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.)

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All Royal Hellenic Air Force victims killed outside Germany Search for RHAFOUT
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All South African Air Force victims killed in Germany Search for SAAFGER
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All SOE killed outside Germany Search for SOEOUT
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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	Lamarre	Joseph Yves Jean Claude	Plt Off	J95374	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ860 KW-E	Britain	WO 235/569	1945-01-06	31547 Loccum	[1 death sentence commuted to "Life", co-accused 15 yrs prison, actual killer never tried]	-.-	Buried Hanover War Cemetery 16. E. 18	Read Archive Report
2	Wiley	George William	Flt Lt	J7234	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian 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
3	Smith	Donald George	Fg Off	J35778	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	NE119 LQ-P	Britain	WO 235/406	1945-03-15	38707 Altenau	Otto Fricke	1948-01-29		Read Archive Report
4	Scott	Alexander Graham	Fg Off	J42479	RCAFGER	Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	SM242	None	none	1945-04-19	Woltersdorf	[investigation file names an accused who was never tried]	-.-	Brit. Nat. Archive Kew holds investigation file WO 309/915.	Read Archive Report
5	Scott	Thomas Delmer	Plt Off	J95497	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	NP689 QO-M	Britain	WO 235/247	1945-04-03	58095 Hagen (vicinity)	Friedrich Hollborn	1947-01-23		Read Archive Report
6	Samuel	Allan G.	Flt Sgt	R155128	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB782 NA-H	Britain	WO 235/351	1944-11-05	42651 Solingen	[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]	-.-		Read Archive Report
7	Piche	Jean Adolphe Fernand	Plt Off	J92868	RCAFGER	Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ860			1945-01-05	Lahde	[personnel of the Lahde/Weser Work Education Camp]			Read Archive Report
8	Paul	Robert Andrew	P/O	J/95472	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ907 6U-P	NONE	no trial	1945-03-25	46286 (Dorsten-)Wulfen (vicinity)	[chief suspect killed himself while on remand]	-.-
9	McGill	George Edward	Flt Lt	J5312	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	NONE	no trial	1944-03-31	02826 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.	Read General Report Read Individual Report
10	Martens	Conrad William	Plt Off	J90764	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	PB172 HW-W	Canada	No Case No. Found	1944-07-29	76571 (Gaggenau-)Oberweier	Wilhelm Jung & Joh. Georg Schumacher (shot)	1946-04-15		Read Archive Report
11	Marsh	Francis Joseph	Flt Sgt	R266317	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	NE119 LQ-P	Britain	WO 235/406	1945-03-15	38707 Altenau	Otto Fricke	1948-01-29		Read Archive Report
12	MacKenzie	John	Flt Sgt	R208648	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB777 NA-V	Canada	No Case No. Found	1945-03-22	51379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen	Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich)	1946-05-11		Read Archive Report
13	Lupinsky	Jack	Flt Sgt	R164676	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB782 NA-H	Britain	WO 235/351	1944-11-05	42651 Solingen	[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]	-.-		Read Archive Report
14	Langford	Patrick Wilson	Flt Lt	C1631	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	NONE	no trial	1944-03-31	02826 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.	Read General Report Read individual Report
15	Audet	Richard Joseph	Flt Lt.	J20136	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, died in Germany	MK950 DB-G	-.-	-.-	1945-03-04	48734 Groß Reken (vicinity)	[Local Ortsgruppenleiter?]	-.-	Last seen alive being ill-treated by local Nazi.	Read Archive Report
16	Hall	Bertram Edward William	Flt Lt	J21053	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	ND342 PH-U	NONE	no trial	1944-12-12	40721 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
17	Hale	Raymond William	F/O	J/26179	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB715	Britain	WO 235/381ff	1944-12-24	41460 Neuss	[imprisonment]	-.-		Read Archive Report
18	Hadley	James Frederick	Flt Lt	J/10986	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB777 NA-V	Canada	No Case No. Found	1945-03-22	51379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen	Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich)	1946-05-11	Flt Lt Hadley is probably the one victim whose death was the subject of this trial.	Read Archive Report
19	Gillissie	William Gerald	Flg.Off.	J86774	RCAFGER	Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB821 SE-P	FedRepGer	Schwurgericht Hanau	1945-01-07	Hanau	[Accused: German Wehrmacht lieutenant; acquitted for lack of evidence]	-.-	No known grave (Runnymede panel 279)
20	Frame	Daniel	Fg Off	J56349	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB777 NA-V	Canada	No case No. Found	1945-03-22	51379 (Leverkusen-)Opladen	Walter Weigel, Robert Hölzer (shot in Aurich)	1946-05-11		Read Archive Report
21	Draper	Thomas Maynard	Fg Off	J27155	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	NG186 A4-O	NONE	no trial	1945-03-08	99195 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 309/339	Read Archive Report
22	Dorrell	Matthew	Sgt	R147377	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	KB782 NA-H	Britain	WO 235/351	1944-11-05	42651 Solingen	[Death sentence commuted to 20 years]	-.-		Read Archive Report
23	D'Avril	Jean-Maurice	P/O	J/93925	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	PN173 KW-Q	NONE	no trial	1945-03-06	09669 Frankenberg	[no one ever formally charged with victim's death]	-.-	(Davril)
24	Costello	George Arnold	Fg Off	J39820	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	PL207 (442 Ftr Sq)	Britain	WO 235/347	1944-10-28	45721 Haltern-Helenenhöhe	Johann Wilhelm Lütfring	1947-09-05	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
25	Brennan	Lawrence William	Plt Off	J95242	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	MZ907 6U-P	NONE	no trial	1945-03-25	46286 (Dorsten-)Wulfen (vicinity)	[chief suspect killed himself while on remand]	-.-
26	Blenkinsop	Edward "Teddy" Weyman	Sqn Ldr	J3467	RCAFGER	Member of the Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	JA976 LQ-S	None	-.-	1945-01-23 (official)	Neuengamme (official)	unknown	-.-	Was unlawfully denied POW privileges and perished in Concentration Camp. Runnymede panel 278	Read Archive Report
27	Birkland	Henry	Flt Lt	J5233	RCAFGER	Member of Royal Canadian Air Force, killed in Germany	Great Escape	NONE	no trial	1944-03-31	02826 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.	Read General Report Read Individual Archive Report