Shumen POW camp, Shumen WWII POW camp

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Dear Forumers,
During the WWII in Bulgaria, near Shumen was POW camp for Allied flyers, most of them fall down in Bulgaria after bomber raids over Romania and Bulgaria.
I am interested in RAF victims in Bulgaria, former grave yard for some of them was in Russe, now their graves are in Sofia catolic cemitary.
Any information will be apreciated.
Please for the web-site of the camp visit
http:shumen-camp.info.

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UPDATED LIST OF ALL POWs, HELD IN SHUMEN POW CAMP ( BULGARIA) from 26 of November 1943 till the 8 of September 1944. All POWs were liberated on the 8 of September 1944 and with a special train moved to Turkey on the 10 of September
This list will be soon published in the updated Web-site for the camp history ( http://www.shumen-camp.info)
(First column is for the number of POWs from Johnson/Stanev’s list, the second- s/n of the flyers)



USAAF AIRCREW MEMBERS
1 36358425 Rauba, Anthony John
2 33186471 Turley, Joseph James
3 O-693628 Quigley, Joseph Newton
4 O-793942 Darlington, Julian Trueheart
5 34343238 Koen Jr., Clifford Earl
6 14080256 Brisbi, Lloyd Wyatt
7 39683228 Howard, Ned Albrey
8 19100012 Horine, Stanley Myron
9 32387919 Murray, Harold Robert
10 37285268 Engdahl, Eugene Wallace
12 15078123 Cale, George Criss
15 38189123 Kindy, Ernest Lloyd.
19 18129655 Dill, Lee Edward
23 33392369 Lenger, Peter William
24 13093846 Kendig, Richard Eshelman.
25 O-678214 Fleming, Richard Hall
26 O-801399 Short, Robert Harlely
27 12167572 Brown, Sylvester Charles
28 O-735076 Gore, Phillip Willie
29 32500832 De Guiseppe, Thomas Phillip
30 O-800015 McLendon, John William
31 O-745543 Tinker, Edward Elmer
32 O-799225 Mitchell, George Mucle
33 37469460 Renner, Robert Henry
35 13123566 Swank, Donald Dodge
36 32448975 Ross, Harold Matthew.
37 38278468 Davis, Benjamin Marion.
38 12203203 Sheplin, Bernard Daniel
39 O-672463 Shupe, Dale Eugene
40 O-683258 Knox, James Warren
41 O-803506 Whitley, James Roy
42 32441932 Agliata, John Charles.
43 O-741196 Lees, John Rexford
44 35353399 Prosch, Edward Ralph
45 18133348 Pipkin, Jack Victor
46 O-748814 Shellabarger, Royce E.
47 O-749444 Meagher, Patrick John
48 39103456 Drake, Robert Lorne
49 O-802076 Shultz, Robert Ellsworth
50 O-521327 Grissom, Thomas James
51 O-799191 Judd, Thomas Marshall
52 38136876 Harkness, William Roland
53 35370367 Corbin, Cecil Carrell
57 6960139 O'Neal, James Allen
58 17060075 Lannon, Louis Allen
59 11084038 Crummey, John James
62 O-750570 Garrity, Joseph Antony.
63 O-746244 Zimmerman, Robert George
65 O-748854 Bunata, Joseph Michael
69 О-688321 Dowling, Matthew Joseph
70 32863910 Klopchin, Andrew George
71 О-698226 Poore, Wesley Alvin
72 18209685 Nelson, Delbert Elwin
73 35572302 Kingen, Dennis Maurice
74 О-707509 Boust, Jess Edward
75 33340184 Donahue, John Joseph
76 17091068 Orona, John Vega
77 11057520 Laptewicz, John Charles
78 О-747676 Ross, Dean R
79 О-802459 Rawls, Don Molton
80 12026299 Arnson, Erling Lem
81 34702999 Sasser, Gerald Eldo
82 O-6877048 Lokken, Lynn Carlyle
83 16087443 Schwemmer, Louis Ernst
84 32723364 Muzii, Louis Anthony
85 О-752818 Langpop, Louis George
86 11114158 Lohnes, Raymond W.
87 13128363 Smith, Thomas Francis
88 6883849 Schumaker, Robert Moody
90 О-693791 Krayer Jr, Anthony Charles
91 О- 695370 Matney, Arlo Reed
92 О- 810828 Cocking, Byron Day
93 О-816646 Douthwright, David Logan
94 О-709065 Rissman, Jack Robert
95 О-701586 Flynn, Joseph Powell
96 О-697389 Brawninger, Earl Wayne
97 О- 690406 Ginder Jr., Willard Russell
98 34603622 Owen Jr., Willy Ray
99 О-681750 Wylie, Dan Harvey
100 37208893 Laclef, Densal Eugene
101 О-691283 Gavora, John Jr.
102 19002136 Linhares, Carl John
103 О-810934 Odle, Clarence Benjamin
104 О-756076 Wood, Leonard
105 35723044 Cahill, Lesley Alden
106 38463290 Livesay, Gerald Ray
107 17032175 Barnes, Lloyd Edward
108 О-758672 Woolhouse, Lawrence Arthur
109 32709399 Chused, Louis
110 33082204 Myers, Michael
111 18201430 McMurtre, Newman
112 19053174 Saurin, Robert William
113 О-8799399 Heald, Robert Leroy
114 О-705415 Murphy Jr., Robert Marshall
115 32383384 Brusso, Robert Francis
116 11085542 Lizotte, Robert Anthony
117 О-704121 Fayard, Fred E.
118 О-754897 Egbert, Harold Herbert
119 16128894 Burnett, Howard
120 О-122588 Walker, Horace Allen
121 13008652 Angelo, Charles Dominick
122 О-684864 Haun, Charles Robert
123 39121989 Jackson, Alfred Charles
124 15108110 Hill, Bernard Elwood
125 O-401249 Smith Jr., Walter Anthony
126 O- 811898 Hanson, David Graham
127 O-710313 Rice, David Powers
128 12134945 Conochan, James Edward
129 38453030 Patten, Gerald Dean
130 18077991 Compton, Jesse Ferell
131 O-751023 Muirhead, John Gregory
132 32712054 Meyer, John Joseph
133 37505606 Canfield, John Monroe
134 O-759801 Hannum, John Morgan.
135 37089808 Fanning, George Walter
136 12083367 Chesterton,George James
137 31500108 Turner, Donald Ray
138 O-808336 Anderson, Edwin Oscar
139 38239125 Johnson, Edward Glen
140 32509134 Hughes, Edward William
141 39413516 Siler, Eldon Wade
142 31291117 Chaplin, George Manton
143 О-682342 Kovar, Kenneth Francis
144 32562682 Sideratos, Cristopher John
145 20607827 Sullivan, Michael James
146 13145793 Naddeo, Michael Joseph
147 O-695531 Redington, Malachi Joseph
148 36457489 Hettinga, Martin
149 33399651 Murphy, Melvin George
150 О-1284030 Schanzmeyer, Patrick Lawrence
151 13091762 Wood, Richard Stafford
152 12194573 Goldberg, Robert
153 O-685700 Newsom, Robert Louis
154 36559796 Kmiec, Stanley Joseph
155 McGuire, Thomas Joseph
156 33601595 McHugh, Thomas Omar
157 14066660 Anders, Wesley Louis
158 O-756352 Symons, William Charles
159 31245032 Van Meer, William Junior
160 O-742052 Bobier, Phillip Robert
161 31072369 Brock, Harry Alden
162 38059007 Fretwell, Henry Eugene
163 O-752027 Thomsen, Herman James
164 14109466 Dameron, Charles Everett
165 O- 811021 Crane, Charles Oliver
166 6560865 Kelley, Charles Eugene
167 17079701 Lascotte, Eugene Andrew
168 O-708881 Madoro, Alexander Joseph
169 33632291 Jenkins, Arthur Eugene
170 37002309 Justice, Jack Marvin
171 O-733935 McCarty, James Patrick
172 35376240 Householder, James Wilbur
173 20238336 Kapish, Joseph Raymond
174 35649078 Dean, John Jake
175 О-729424 Devine, John Francis
176 37460788 Watson, John Howard
177 О-759266 Lober, Donald Warring
178 16168541 Barta, Joseph James
179 T-125428 Whitmore, Joseph Chris
180 14038874 Leonardi, Kenneth Anthony
181 О-697053 Murray, Leonard Paul
182 О-703494 Hausken, Leonard Ralph
183 О-703797 Riggs, Louis William
184 О- 815561 Rudd, Melvin John
185 36564856 Partlow, Richard Allen.
186 O-690787 Doyle, Richard McGinley
187 О-713108 Brooks, Richard Chadwick
188 31220819 Mitchell, Robert Edward
189 О-461695 Anderson, Robert Colby
190 18098923 Johnson, Robert Henry
191 О-813602 Stumpff, Roland Ellsworth
192 18226992 Wavra, Rubin Tom
193 18137582 Biaggne, Russell Raymond
194 О-819440 Weygandt, Thomas Noble
195 17151488 Jones, Harold Edwin
196 О-684915 Van Popering, Henry George
197 6578159 Palmer, Charles Leicester
198 O-706539 Llewellin, Charles Wesley
199 39616303 Mahugh, Chester Max
200 12943745 Azzollini, Nicholas Vitus
202 О-702990 Wilson, John Fillmore
203 31232169 Perillo, Ralph Frank
204 33585178 Langstaff, Thomas Arthur
206 O-693519 Hollowell, William Clarence
207 32764471 Mastropaolo, August John
211 14043917 Burgess, Charles Crawford
212 O-820014 Hays, William Jackson
213 13104803 Crowley, John Buck
214 O-819537 Kingsbury, John Russell
215 34670411 Hodges, George Lee
216 O-808996 Hillman, Jr., George Henry
217 O-695058 Haggerty, Jerome Joseph
218 37461704 Adamy, Leo Richard
219 O-698148 Schneider, Lewis Arthur
220 O-7089431 Roehll, Richard
221 16141867 Harper, Robert James
222 O-800993 Harper, Robert Charles
223 37508219 Fassler, William Joseph
224 16116362 Clifton, William Keith
225 33241685 Shuman, William Richard
226 3653927 Fankboner, William Harry
227 O-704027 Lunardo, Frank Paul
228 O-715095 Raasch, Harold Arthur
229 O- 713198 Liebl, Howard Conrad
230 33646901 Janutolo, Earl Edwin
231 39123781 Karoli, Bennett Trayber
233 35346722 Kane, Lloyd Eugene
242 14098764 Courtney Jr., John Partick
243 36650411 Chapetta, Joseph James
244 O-713343 Bower, John William
245 32679109 Richardson, Roy Williams
246 O-692818 Punteney, Francis Delbert
247 33795276 Schultz, Charles Albert
248 13137673 Grady, Gerald Wilson
249 O-704792 Winn, Bobby Leonard
250 O-854259 Granville Jr., James Benjamin
251 36585158 Zabawa, Chester Francis
252 31049880 Wojtkun, Alex John
253 36741692 Mullen, Arthur Charles
254 34730362 Baker, William James
255 39322467 Flynn, James Francis
256 32887667 Bonicoro, John Anthony
257 31309171 Oldroyd, John Thomas
258 O-668502 Riggs, Donald Eugene
259 O-763302 Morrow, Craig Godfred
260 O-826057 Zervos, Chris George
261 O-716415 Giordano, Michael
263 33833406 Gery, Nathan James
264 O-712821 Heesen, Jr., Paul Andrew
265 O-822954 Metz, Paul Hembree
266 11051172 Hilliard, Stephen Robert
268 O-716723 Gajda, Thaddeus C.
270 O-114139 Leach, Wilbur Murrey
271 36737495 Bentzen, William Graeser
272 33746758 Schlauch Jr., Floyd Maurice
273 O-717752 Cohen, Sumner Harold
274 35607240 Miller, Allen Wayne
275 O-691119 Scheck, Jim Tucker
276 O-811747 Richardson, Joseph George
277 O-690054 Crawford, John Reeves
278 32478014 Shriver, Elmer Joseph
279 O-746709 Fredeking, Carl C.
280 3568060 Kaffenberger, Kenneth Frederick
281 O-713365 Dopp, Nathan Joseph
282 18120621 Wallace, Alfred Ronald
283 31339314 Nesbitt, Paul Edward
284 37233095 Sharp, Rex Phillip
285 36425179 Werner, Robert George
286 O-750100 Swan, Robert Edward
287 O-723024 Deppe, Russell Henry
288 13081812 Harkin, Thomas F.
289 37556330 Beck, Forest Lyle
290 31271247 Lawrence Jr., Frank
291 18167551 Leggett, Fred E.
292 31083878 Dyer, Harold Alfred
293 32436051 Boylan, Hugh Joseph
294 O-391468 Peoples Jr., Allie Voiers
295 32871950 Ranieri, Aristede Anthony
296 17167102 Petersen, Bennett Hans
297 14101726 Tyler, William B.
299 33740370 Logan, David Melborn
300 O-699762 McConnaughey, James Ross
301 34666757 Creech, Eddy Raybon
302 O-825959 O'Hara, Edward Richard
303 33763829 Gray, Leroy Wayne
304 O-808186 Baker, Raymond Lewis
305 35012315 Bogard, Robert Addison
306 1910593 Jarvis, Thomas Burges
307 20441719 Burnette, Thomas James
308 O-709936 Lewis, Thomas Ray
309 34801636 Bailey, William Bauce
310 O-700590 Wood, William Harrison
311 O-1695424 Azzari, William Homer
312 32156022 Conroy, Frank
313 11071471 Davidson, Herman Solomon
314 O-716814 Savage Jr., George Aug.
315 33590602 Kelly, William James
316 O-81477 Shipp, Bennard A.
317 32768890 Inglot, John Francis
318 32400586 Jones, George Edwin
319 39126162 Christensen, Donald
320 16061040 Shields, William Byron
321 O-891924 Wise Jr., Henry Alfonso
322 O-857789 Resce, Walter
323 O-699599 Vandergrift Jr., James D.
324 32862617 Ambrosiny, Edward
325 O-761118 Cisselban, Edwin S.
326 32870600 Troiano, Michael R.
327 O-712121 Paul, Ned
328 O-701617 McCauley, Richard T.
329 O-406138 Graff, Hugh R.
CANADIAN AIRCREW MEMBER (USAAF)
234 140890 Sutcliffe, Richard Dennis
AUSTRALIAN AIRCREW MEMBERS (RAAF)
61 414824 Martin, Keith-Charles John
68 426715 Tyrrell, Raymond
201 425316 Knyvett, Geoffrey Gordon
ENGLISH (RAF) AIRCREW MEMBERS AND SOE-SERVICEMEN
34 3527 Besas, George Kosta , Greek SOE
54 72156 Clark, Cyril Reginald, SOE
60 1348497 Groat, George Mitchell
66 1333542 Carey, Edward George
67 1453153 Chambers, Kenneth Gordon
89 1481552 Shaw, Kenneth William
208 104075 Henriksen, Derrick Chudleigh (SAAF)
232 1068113 Turner, Eric
235 157917 Fletcher, John Alexander Donald
236 1314139 Hicks, John Parker
237 135610 Cameron, John Wilkie
238 175317 Bartop, George Alfred
239 Dearden, Eric William
240 1314193 Tinkler, Robert Henry
241 157103 Painter, Harold
262 1685636 McKay, Robert William
269 1088729 Taylor, Joseph
298 1520558 Graham, John Milburn
SERBIAN AIRCREW MEMBERS ( USAAF) AND AGENTS
11 Y-229 Benderach Vaso Bozov
14 Y-43 Stanislavlevich, Dragisha Milan
16 Y-56 Miloykovich , Zhivko Tanasie
20 Y-49 Yelich, Milosh Miliki
21 Y-276 Timothiyevich, Miodrag Milenica
22 36354764 Lakich, Ognyan Ivan
64 Y-65 Tasich, Aleksander Dimitrie (BRITISH AGENT )
CROATIAN AIRCREW MEMBERS ( USAAF)
13 Y-33 Vecherina, Dinko Norbert
18 Y-164 Halapa Ivan Mie
SLOVENIAN AIRCREW MEMBER ( USAAF)
17 Y- 314 Korosa, Ivan Ivana
AIRCREW MEMBERS FROM SAAF
205 234144 Giles, Trevor Stuart
209 206136 Beaumont, Aubrey Alfred
210 205504 Clack, William Henry
267 5426371 Stone, Lionel
DUTCH POW’s ( PROBABLY ENGLISH AGENTS)
55 Van Der Meulen, Ludewijk
56 Van Der Meulen, Hubertus

This post has been edited by Dénes on July 16, 2018 06:40 am

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On the 4 of October the U.S. Embassy in Sofia hosted a ceremony to dedicate a monument to honor U.S. military personal who died in Bulgaria during World War II.

The monument was donated by the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Massachusetts (AHAC) whose members travelled to Bulgaria for this event. Links for remarks and pictures from the event:
http://bulgaria.usembassy.gov/amb_speech10042010.html
http://bulgaria.usembassy.gov/news_10042010.html
http://www.flickr.com/photos/usembassysofia/