Murder US & British Airmen in WWII by Nazis & German Army

Murder of Allied Airmen in WWII by the German Nazis 

The Site will include in future also murder of US & Allied Airmen

in Bulgaria , Hungaria, Albania and Serbia 

War criminal Allied airmen murderer Gaulter Baden & Alsace R.Wagner

    https://www.britishpathe.com/video/wagner-trial/query/murder  

Crew of  B-17 Flying Fortress „Strictly from Hunger“ 42-973503 X 
 3 crews back raw from left and 2

   crews front raw from right were murdered

 MIA Mannheim 21/7/44 Pilot: Leon Kornblau, Bernie Radomski, Chas Woolf, Meredith Mills, Frank Misiak (5KIA); Bill Boyd, Ed Theed, Roger Gagnon, Irvin Hughes (4POW); flak, crashed Epfenhofen, Germany. MACR 7276.

Frank Misiak 3rd from left front raw with an other crew 

25.7.1943 Killing of two american airmen Co-pilot Dale Wendte and Waistgunner G. Kralick near Lübeck
6.9.1943 Killing of an american airman in Hülben near Dettingen
February/ March 1944 Killing of a british airman by a SA-Obersturmführer near Appen (Kreis Pinneberg)
24.3.1944            Killing of two unkwon british airmen in Berlin


25.3. -13.4.1944     Killing of 50 Officers of the RAF after their escape of Stalag III near Sagan
                                (Movie " The Great Escape " inspired from Stalag III escape )

"Great Escape "

29.3.1944 Killing of 4 FO RNAF and RNZAF near Rotenhahn by Gestapo
29.3.1944 Killing of two FO of RAF, Roger Bushell und Bernard Scheidhauer near Saarbrücken by Gestapo
29.3.1944 Killing of two SAAF FO of RAF, Lieutenant H.J. Stevens and Lieutenant J.S. Gouws, near Schweitenkirchen (Pfaffenhofen) by Gestapo Münich.
11.4.1944 Killing of an unknown US airman by NS-Kreisleiter Dettmann of Rostock-city
19.5.1944 Killing of two US airmen near Lochtum
22.5.1944 Killing of an american airman near Nettelsee
28.5.1944 Killing of the US-airman-Leutnant Roy D. Cruse in Elm
30.5.1944 Killing of the US-pilot Fletcher E. Adams in Tiddische/Landkreis Oldenburg by Landwehr and SA
6.6.1944 Killing of an US airman by an SS-Brigadeführer place unknown
13.6.1944 Killing of a polish RAF airman in Radevormwald
13.6.1944 Killing of 2nd Lt.Dennis H Griggs ,Sgt.Boyngton, Pvt T.Ivy Sillersthausen (Muenchen )

Murdered, 2nd Lt D.Griggs 485th BG, 15th Air Force

18.6.1944 Killing of an US airman (Waistgunner Sgt. Czarnecki) in Eggerstedt near Pinneberg by SA men
20.6.1944 Killing of the US airman William H. Kane in Neu-Wulmstorf
21.6.1944 Killing of 15 captured US airmen near Schwerin/Mecklenburg
29.6.1944 Killing of an unknown US airman in Wolfsburg
Juli 1944 Killing of an american airman in Holzendorf near Stettin
4.7.1944   Killing (Execution) of RAF F/Lt Thompson in Graudenz
7.7.1944  Killing of two US airmen in Bad Harzburg by Gestapo
7.7.1944  Murder of Lt Shambarger Walter Burton CoPilot 44BG
Lt. Shambarger survived the crash while jumping out of the bomber with his parachute. Shortly after his landing he was killed by a Dutch NSBer who stabbed him with his bayonet. The Germans spread the story that Lt. Shambarger had impailed himself on a fence post during landing. To one of the captured crew members was told that Lt. Shambargers parachute didn’t open.

8.7.1944 Killing of 1st Lt.USAAC O'Hara,Francis,373rd FG Shot down by flak on an operational sortie over France. Baled out ok and landed in the woods of La Londe, at Saint Nicholas. He was wounded in the thigh by a rifle shot from one of the SS-soldiers who captured him. He was then taken by horse-drawn car to Saint-Pierre-les-Elbeuf, over six miles, without any medical care. Lt O'Hara died from his wound. The Germans dressed the wound before his burial.

11.7.1944 Killing of the canadian pilot James Dale near Ludenhausen
19.7.1944  Killing of Sgt James Green  460 BG ,B-24J / #42-99763 / 'Junior' / MACR 6917.
                  Target: Allach engine factory, Munich, Germany. 

20.7.1944 Killing of the american airman Arthur W. Manosh in Moosinning (Kreis Erding) by a NSDAP-official
20.7.1944 Killing of an american airman in Rüsselsheim by civillians
20.7.1944 Killing of two american airmen in Wohlsborn
20.7.1944 Killing of 5 US Airmen near Wollmatingen / Konstanz ,Swiss border
21.7.1944 Killing of 5 US airmen near Schollach in the blackwoodforrest by NSDAP-officials
26.7.1944 Killing of a canadian airman in Oberweier
28.7.1944 Killing of the US airman Peter Mandros near Fauerbach by SA
28/29.7.1944 Killing of  3 RAF airmen Pforzheim by Kreisleiter Knab and his subordinates

P/O Wardle, Sgt Ludlow Sgt Gitoes mudered

29.7.1944 Killing of 5 US airmen in Ottmannshausen by NSDAP officials
29.7.1944 Killing of an unknown US airman in Bad Kösen by SS
31.7./1.8.1944 Killing of 3 US airmen (John B. Good, Emil Berry jr., Lewis E. Pulsipher) near Saarbrücken by SS
August 1944 Killing of an unknown RCAF airman in Klein Flöthe by SA and homeguard
August 1944 Killing of an unknown US airman in Langensebold, Kreis Hanau
4.8.1944 Killing of 7 US airmen at Borkum island
5.8.1944 Killing of 5 US airmen in Hohenhausen/Lippe
9.8.1944 Killing of 3 US airmen near Weisenbach
9.8.1944 Killing of US ftr pilot (Lt.Theodore D. Nielsen) near Bad Saulgau by an SS officer

Lt Theodore D. Nielsen

Lt Theodore D. Nielsen 364th FG

15.8.1944 Killing of an unknown US airman near Eifelcommunity Preist near Trier
24.8.1944 Killing of the US airman Edward Sauniers in Hermsdorf/Thüringen
24.8.1944 Killing of two US airmen in Münstedt near Schmedenstedt by SS-officers
26.8.1944 Killing of 4 US airmen (Maxwell, Fetterhoff, Wyatt und Zemonek) in the forrest near Gersweiler
26. 8.1944 Killing of 6 US airmen in Rüsselsheim
26. 8.1944 Killing of two US airmen in Groß-Gerau
Autumn 1944 Killing of two RCAF airmen in Gießen by an HJ Official
Autumn 1944 Killing of a RCAF airman in Steinbach near Gießen by a teacher and his schoolclass WTF This is the source for this case...seems to be a horrible story: Quelle: Humphrey, Richard; Haaser, Rolf; Pagenkemper, Miriam (Hrsg.): Der Untergang des alten Gießen, Gießen 1994, S. 47
2.9.1944  John Edward Cobbey , murdered by SS , in Bulgaria 

2Lt.John Edward Cobbey 52nd FG 

Autumn 1944 Killing of an unknown english pilot...he has been drowned in the Blies river
September 1944 Killing of an american airman in Wolfenbüttel
6.9.1944 Killing of the US pilot Quince Brown in Schleiden by an SS officer
10.9.1944 Killing of the US Flying Major John N. Reynolds in Ingolstadt by two NSDAO officials
12.9.1944 Killing of 4 american airmen near Ruppertshütten by Gestapo
12.9.1944 Killing of the canadian FO Apple in Bingen by SA and NSDAP officials
13.9.1944 Killing of an Indian member of the Royal Air Force in Darmstadt
13.9.1944 Killing of two US airmen near Altenkirchen
16.9.1944 Killing of a british RAF member in Emmerich
21.9.1944 Killing of an US airman (Oberleutnant Francis Chinchilla) in Hüllenberg by HJ officials
21.9.1944 Killing of the US airman Charles Hollerbeck in Wollendorf
26.9.1944 Killing of an american JaBo pilot in Merzhausen
27.9.1944 Killing of five american airmen (Newell W. Brainard, John J. Donahue, John W. Cowgill, Hector V. Scala und James T. Fields) in Nentershausen /Rhön
27.9.1944 Killing of two US airmen (Ferdinand K. Flach and Lee R.J. Huffmann) near Hattenrod
28.9.1944 Killing of three US airmen 100BG (two are known: Lt. Hamrick NAV and Sgt. Robert Minear) in the community Schwickershausen/Kreis Meiningen by Police

Lt Hamrick 100BG Dog Tags
29.9.1944 Killing of the american airman, Sgt. Hubert Burleigh, in Bad Neustadt/Saale by NSDAP official
Sept. 1944 - Jan. 1945 Killing of 9 allied airmen by Whermacht and SA Officials of the Fliegerhorst Rheine
Okt. 1944 Killing of an american airman in Wolbeck by a german Wehrmacht officer
3.10.1944 Killing of the US Leutnants Nichols Darwin in or next to Gießen by a policeman
3.10.1944 Killing of 3 american airmen (F. Adams, W. Bengson, E. Dornburgh) in Gießen (Neuer Friedhof) by members of police, Volkssturm and HJ
7.10.1944 Killing of 4 RAF airmen near Rheinweiler by Hugo Gruenner (KLL)
15.10.1944 Killing of an american airman in Laubenheim/Nahe by SS members
15.10.1944 Killing of an american airman in Friedensdorf
18.10.1944 Killing of a captured british airman near Fliegerhorst Völkenrode
19.10.1944 Killing of an american airman in or next to Wiesbaden
19.10.1944 Killing of an american airman next to Wallau by Gestapo
19.10.1944 Killing of three unknown american airmen in Niederseelbach
20.10.1944 Killing of an unknown american pilot in Frankfurt/Main
27.10.1944 Killing of an american low flying airplane next to Stommeln
28.10.1944 Killing of a new zealand Royal Air Force member in Altenburg
28.10.1944 Killing of a canadian airman in Haltern
2.11.1944 Killing of an american FO in Sutthausen by SS members
5.11.1944 Killing of 4 canadian airmen in Solingen by SA members
5. or 6.11.1944 Killing of the american airman Stanford G. Wolfson next to Kaiserslautern by a community official
8.11.1944 Killing of a british Warrant-Officer of the Royal Air Force in Roeschen
21.11.1944 Killing of two british airmen in Bad König
21.11.1944 Killing of the american FO Anthony B. Martin in Frankfurt/Main by a NSDAP official
25.11.1944 Killing of 4 american airmen next to Gaggenau by members of SD and police.
26.11.1944 Killing of the american FO Carl J. Hert next to Springe by german soldiers
December 1944 Killing of an US airman near Haimbuch
1.12.1944 Killing of 4 US airmen (Hugh L. Evans, Thomas K. Kohlhaas, Milton B. Erich, John J. Bellovary) in Beltershain
4.12.1944 Killing of an unknown US airman in Freiburg/Breisgau
7.12.1944 Killing of the british airman M. Martinez (ID. 1392648) in a forrest near Oberlemp
7.12. bzw. 10.12.1944 Killing of two australian members of the Royal Air Force (Sgt. J. Scott and Fl./Sgt. McGladrigan) in Weidenhausen
9.12.1944  Killing of Lt Campbell George F  325th FG Recon pilot (details unknown) acft was
                  captured intact , pilot was MIA .

12.12.1944 Murder of Lt Levine Harold 459th BG (NAV) target Blechhammer
German SS troops informed a crew member that Lt Levine was shot because of his religion - Hebrew.  His helmet, oxygen mask and 'Mae West' , also his parachute, were shown to me.  I didn't see his body." Per Lt Faulk:  "At least 6 Czech civilians said that he was wounded by shots in his descent from Hungarian soldiers of German Army and was shot to death the next day and his body was in Kováčová, Slovakia."

1st Lt Harold B. Levine was first buried at Temporary American Military Cemetery Ardennes, Belgium Block V, Row 10, Grave 232.
13.12.1944 Killing of three british airmen in Essen
23.12.1944 Killing of a british FO in Köln
23.12.1944 Killing of the american pilot (Oberleutnant John E. McDonell) in Niederraden-Straßenhaus by SD members
24.12.1944 Killing of the american pilot, Capt. William H. Mooney, in Freienseen by the local NSDAP Ortsgruppenleiter
24.12.1944 Killing of a british and a canadian RAF member in Neuss by policeofficers
24.12.1944 Killing of two members of the Royal Air Force, the british pilot Hislop and the canadian Lindenboom by SA men
29.12.1944 Killing of an unknown RAF pilot in Langlingen by an SS officer
30.12.1944 Killing of an american airman next to or in Delkenheim
30.12.1944 Killing of an american airman next to Wallau by Gestapo.
31.12.1944 Killing of two allied airmen in Solingen by a policeman
6.1.1945 Killing of a canadian airman next to Loccum by SS members
7. 1.1945 Killing of a canadian airmen by german soldiers in Hanau.
31. 1.1945 Killing of a british airman (named Livingstone) in Rengsdorf (Kreis Neuwied) by SD members
February 1945 Killing of an american FO in Rengsdorf (Kreis Neuwied)
February 1945 Killing of a new zealand member of the Royal Air Force between 1.2 and 28.2.1945 in Rhede.
3.2.1945 Killing of an unknown allied airman next to Fischbach by an known and named SS member
10.2.1945 Killing of a canadian airman next to Kemel by a local policeman
13.2.1945 Killing of 4 US airmen in Schützen-am-Gebirge (Austria) by RAD members
15.2.1945 Killing of an american airman in or next to Bensheim
15.2.1945 Killing of an unknown allied airman in Zwickau by a NSDAP official
21. 2.1945 Killing of the british FO Cyril W. Sibley in Dirmstein (near Worms) by NSDAP officials
22.2.1945 Killing of an american FO (William A. Duke) in or next to Bieber by policemembers
22.2.1945 Killing of an american airman (Archibald B. Monroe) in or next to Offenbach by policeofficers
22.2.1945 Killing of an american airman (Charles Frazer) in Offenbach
22.2.1945 Killing of the american airman Robert A. Park in Alsfeld
28.2.1945 Killing of two british pilots in Bohmte
March 1945 Killing of two unknown allied airmen in Duisburg-Nienhausen
A german victim beaten to death by his own people:
March 1945 The german Oberleutnant Stempel had to bail out of his hittened aircraft Focke Wulff FW 190D-9. On the ground he was immediately beaten to death by outranged people who thought he was an allied pilot. source: Leiwig, Heinz: Flieger über Rheinhessen, 2. Auflage, Alzey 2006, S. 171.

March 1945 Killing of the canadian Lieutenant Georg Kienzle at the Fliegerhorst Deiningen near Nördlingen by a german soldier
2.3.1945 Killing of a british pilot in Köln by members of the police
2.3.1945 Killing of three american airmen (Robert H. Folsom; W.L. Hoenshell; Henry M. Isenberg) in the community of Langgöns
4.3.1945 Killing of 4 allied airmen in Graz (Austria) by SS members

5./6.3.1945 Killing of two unknown canadian airmen in Chemnitz by civillians
6.3.1945 Killing of the canadian airman Henri Jean Maurice Joseph D´Avril in Frankenberg/Sachsen by civillians
7.3.1945 Killing of the british pilot Officer Henry Joseph Carley, in the community of Külte near Arolsen.
8.3.1945 Killing of a canadian airman (Thomas M. Draper) in Schloßvippach 4 british airmen (R. Appleyard, P. Scott, A.K. Robinson und R.S. Howe) in Buttstädt
8.3.1945 Killing of a british airman in Vogelsberg/Thüringen by a policemember
16.3.1945 Killing of 3 canadian airmen near Altenau by Gestapo members
17. - 18.3.1945 Killing of 5 british airmen in Pforzheim-Huchenfeld ( see beneath)

G.Hall

Flt/Lt Sidney Clayden Matthews DFC MiD 

FS Edward Arthur Percival

 18.3.1945 Killing of an american airman in or next to Wallrabenstein
18.3.1945 Killing of US Leutnant van Horn after bailing out by Gestapo in Reichelsheim prison
18.3.1945 Killing of a british airman in Sommerhausen
19.3.1945 Killing of an american pilot in Dortmund-Asseln
20.3.1945 Filling of the american airman J. Rivos next to Quirnbach
22. - 25.3.1945 Killing of 12 or 13 allied airmen at the airport of Dreierwalde next to Hörstel.
23.3.1945 Killing of the US-airman Charles Mitchell in Hieflau by a group of young Nazis
24.3.1945 Killing of two american airmen in or next to Bensheim
24.3.1945 Killing of a british airman in Bochum-Altenbochum by civillians and NSDAP officials
24.3.1945 Killing of the US-Flight-Sergeant Paul L. Berger at the Fliegerhorst Hesepe near Thiene
24.3.1945 Killing of three australian airmen in Bochum-Laer
25.3.1945 Killing of a RAF fighter pilot in Witten-Vormholz.
25.3.1945 Killing of the three RCAF airmen R.A. Paul, J.M. Jones und L.W. Brennan in Wulfen
 Pilot Officer L. W. Brennan RCAF (mid-upper gunnar), Pilot Officer R. A. Paul RCAF (bomb aimer) and Sergeant C. E. Lowe RAF (flight engineer) to a military unit when they were attacked by a hostile crowd led by Haupttruppenführer Ferdinand Assmann. 

Crash site
Halifax MZ907, 415 Squadron 25.3.1945

25.3.1945 Killing of an US Sqd CO Major in Dortmund-Asseln by an SA man
29.3.1945 Killing of Lt Craig Richard Clair CoPilot 483rd BG
 On 22 March 1945 the aircraft was hit by jet fighters, ME 109´s and ME 210´s, just after bombs away. Most of the damage centered from the radio room to the tail. Richard didn´t bail out. He assisted the pilot in a crash landing. A crewmember saw how he got shot in the back by Germans while running towards the Russians. They brought him to a field hospital where he died of his wounds. S/Sgt John Andreola saw him two days later in this field hospital. He had just died 12 hours previously. The Russians attended to the burial.

31.3.1945 Killing of a RAAF airman in the community of Oststeinbeck
31.3.1945 Killing of the RAAF airman K.G. Clark in Hamburg/Billstedt by a member of the Volkssturm
3.4.1945 Killing of a british FO at the Fliegerhorst Varrelbusch next to Boesel by german soldiers
3.4.1945 Killing of a canadian airman in Hagen by Gestapo
07.04.1945 Killing of two american airmen Lieutenant Georg Lyford and Sergeant Frank W. Picula in Parchim by german soldiers
15.04.1944 Killing of Capt.George Niethammer . 454th BG ,15th AF by SS while trying escape

  Capt Niethammer 454th BG
16.04.1945 Killing of an unknown us airman in Burkhartswalde by SS
16.04.1945 Killing of the wounded US pilot Chester F. Coggeshall in Freilassing by
the mayor of the city
17.4.1945 Killing of the US airman Norman N. Shane in Reinhardtsgrimma by SS members
17.4.1945 Killing of the US airman Eduard (Eddie) G. Eschinger in Halsbrücke, Kreis Freiberg/Sachsen by a civilian
Spring 1945 Killing of a british pilot in Kirchberg-Lendsiedel by a volkssturm member
25.4.1945 Killing of a canadian airman at Wangerooge by a member of the german naval forces
25.4.1945 Killing of an US airman according to orders of NS officials in St. Georgen am Walde (Austria)
1.5.1945 Killing of two allied airmen near Böken next to Schwerin by the local forester