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Vitz 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 Archive.)
All Unknown Allied Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for ALLIEDGER
All British Army victims killed in Germany Search for BritArmyGER
All British Army victims killed outside Germany Search for BritArmyOUT
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
All Polish Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for PAFOUT
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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NOTES
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#NameFirst NamesRankService NumberCategory CodeCategoryUnit/Aircraft NumberTrial ByCase NumberDateOfDeathPlace-of-DeathName(s) of Perpetrator(s)ExecutionDatePhotosRemarksLinks
1 LamarreJoseph Yves Jean ClaudePlt OffJ/95374RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany MZ860 KW-EBritainWO 235/5691945-01-0631547 Loccum[1 death sentence commuted to "Life", co-accused 15 yrs prison, actual killer never tried]-.-Buried Hanover War Cemetery 16. E. 18
2 WileyGeorge WilliamF/LJ/7234RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany Great EscapeBritainWO 235/5731944-03-3102826 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. Wikipedia
3 SmithDonald GeorgeF/OJ/35778RCAFGERMember of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyNE119 LQ-PBritainWO 235/4061945-03-1538707 AltenauOtto Fricke1948-01-29
4 ScottAlexander GrahamFgOffJ/42479RCAFGER Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany SM242Nonenone1945-04-19Woltersdorf [investigation file names an accused who was never tried] -.-Brit. Nat. Archive Kew holds investigation file WO 309/915.See Archive Report
5 Scott Thomas DelmerP/OJ/95497RCAFGERMember of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyNP689 QO-MBritainWO 235/2471945-04-0358095 Hagen (vicinity)Friedrich Hollborn1947-01-23
Archive Report NP689
6 SamuelAllan G.F/SgtR/155128RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB782 NA-HBritainWO 235/3511944-11-0542651 Solingen[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]-.-Notes

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7 PicheJean Adolphe FernandPlt.Off.J/92868RCAFGERMember of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyMZ860under researchunder research1945-01-05Lahde[personnel of the Lahde/Weser Work Education Camp]under research
8 PaulRobert AndrewP/OJ/95472RCAFGERMember of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyMZ907 6U-PNONEno trial1945-03-2546286 (Dorsten-)Wulfen (vicinity)[chief suspect killed himself while on remand]-.-
9 McGillGeorge EdwardF/LJ/5312RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany Great EscapeNONEno trial1944-03-3102826 Görlitz (vicinity) [no one ever formally charged with victim's death] -.-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. Wikipedia
10 MartensConrad WilliamP/OJ/90764RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany PB172 HW-WCanadaNo Case No. Found1944-07-2976571 (Gaggenau-)Oberweier Wilhelm Jung & Joh. Georg Schumacher (shot) 1946-04-15Notes


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11 MarshFrancis JosephF/SgtR/266317RCAFGERMember of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyNE119 LQ-PBritainWO 235/4061945-03-1538707 AltenauOtto Fricke1948-01-29
12 MacKenzieJohnF/SgtR/208648RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB777 NA-VCanadaNo Case No. Found1945-03-2251379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich) 1946-05-11Notes


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13 LupinskyJackF/SgtR/164676RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB782 NA-HBritainWO 235/3511944-11-0542651 Solingen[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]-.-Notes

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14 LangfordPatrick WilsonF/LC/1631RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany Great EscapeNONEno trial1944-03-3102826 Görlitz (vicinity) [no one ever formally charged with victim's death] -.-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. Wikipedia
15 AudetRichard JosephFlt.Lt.J/20136RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, died in Germany MK950 DB-G-.--.-1945-03-0448734 Groß Reken (vicinity)[Local Ortsgruppenleiter?]-.- Last seen alive being ill-treated by local Nazi. Read Archive Report
16 HallBertram Edward WilliamFlight LieutenantJ/21053RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany ND342 PH-UNONEno trial1944-12-1240721 Hilden[suspect never tried]-.-Images courtesy Marc Hall and Sean Feast - further details will be entered within the loss reports for these crew members over the next few days.
Buried Reichswald Forest War Cemetery 1.F.1		Read Archive Report
Notes
17 HaleRaymond WilliamF/OJ/26179RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB715BritainWO 235/381ff1944-12-2441460 Neuss[imprisonment]-.-Read Archive Report
18 HadleyJames FrederickF/LtJ/10986RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB777 NA-VCanadaNo Case No. Found1945-03-2251379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich) 1946-05-11 F/Lt Hadley is probably the one victim whose death was the subject of this trial. Notes


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19 GillissieWilliam GeraldFlg.Off.J86774RCAFGER Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB821 SE-PFedRepGerSchwurgericht Hanau1945-01-07Hanau [Accused: German Wehrmacht lieutenant; acquitted for lack of evidence] -.-No known grave (Runnymede panel 279)
20 FrameDanielF/OJ/56349RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB777 NA-VCanadaNo case No. Found1945-03-2251379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich) 1946-05-11Notes



See Allied Losses for details
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21 DraperThomas MaynardF/OJ/27155RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany NG186 A4-ONONEno trial1945-03-0899195 Schlossvippach [main suspect killed late in the war] -.-A group of schoolchildren watched the murder. A memorial stone was set in 2008, and in March 2019 replaced by a bigger one. War Crime investigation file at WO 309/339See Archive Report
22 DorrellMatthewSgtR/147377RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany KB782 NA-HBritainWO 235/3511944-11-0542651 Solingen[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]-.-Notes

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23 D'AvrilJean-MauriceP/OJ/93925RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany PN173 KW-QNONEno trial1945-03-0609669 Frankenberg [no one ever formally charged with victim's death] -.-(Davril)
24 CostelloGeorge ArnoldF/OJ/39820RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany PL207 (442 Ftr Sq)BritainWO 235/3471944-10-2845721 Haltern-HelenenhöheJohann Wilhelm Lütfring1947-09-05 Images courtesy Marc Hall and Sean Feast - further details will be entered within the loss reports for these crew members over the next few days. Read Archive Report
Notes
25 BrennanLawrence WilliamP/OJ/95242RCAFGERMember of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in GermanyMZ907 6U-PNONEno trial1945-03-2546286 (Dorsten-)Wulfen (vicinity)[chief suspect killed himself while on remand]-.-
26 BlenkinsopEdward "Teddy" WeymanS/LdrJ/3467RCAFGER Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany JA976 LQ-SNone-.-1945-01-23 (official)Neuengamme (official)unknown-.-Was unlawfully denied POW privileges and perished in Concentration Camp. Runnymede panel 278 See Archive Report
27 BirklandHenryF/LJ/5233RCAFGER Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany Great EscapeNONEno trial1944-03-3102826 Görlitz (vicinity) [no one ever formally charged with victim's death] -.-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. Wikipedia

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