James L. Prusa Updated: 03 JAN 2012 Airman: o888169.htm Surname: Prusa Init: J L Rank: S/Sgt Service: USAAF Sqdn: 708 P_link: p296.htm Plane: B17 42-31156 Operation: Bomb G Crash_site: Near Neksø Crash_d: d110444 Buried_d: o888 C_link: o888.htm At_Next: POW
B17 42-31156
landede
her omkring 200 m øst for Skyttegaard,
Ibskervej 26, 3730 Nexø, omkring 2 km nord for Nexø. (Kilde: Niels Christian
Pihl) Left Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Henry McCowan og Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt James Prusa nåede frem til Ibsker Præstegård (her), hvor de af ukendte årsager indtrængende anmodede pastor Ejner Olsen om at tilkalde den tyske værnemagt. Pastoren forsøgte i stedet at overtale de to flyvere til at flygte, men forgæves, og kort efter blev de afhentet af tyskerne. Navigator, 2nd Lt Ernest Norman og Radio Operator, T/Sgt Paul Knight søgte tilflugt hos gårdejer Hugo Carlsen, Granly, Olsker (omkring her). De var dog blevet observeret af en tyskvenlig nabo, og næste formiddag ankom en tysk patrulje og foretog en grundig husundersøgelse. De to flyvere blev fundet, og Hugo Carlsen blev taget med til afhøring. Efter 28 dages ophold på Galløkken Kaserne (ved Rønne her) fik Carlsen overbevist tyskerne om sin uskyld, og han blev løsladt. Paul Knight besøgte Bornholm i juni 1985." (FT 87-93-5) "De der var blevet krigsfanger blev bragt til
Dulag Luft ved Oberursel til
afhøring. Efter afhøring blev Ernst M. Norman sendt til
Stalag Luft III Sagan og senere flyttet til
Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser. Paul D. Knight og James L. Prusa blev
sendt til Stalag 17B
Braunau Gneikendorf nær Krems i Østrig, mens Henry R. McCowan blev sendt til
Stalag Luft IV Gross
Tychow." (AOD) Læs mere om Tyske krigsfangelejre.
B17 42-31156
landed
here about 200 m east of Skyttegaard,
Ibskervej 26, DK-3730 Nexø, about 2 km north of Nexø. (Source: Niels Christian
Pihl) Left Waist Gunner, S/Sgt Henry McCowan and Ball Turret Gunner, S/Sgt James Prusa reached Ibsker Vicarage (here), where for unknown reasons they urgently requested the Reverend Ejner Olsen to call the German Wehrmacht. The Vicar instead tried to persuade the two airmen to evade, but in vain, and shortly after they were fetched by the Germans. Navigator, 2nd Lt Ernest Norman and Radio Operator, T/Sgt Paul Knight took refuge with farm owner Hugo Carlsen, Granly, Olsker (about here). However, they had been seen by a pro-German neighbour and next day before noon a German patrol arrived and carried out a thorough search of the house. The two airmen were found, and Hugo Carlsen was taken with for interrogation. After a stay of 28 days in the Galløkken Barracks (at Rønne here) Carlsen had convinced the Germans that he was innocent, and he was released. Paul Knight visited Bornholm in June 1985." (FT 87-93-5) "Those who had been made POW`s were brought to
Dulag Luft at Oberursel for
interrogation. After interrogation Ernst M. Norman was sent to
Stalag Luft III Sagan and later moved to
Stalag XIIID Nuremberg-Langwasser. Paul D. Knight and James L. Prusa were
sent to Stalag 17B
Braunau Gneikendorf near Krems in Austria while Henry R. McCowan was sent to
Stalag Luft IV Gross
Tychow." (AOD) Read more about
German POW-Camps.
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