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Theodor
Posted: November 21, 2007 06:33 am
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Hi guys, what happened to the USAAF crews, which were shot down over Romania? When captured, were they put in special USAAF POW camps, or in some common camps, or handled to the Germans or what? Thanks!

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Posted: November 21, 2007 07:26 am
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Hi guys, what happened to the USAAF crews, which were shot down over Romania? When captured, were they put in special USAAF POW camps, or in some common camps, or handled to the Germans or what? Thanks!


The POW camps for US crews were at Timisul de Jos (near Brasov) and Bucuresti.
In the same camps were also UK crews (english, australian etc).
In "Timisul de Jos" mostly POW are from the 1943 (Tidal Wave raid) and offen called as "africans" (because they took off from Libia) and the POW from 1944 raids were called "italians" ( they took off from Italy).
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Posted: November 21, 2007 08:35 am
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Posted: November 29, 2007 10:10 am
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Theodor,
See "PLOIESTI" byJames Dugan&Carroll Stewart,originally published by Random House,New York,NY,in 1962
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Posted: November 29, 2007 02:28 pm
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After August 23, 1944 all of them were flew to Italy by special flights
it was organize a special operation in order to avoid the interaction between allied crews and red army

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Posted: November 29, 2007 08:19 pm
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Hallo Gents, biggrin.gif

slightly off topic here, but its connected to US Aircrew, I have been told that an

American bomber in WW2 crashed in the mountains somewhere in the area of:

CUGIR / HATEG / PETRILIA.

It might have been near SUREANU, possibly on their way to or from an attack on the

main railway junction of SIMERIA.

All the crew were killed and their bodies were bought into Cugir and temporarily

interned in a small park in the old Cugir village area,

immediately after the war, the bodies were

removed to a US War Graveyard in France(?) according to local legend.

Any further information appreciated.

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Posted: December 12, 2007 04:36 pm
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Aviation is not my "field", but I found some interesting pictures on this site. De-lousing scene is fabulous. Maybe someone can tell me what is now the building where USAAF POWs (sergents) were kept. I also like those pictures with Russians entering Bucharest on American trucks and jeeps. Do you think the troops on parade are Russians? They look more or less like Romanian troops. Thank you.

http://www.ploiesti.net/Gallerys/POW/index.htm

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Posted: December 12, 2007 07:42 pm
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Mateias,
The explanations to the pictures are very american.Maniu never was King Mihais prime-minister but Carol the 2.Im not aware he hold a PhD in law.
The troops in the last 2 pic. are russian OK.See the Studebaker truks in the background.
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Posted: December 12, 2007 08:43 pm
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I mean those guys walking, not those driving ! Are they Romanian or not ?
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Posted: December 12, 2007 09:16 pm
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The picture of the soldiers walking is to small to make out accurate details.

In fact some of the pictures are misleading, for example:

"Standing on the top rim of this bomb Crater is John Briggs of Stuttgart, AR. In the rear is the burned out shell of the building that once was used as our Infirmary for the sick and wounded. The wounded men were evacuated from this building only minutes before the Germans started to bomb our prison Camp."
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Directly behind the man in the "bomb crater" is some type of a wooden construction, the entrance into an air-raid shelter or slit trench? The "crater" looks to small to be a bomb-crater!

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Posted: December 13, 2007 11:23 am
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Very strange " crater ' indeed.Looks more like a " Santz"
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Posted: January 12, 2008 07:57 pm
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Re: my first message
I think the picture of 2nd POW camp in Bucharest is in fact the Railroad Authority Policlinic, opposite of North Railways Station. See the columns guarding main entrance. Nothing has changed since then. It's a miracle, considering heavy bombings in the area by Americans before Aug. 23, 1944 and Germans immediately after.
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