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Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 15 Mar 2012 12:17PM GMT
Classification: Query
You can view the diary online with a free download at http://www.lulu.com under World War II Diary: Pvt. Donald Duane Johnson or search under my name, Mary Johnson Corcoran.

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 23 Apr 2012 6:12PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hello. My father's uncle was also a POW here. His name was Walter C Cates and he was a crew member on a B24 "Ramp Tramp". They were shot down over Austria we believe on Feb 22, 1944. 4 out of 11 crew members survived and were captured. Family history says Walter escaped and made his way back to friendly lines. We are looking for any information we could find.

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 2:48AM GMT
Classification: Query
You knew my grandfather?

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 6:48PM GMT
Classification: Query
Hi Matt,
"Uncle Bill" (your Grandfather) was my favorite uncle. Your Dad & I are cousins. My Mom & yours are sisters. Uncle Bill and my Dad were best friends. The last time I was at your house was 2011

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 13 Jan 2013 10:56PM GMT
Classification: Query
I believe our dads must have gone to Stalag VII A about the same time. My dad was a member of the 3rd Army, 30th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Division, Company L. He landed on Red Beach on August 14, 1944 and over the next four months advanced across France. He was captured near Kaysersberg, France (now Germany) about daybreak on December 20, 1944. He was passed back through the lines to Stalag VII A, near Moosburg. He remained there until the camp was liberated by the 14th Armored Division on April 29, 1945.

The city of Moosburg has a wonderful website about Stalag VII A for the men held there and their families. The link is http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/indeng.html

My dad did not talk about his time in the war either. My mother said he talked to her non-stop for six months and told her everything that had happened. Then he rarely spoke about it. If he did talk about the war, he had nightmares. The little we know about his experience is what our mother told us.

Please register your dad om the Moosburg site and write anything you know about his experience. My dad was Owen K. Collins. Take a look at his page. He traded cigarettes for a Brownie camera with one the liberating soldiers. The pictures posted on his page are from the camp and the holding camp the men went to after they were liberated.

The are are a couple of photos of the camp stove he and his friends built. Many of the men had similar stoves. My dad built his from items he had at the prison camp or items he picked up while on work detail. They used the stoves to cook potatoes that they found in bombed out cellars while on work details and smuggled into camp in long johns he had sewn into the inside of his coat. There was little food by this stage of the war. Daddy said the only trouble was getting in line at the right place to not be searched. Once inside, the guards were easily bribed with cigarettes.

Lynn Sewell

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 6 Apr 2013 11:34AM GMT
Classification: Query
Surnames: Morris
My husband's father was also a POW here for approximately 4 years. He was captured in Crete and transferred to Stalag 7A. His name was Harry Morris. Harry was an Australian. We would like very much to communicate with other relatives of POW. He never talked about his experiences much but he did learn to speak French whilst in 7A because most of his fellow prisoners in his hut were French.

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 7 Feb 2014 5:19PM GMT
Classification: Query
Wikepedia notes that Stala VIIA was a WWII German POW camp located north of the town of Moosbur in southern Bavaria, Germany. 85 acres. At the time of its liberation on 29 April 1945, there were 130,000 prisoners from at least 26 nations on the camp roster. It was the largest prisoner of war camp in Germany. In the main camp over 40,000 were crowded into a space designed for 10,000. See also http://www.moosburg.org/info/stalag/hatteng.html

Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 8 Mar 2015 7:07PM GMT
Classification: Query
My husbands Grandpa Charles F Erpelding was a Tail gunner of a B17 and was shot down and captured and taken to Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria. I'm kinda confused by what I have found online. My father in law has his POW ID, but it is kept where I cannot get at it to look at any details. I am looking for details as much as I can on what happened, so I can create his story for the family book. How did he end up there and what happened there.

I have attached a picture of his flight crew. I love old WWII pictures, so I thought I would share. Also I am attaching information I have found in case it anyone looks at it and sees anything that might help me in my search.

Thanks for any information anyone might have.
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Re: Stalag 7A Moosburg, Bavaria

Posted: 24 Mar 2015 2:06AM GMT
Classification: Query
Edited: 24 Mar 2015 2:07AM GMT
Surnames: Applegate, Finn, Hedrick, Rosenbaum, Motola, Grafton, Pollard, Seafranek, Stohldrier, Erpelding
I found a document that documents who was part of my husbands grandfathers crew of the B-17 that went down and was taken to Stalag 7A Moosburg. I would love to get in contact with any of these families if possible. Those Men were Donald Applegate, John Finn, Glen Hedrick, Charles Erpelding, Moser Rosenbaum,Frank Motola, William Grafton,Elbert Pollard,Alfred Seafranek, and Oliver Stohldrier
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