Ron Carter's Prisoner of War Record
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Ron Carter's Prisoner of War Record
Description
Three lists related to Ron's time as a prisoner of war.
#1 is the camps he was incarcerated in and the duration.
#2 Ron's evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 on the Long March.
#3 is a list of the daily march from Stalag Luft 7 to 3A
#1 is the camps he was incarcerated in and the duration.
#2 Ron's evacuation from Stalag Luft 7 on the Long March.
#3 is a list of the daily march from Stalag Luft 7 to 3A
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Three printed sheets
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SCarterR1620578v10006-0001, SCarterR1620578v10006-0002, SCarterR1620578v10006-0004
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[circled E]
[underlined] POW CAMPS AND DURATION IN EACH CAMP [/underlined]
[a] CAMP NO [b] LOCATION [c] DATE
1 [a] PONT-LEVEO (TC) [b] FRANCE [c] 18/7/44 – 25/7/44
2 [a] CHARTRES (TC) [b] FRANCE [c] 26/7/44 – 30/7/44
3 [a] STALAG-LUFT 7 [b] GERMANY [c] 11/8/44 – 18/1/45
4 [a] STALAG-LUFT 3A [b] GERMANY SOUTH BERLIN [c] 9/2/45 – 9/5/45
[d] DURATION IN CAMP [e] TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN CAMPS [f] TRANSPORT
1 [d] 7 DAYS [e] FROM 1 TO 2 1 DAY
2 [d] 4 DAYS [e] FROM 2 TO 3 12 DAYS [f] CATTLE TRUCKS
3 [d] 5 MONTHS 7 DAYS [e] FROM 3 TO 4 22 DAYS [f] ENFORCED EVACUATION AND MARCH + CATTLE TRUCKS
4 [d] 3 MONTHS [f] "OPERATION EXODUS" HOME
SEE GENERAL QUESTIONAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX POW
[page break]
[circled E] 1A
[underlined] EVACUATION FROM STALAG LUFT 7 [/underlined]
AFTER BEING INCARCERATED FOR FIVE MONTHS AND 7 DAYS IN STALAG LUFT VII AT BANKAU, CLOSE TO THE POLISH BORDER; ON THE MORNING OF 17th JANUARY 1945 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS THE POWS RECEIVED NOTICE OF ONE HOUR IN WHICH TO BE READY TO LEAVE THE CAMP.
THEY WERE ALSO INFORMED BY ONE "OBER FELDWEBELFRANK" THAT FOR EVERY MAN THAT FELL OUT OF THE COLUMN ON THE MARCH, FIVE MEN WOULD BE SHOT . . . . . ALTHOUGH THIS ORDER WAS NOT GIVEN IN WRITING.
[underlined] IN THE EVENT THE "START" WAS POSTPONED UNTIL 1530HRS ON JANUARY 19TH [/underlined]
A WRITTEN ACCOUNT BY GEORGE B THOMSON, SCOTTISH SALTIRE BRANCH, A.C.A ADDRESSED "FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE SWISS COMMISSION, ACTING AS PROTECTIVE POWER"
ALSO, "ONE SOLDIERS TALE" . . . . . BANKAU STALAG LUFT VII DIARY FROM POWVETS.COM
MY FATHER SELDOM SPOKE OF HIS WARTIME EXPERIENCES NOT WANTING TO BURDEN HIS FAMILY UNDULY . . . . . AND YET THOSE EXPERIENCES REMAINED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS OF "THE SPECIAL GENERATION"
[page break]
[circled E] 1 C.
[underlined] DISTANCES MARCHED [/underlined]
[underlined] FROM STALAG LUFT 7 TO 3A [/underlined]
BANKAU TO WINTERFIELD = 30KM
WINTERFIELD TO KARLSRUHE = 20KM
KARLSRUHE TO PUGWITZ = 41KM
PUGWITZ TO GROSSER JEWITZ2 = 20KM
GROSSER JEWITZ2 TO WANSEN = 25KM
WANSEN TO HEIDERSDORF = 30KM
HEIDERSDORF TO PLAFFENDORF = 20KM
PLAFFENDORF TO PETERSWITZ = 21KM
PETERSWITZ TO PRAUNITZ = 12KM
PRAUNITZ TO GOLDBERG = 8KM
TOTAL DISTANCE MARCHED = 227KM
1400 PRISONERS OF WAR STARTED THE MARCH THROUGH THE SNOW AND ICE OF WINTER, TEMPERATURES FALLING WELL BELOW ZERO.
LESS THAN A THOUSAND SURVIVED.
[underlined] POW CAMPS AND DURATION IN EACH CAMP [/underlined]
[a] CAMP NO [b] LOCATION [c] DATE
1 [a] PONT-LEVEO (TC) [b] FRANCE [c] 18/7/44 – 25/7/44
2 [a] CHARTRES (TC) [b] FRANCE [c] 26/7/44 – 30/7/44
3 [a] STALAG-LUFT 7 [b] GERMANY [c] 11/8/44 – 18/1/45
4 [a] STALAG-LUFT 3A [b] GERMANY SOUTH BERLIN [c] 9/2/45 – 9/5/45
[d] DURATION IN CAMP [e] TRAVEL TIME BETWEEN CAMPS [f] TRANSPORT
1 [d] 7 DAYS [e] FROM 1 TO 2 1 DAY
2 [d] 4 DAYS [e] FROM 2 TO 3 12 DAYS [f] CATTLE TRUCKS
3 [d] 5 MONTHS 7 DAYS [e] FROM 3 TO 4 22 DAYS [f] ENFORCED EVACUATION AND MARCH + CATTLE TRUCKS
4 [d] 3 MONTHS [f] "OPERATION EXODUS" HOME
SEE GENERAL QUESTIONAIRE FOR BRITISH/AMERICAN EX POW
[page break]
[circled E] 1A
[underlined] EVACUATION FROM STALAG LUFT 7 [/underlined]
AFTER BEING INCARCERATED FOR FIVE MONTHS AND 7 DAYS IN STALAG LUFT VII AT BANKAU, CLOSE TO THE POLISH BORDER; ON THE MORNING OF 17th JANUARY 1945 AT APPROXIMATELY 1100 HRS THE POWS RECEIVED NOTICE OF ONE HOUR IN WHICH TO BE READY TO LEAVE THE CAMP.
THEY WERE ALSO INFORMED BY ONE "OBER FELDWEBELFRANK" THAT FOR EVERY MAN THAT FELL OUT OF THE COLUMN ON THE MARCH, FIVE MEN WOULD BE SHOT . . . . . ALTHOUGH THIS ORDER WAS NOT GIVEN IN WRITING.
[underlined] IN THE EVENT THE "START" WAS POSTPONED UNTIL 1530HRS ON JANUARY 19TH [/underlined]
A WRITTEN ACCOUNT BY GEORGE B THOMSON, SCOTTISH SALTIRE BRANCH, A.C.A ADDRESSED "FOR THE ATTENTION OF THE SWISS COMMISSION, ACTING AS PROTECTIVE POWER"
ALSO, "ONE SOLDIERS TALE" . . . . . BANKAU STALAG LUFT VII DIARY FROM POWVETS.COM
MY FATHER SELDOM SPOKE OF HIS WARTIME EXPERIENCES NOT WANTING TO BURDEN HIS FAMILY UNDULY . . . . . AND YET THOSE EXPERIENCES REMAINED THROUGHOUT HIS LIFE ALONG WITH COUNTLESS OTHERS OF "THE SPECIAL GENERATION"
[page break]
[circled E] 1 C.
[underlined] DISTANCES MARCHED [/underlined]
[underlined] FROM STALAG LUFT 7 TO 3A [/underlined]
BANKAU TO WINTERFIELD = 30KM
WINTERFIELD TO KARLSRUHE = 20KM
KARLSRUHE TO PUGWITZ = 41KM
PUGWITZ TO GROSSER JEWITZ2 = 20KM
GROSSER JEWITZ2 TO WANSEN = 25KM
WANSEN TO HEIDERSDORF = 30KM
HEIDERSDORF TO PLAFFENDORF = 20KM
PLAFFENDORF TO PETERSWITZ = 21KM
PETERSWITZ TO PRAUNITZ = 12KM
PRAUNITZ TO GOLDBERG = 8KM
TOTAL DISTANCE MARCHED = 227KM
1400 PRISONERS OF WAR STARTED THE MARCH THROUGH THE SNOW AND ICE OF WINTER, TEMPERATURES FALLING WELL BELOW ZERO.
LESS THAN A THOUSAND SURVIVED.
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“Ron Carter's Prisoner of War Record,” IBCC Digital Archive, accessed May 14, 2025, https://ibccdigitalarchive.lincoln.ac.uk/omeka/collections/document/41899.
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