Vitz Memorial Archive: Allied Victims of Axis Murders

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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.)

All Unknown Allied Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for ALLIEDGER
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All Free French Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for FFAFGER
All Norwegian Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for NAFGER
All Polish Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for PAFGER
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All RAAF victims killed in Germany Search for RAAFGER
All RAAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RAAFOUT
All RAF victims killed in Germany Search for RAFGER
All RAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RAFOUT
All RCAF victims killed in Germany Search for RCAFGER
All RCAF victims killed outside Germany Search for RCAFOUT
All Royal Hellenic Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for RHAFOUT
All RNZAF victims killed in Germany Search for RNZAFGER
All South African Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for SAAFGER
All South African Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for SAAFOUT
All SOE killed outside Germany Search for SOEOUT
All USAAF victims killed in Germany Search for USAAFGER
All USAAF victims killed outside Germany Search for USAAFOUT
All US Army killed in Germany Search for USArmyGER
All US Army killed outside Germany Search for USArmyOUT

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	Photos	Remarks	Links
1	Baillie	William John Milne	Plt Off.	423585	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, incident happening in Germany	RA515 PM-N	-.-	WO 309/1980	1945-02-24 [injured]	Ettlingen [injury]	[4 unknown German civilians]	-.-		Attacked and injured by civilians while being escorted to see a physician.	Read Archive Report
2	Catanach	James	Sqn Ldr	400364	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	Britain	WO 235/424-432	1944-03-29	24254 (Rumohr-)Rotenhahn	Johannes Post, Hans Kähler	1948-02-26		50 Air Force officers, recaptured after escape from Stalag Luft III Sagan, were shot by Gestapo upon Hitler's personal orders. They are marked "Great Escape" instead of their former airplane number.	Read General Report Read Individual Report
3	Clark	Kevin George	Flt Sgt	435185	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB958 F2-P	Britain	WO 235/125	1944-03-31	22113 Oststeinbek	[imprisonment. Chief suspect suicide]	-.-			Read Archive Report
4	Greenwood	Bruce Frederick	Plt Off	424584	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ348 MH-D	Britain	WO 235/82	1945-03-22	48477 Dreierwalde	Wilhelm Scharschmidt, Bruno Böttcher, Otto Bopf, Hermann Lommes, Ludwig Land, Emil Günther (plus Karl Amberger [WO 235/84])	1946-05-15			Read Archive Report
5	Hake	Albert Horace	WO	403218	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	Britain	WO 235/573	1944-03-31	02826 Görlitz (vicinity)	[2 accused: one death sentence, quashed on review; one acquitted]	-.-		50 Air Force officers, recaptured after escape from Stalag Luft III Sagan, were shot by Gestapo upon Hitler's personal orders. They are marked "Great Escape" instead of their former airplane number.	Read General Report Read Individual Report
6	Hedley	Vernon James	F/O	409303	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB816 AR-E2	NONE	no trial found	1945-03	74592 (Kirchberg-)Lendsiedel	[local Volkssturm man]	-.-
7	Kee	Kevin Anthony	F/Sgt	A/430174	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB853 IQ-P	Britain	WO 235/205	1945-03-24	44803 (Bochum-)Altenbochum	Heinrich I(h)de (death sentence) and others (imprisonment)	1947-01-06			Archive Report	keex
8	Maloney	William E.	Plt Off	414715	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	EJ662	Britain	WO 235/55	1944-09-16	46446 Elten	Hans Renoth	1946-03-08			Read Archive Report
9	Masters	Robert Lockyer	Flt Sgt	A/432681	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB853 IQ-P	Britain	WO 235/205	1945-03-24	44803 (Bochum-)Altenbochum	Heinrich I(h)de (death sentence) and others (imprisonment)	1947-01-06			Read Archive Report
10	McGladrigan	Neil Francis Dallaway	Flt Sgt	426895	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PD264 DX-K	Britain	WO 235/395	1944-12-10	35075 Gladenbach	[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]	-.-			Read Archive Report
11	Morris	Philip Henry	Fg Off	A423161	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB853 IQ-P	Britain	WO 235/205	1945-03-24	44803 (Bochum-)Altenbochum	Heinrich I(h)de (death sentence) and others (imprisonment)				Read Archive Report
12	Nicholson	William	Fg Off	423855	RAAFGER	Member of the Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	LV936 HD-D	no trial found	N/A	1944-11-04	42553 Velbert	[main suspect known to historians, never tried]	-.-		Four crew members died that day; one is said to have been murdered. Researchers found the victim must be this man or his crew comrade Underwood. Research going on.	Read Archive Report
13	Paradise	John Edwin	F/O	426148	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ348 MH-D	Britain	WO 235/82	1945-03-22	48477 Dreierwalde	Wilhelm Scharschmidt, Bruno Böttcher, Otto Bopf, Hermann Lommes, Ludwig Land, Emil Günther (plus Karl Amberger [WO 235/84])	1946-05-15			Notes Read Archive Report
14	Underwood	David	Flt Sgt	437236	RAAFGER	Member of the Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	LV936 HD-D	no trial found	N/A	1944-11-04	42553 Velbert	[main suspect known to historians, never tried]	-.-	Courtesy Paul Knott	Four crew members died that day; one is said to have been murdered. Researchers found the victim must be this man or his crew comrade Nicholson. Research going on.	Read Archive Report
15	Wilson	Donald John	Flt Lt	414286	RAAFGER	Member of Royal Australian Air Force, killed in Germany	130 Sqd Spitfire RM749	Britain	WO 235/339ff	1944-12-08	48432 Rheine	[doubtful whether a case of murder; no conviction]	-.-			Read Archive Report