede	[accused was found not guilty]	-.-	Buried Holten Canadian War Cemetery, Netherlands, 8. A. 15
10	Jones M.i.D.	Artis Walter	Private	WX331	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Australian Infantry 2/11 Bn.	None	not tried	1945-04-04	At or near (99098 Erfurt-)Büßleben	[suspected: SS troops from Conc. Camp Buchenwald]	-.-	Brit. Nat. Archive holds 3 investigation files: WO 309/607, WO 311/1036, and WO 311/683
11	Jhutar Mal		Subedar	46237/I.O	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	3rd Bn., 9th Jat Regt., Indian Army	Britain	WO 235/221	1944-08-30	Braunschweig, Germany	[accused was found not guilty on the charge of killing this PoW, received 3 years imp. on another charge]	-.-	Buried Hanover War Cemetery, 9. A. 4
12	Houghton	Joseph Blundell J.	Capt	130206	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
13	Hollingsworth	Thomas	Sgt	14276776	BritArmyGER	Member of British Army Air Corps, killed in Germany	G Sqd, No 1 Wing, Glider Pilot Regt.	Britain	WO 235/231 (charge 2)	1944-10-06	29683 Fallingbostel	[2 accused, both acquitted]	-.-	Buried Becklingen War Cemetery, 4.E.13. Narrative see Glider Pilot database on this site.
14	Griffin	Maurice Arthur	Pvt	873123	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd SAS Regt.	Britain	WO 235/185	1944-11-25	76571 Gaggenau	Heinrich Neuschwanger	1946-09-26	One of 14 victims on that day: 6 UK, 4 US, 4 French	Notes
15	Ferrier	John	Pte	3059491	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Royal Scots	Britain	WO 235/280	1942-11-19	Krappitz, Upper Silesia (today Krapkowice, Poland)	[20 yrs. imp.]	-.-	Buried Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, 2A. D. 14
16	Duncan	Alfred Harpur	Lt.	66545	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd Bn., Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers	Britain	WO 235/238 and WO 235/118	1944-02-25	Oflag VIIB Eichstätt, Germany	[accused was found not guilty in WO 235/238][Death sentence, commuted to 10 yrs imp. in WO 235/118]	-.-	Buried Dürnbach War Cemetery, 3. E. 22
17	Abear	John Francis	Private	6206221	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	1 Bn Kensington Rgt.	Britain	WO 235/204	1944-07-21	36404 Vacha	Georg Stutz or Stütz	1947-01-06	Abear died in a subcamp of Stalag 9C after having been a POW for four years. Details being researched.
18	Dil Bahadur Limbu		Rifleman	7429	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd Bn. 7th Gurkhas	Britain	WO 235/471	1944-09-13	64283 Darmstadt	Otto Mohr	1948-06-09	War Crime investigation file naming "Dilbahadur Limbu" as victim at WO 309/1252. Buried Durnbach War Cemetery Coll. grave plot 13 row F graves 1-11.
19	Dawson	Alexander	Sapper	4275247	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	1 Tunnelling Cy. R.E.	None	N/A	1944-11-30	36404 Vacha	unknown	-.-	Dawson is named as being murdered while POW in Kew file TS 26/560. Research ongoing.
20	Curtis	Eric Gordon	Pte	6349613	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
21	Cruickshank	John	Pte	2876794	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	5th Bn. Gordon Highlanders	Britain	WO 235/113	1944-07-27	97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön (Lower Franconia)	[withheld; found not guilty]	-.-	Burial Durnbach War Cemetery 3.D.15
22	Cox	Victor John	Sgt	5671612	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Checkmate	Britain	WO 235/196B	1945-02-02	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found guilty of being responsible for the handing over to SD, resulting in death.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
23	Cooke	Arthur William	Fusilier	4267471	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	7th Bn. Royal Northumberland Fusiliers	Britain	WO 235/141	1945-04-11	95444 Bayreuth	[2 yrs imprisonment]	-.-	Commemorated Dunkirk Memorial column 40
24	Collie	William	Private	2876639	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Gordon Highlanders	None	N/A	1944-11-29	36404 Vacha	unknown	-.-	Collie is named as being murdered while POW in Kew file TS 26/560. Research ongoing.
25	Chudley	William Henry Albert	L/Sgt	882221	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
26	Bonsall	Horace	Pte	4746154	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd Bn., York and Lancashire Regt.	Britain	WO 235/280	1942-11-19	Krappitz, Upper Silesia (today Krapkowice, Poland)	[20 yrs. imp.]	-.-	Buried Krakow Rakowicki Cemetery, 4. A. 11
27	Black	Graeme Delamere	Capt.	106240	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report
28	Beck	Cecil Albert	L/Cpl	225031	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	South African Corps of Signals	None	not tried	1945-04-04	At or near (99098 Erfurt-)Büßleben	[suspected: SS troops from Conc. Camp Buchenwald]	-.-	Brit. Nat. Archive holds 3 investigation files: WO 309/607, WO 311/1036, and WO 311/683
29	Ashe	Christopher	Gnr	847426	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	2nd SAS Regt.	Britain	WO 235/185	1944-11-25	76571 Gaggenau	Heinrich Neuschwanger	1946-09-26	One of 14 victims on that day: 6 UK, 4 US, 4 French	Notes
30	Allchurch	Edward Archibald	L/Cpl	15307	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	New Zealand Infantry	None	not tried	1945-04-04	At or near (99098 Erfurt-)Büßleben	[suspected: SS troops from Conc. Camp Buchenwald]	-.-	Brit. Nat. Archive holds 3 investigation files: WO 309/607, WO 311/1036, and WO 311/683
31	Abram	Cyril Henry	Rflm	6922005	BritArmyGER	Member of the British Army, killed in Germany	Operation Musketoon	Britain	WO 235/196B	1942-10-23	Sachsenhausen Concentration Camp	[Gen. N. von Falkenhorst was found not guilty of being responsible.]	-.-		Read Archive Report

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