PoW Camp Information
Much of the information in this section has been extracted from Oliver Clutton-Brock's book FOOTPRINTS ON THE SANDS OF TIME (ISBN 1 904010 00 0)
General Information
PoW camps occupied by 49Sqn members were run either by the Luftwaffe or the Wehrmacht. The Luftwaffe had an interrogation centre (Durchgangslager der Luftwaffe) which was simply known as 'Dulag Luft'. Luftwaffe PoW camps began with the name 'Stalag Luft' (Stammlager Luftwaffe). Luftwaffe camps accommodated Officer and NCO aircrew in different compounds within the same camp. Wehrmacht camps were strictly segregated. Officers would be held in an Offizierenlager (Oflag) and NCOs in a Stammlager (Stalag). Wehrmacht 'Oflag' and 'Stalag' camps with the same number were often in quite different geographical locations.
| Code | Camp | Location(s) | 4T9ers |
| DL | Dulag Luft | Oberursel, Frankfurt and Wetzlar, Germany | 2 |
| L1 | Stalag Luft 1 | Barth,Germany | 50 |
| L3 | Stalag Luft 3 | Sagan (Zagan), Germany | 52 |
| L4 | Stalag Luft 4 | Gross Tychow (Tychowo), Poland | 18 |
| L6 | Stalag Luft 6 | Hydekrug (Silute), Lithuania | 65 |
| L7 | Stalag Luft 7 | Bankau (Bakow), Poland | 12 |
| 4B | Stalag IVB | Mühlberg an der Elbe, Germany | 27 |
| 5A | Stalag VA | Ludwigsburg,Germany | 1 |
| 6J | Stalag VIJ | Fichtenhain bei Krefeld, Germany | 1 |
| 8B | Stalag VIIIB | Lamsdorf (Lambinowice), Germany | 10+5 |
| 9C | Stalag IXC | Bad Sulza, Germany | 1 |
| 21B | Oflag XXIB | Schubinbei Bromberg (Szubin) , Poland | 1 |
| 344 | Stalag 344 | Lamsdorf (Lambinowice), Germany | 10 |
| 357 | Stalag 357 | Oerbke (Fallingbostel), Germany | 44 |
| 383 | Stalag 383 | Hohenfels,Germany | 2 |
| KL3 | Koncentrations Lager 3 | Buchenwald,Germany | 1 |
| None or unknown | 20 |
The history of each camp is outlined together with links to more detailed information. If the reader wishes to know more about the circumstances of their liberation then we recommend....THE LAST ESCAPE - The Untold Story Of Allied POWs 1944-45 written by John Nichol.