The Escaped German Prisoners - Island Farm Camp 198

The following list has been painstakingly researched and retyped from an original which was a "grainy" photocopy from the original. Using a typewriter font and a lot of patience I have recreated the escape list to look as close to the original as possible even down to the spacing between columns.

IMPORTANT: Due to the rarity of this information and the time taken to research it, I have deliberately made some subtle changes to the spelling that would prove to me that this list has been plagiarised or copied without due credit and agreement from myself.

Page one of the escape list (Click to enlarge)

Page two of the escape list (Click to enlarge)

Note these are the PoWs who successfully made it away from the camp and were classified as escapees:

Prison No. Rank First Name and Surname ---------- ---- ---------------------- 1. B.22506 Lt. Wilhelm ALTFAHRT 2. B.22566 Lt. Wilhelm BIRENBEUL 3. A.957430 Ob-vet. Jacob BUCHOLZ 4. B.22497 Lt. Herbert BORNEMANN 5. A.997414 Lt. August BACHMANN 6. A.997413 Lt. Carl BROCKMEYER 7. A.489235 Lt. Walter DIEHL 8. A.531801 Lt. Gerhard FIEGEL

A.531801 Lt. Gerhard FIEGEL

Fiegel - 1st October 2003 when I was fortunate to meet him

A.531801 Lt. Gerhard FIEGEL

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS / ANSWERS: LT. GERHARD FIEGEL

Date Of Birth: 26.11.1924

Place of Birth: Ratibor, Oberschlesien

Joined the German Army at the age of 17, and fought on the Russian Front, but was posted to France shortly after D-Day (June 6th 1944).

POW NO: 531801

Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

What Units was he in: Infantry

How & when captured: 1944 in Le Havre by the Australians

POW Camps: Kempton Park, Island Farm, Featherstone

Date Repatriated: 28th February 1948

Decorations: Iron Cross 2nd Class

Final Rank: 2nd Lieutenant

Escape Objective: Hoped to get to Ireland but captured in Swansea

Special Notes: He was the person who first cut through the concrete floor i.e. started the tunnel. It took 6 - 8 weeks to excavate and only went down approximately 2.5 metres. The false wall was held together with porridge! To prove that they had tunnelled under the wire they drilled up through the roof of the tunnel and blew cigarette smoke through the hole which the other POWs could see.

Prison No. Rank First Name and Surname ---------- ---- ---------------------- 9. A.493466 Lt. Joachin GOTTSHALK 10. B.72112 Lt. Werner GRAUDUSZUS 11. A.791226 Lt. Hans HARZHEIM 12. A.493475 Ob-Lt. Karl HERBLEIN 13. B.22493 Ob-Lt Karl HELLRICH 14. A.493488 Lt. Helmut KORN 15. A.493487 Lt. Rudi KONSOLKE 16. B.22515 Ob-Lt. Hans KLEIN 17. B.22523 Lt. Hans KROMER 18. A.997417 Ob-Lt. Eduard RAVE 19. A.576487 Lt. Rudolf. RODINGER 20. A.774279 Lt. Wolfgang SAUGE 21. B.22541 Lt. Kurt TERNBUCK 22. B.73622 Lt. Johann SCHAEFER 23 A.459877 Lt. Rolf SUND 24. ---------- Captured ------- 25. A.853258 Lt. Hans VOELKEL 26. A.957419 Ob-Slm Ulrich VISCHKE 27. A.459888 Lt. Heins ZILLES 28. A.459889 Lt. Joachin ZUCHNER 29. A.791043 Lt. Werner ZIELASKO 30. A.938685 Lt Heins EBERBACH 31. A.787122 Ob-Lt Erich HOEPFNER 32. B.22504 Ob-Lt Rolf HORSTHEYER 33. A.965632 Lt. Werner NUBER 34. A.814636 Ob-Fhr Willy NATHER 35. A.957476 Lt. Oswald PRIOR (PRICE) 36. B.59256 Lt. Johannes SCHELTZ 37. A.927114 ---------- Captured ------- 38. A.853224 Ob-Lt. Gerhard SCHLAUGH 39. A.965634 S.S. Karl JOBST 40. A.859146 S.S. Walter JOEKEL 41. A.536535 S.S. Otto WOELKY 42. A.997419 Ob-Lt. Werner BOEHM 43. A.965959 Lt. Steffi (Gustav) EHLERT

A.965959 Lt. Steffi (Gustav) EHLERT

EHLERT 1st October 2003 when I was fortunate to meet him

INTERVIEW QUESTIONS / ANSWERS: LT. STEFFI (GUSTAV) EHLERT

Date Of Birth: 31.10.1919

Place of Birth: Gütersloh

POW NO: not remembered

Date Entered Luftwaffe: 1st February 1940

Occupation: Pilot

Types Of Planes Flown: 30 different types eg: Ju188, Ju52, HE-111

What Units was he in: Reconnaissance OBL (ober-commando)

How & when captured: 20th September 1944 in Belgium

POW Camps: Kempton Park, Island Farm

Date Repatriated: December 1946

Decorations: Nothing Special, transported wounded soldiers and received a medal

Final Rank: 1st Lieutenant

Location Where Car Was Ditched: Under a Willow tree, because daylight was breaking not because they ran out of petrol.

Escape Objective: Hoped to escape to the Midlands and to an airport and hoped to get to Ireland.

Prison No. Rank First Name and Surname ---------- ---- ---------------------- 44. A.432856 Hptm. Friedrich FINKEIN 45. A.852429 Lt. Heinz GRUNEWELD 46. A.428903 Hptm. Josef KRAMMLING 47. B.506 Lt. Gerhard KROHM 48. A.965629 Lt. Paul RAUCH 49. A.506055 Lt. Gerhard STUMPF 50. A.965621 Ob-Lt. Walter URNER 51. A.852416 Lt. Karl WAECHTER 52. A.459887 Lt. Karl WITTIG 53. B.12041 Uffs. Ernst BURMFISTER 54. B.11956 Uffs. Gerhard WALK 55. A.988721 Lt Heinz HERZLER 56. A.841036 Lt. Karl LUDWIG