German PoW Numbering

[micheellee]

I argee #32,Imo it could also be a german pow, taken in Italy and than transferred to a pow camp in africa, or taken in africa and transferred to italy.



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[Frontalschaden]

I argee #32,Imo it could also be a german pow, taken in Italy and than transferred to a pow camp in africa, or taken in africa and transferred to italy.

Hello


<= What does it mean?


Best regards, Fronti

[Simon H]

Hello


<= What does it mean?


Best regards, Fronti

Masochist?

[Karl-Heinz]

Hello my friends,
I have a "prisoner of war index card"
The man was a neighbour of me.
He is a german.
The Nr.: A 734973
sorry a can not show the card.

Regards Karl-Heinz

[doomtown]

POW number question

Hello, is "Z-225319(Z as in Zebra!) a possible POW number? I read this thread, which had this great post: http://dev.wehrmacht-awards.com/foru...85&postcount=4 where the first letter is supposed to be the nationality of the soldier. Is this set of numbers possible?
I have a questionable cap that has a few things going for it, and this is one of them.
Thanks for looking

[Simon H]

Hello Karl-Heinz & Doomtown,

The letter abbreviation before the number in both your cases does not refer to nationality. I have noted codes A-D on POW mail from axis forces imprisoned in UK and Europe and as yet have found no explanation for the letter code before the number in the case of your address card Karl-Heinz.

As for you hat Doomtown, again the "Z" should not be confused for the coding given by US forces to captured POW. Again, sadly I can't give an explanation for this abbreviation, perhaps some further research of that person might yield a link.

Thanks for your posts!

Kind Regards,
Simon

[doomtown]

Hi Simon, thanks so much for your response, I really appreciate the feedback! I meant to start a new thread entirely, but I'm glad that you responded.

[Karl-Heinz]

Hello my friends,
I have a "prisoner of war index card"
The man was a neighbour of me.
He is a german.
The Nr.: A 734973
sorry a can not show the card.

Regards Karl-Heinz

Now I can post the pic:

Karl-Heinz

[Simon H]

Thanks for posting the photo Karl-Heinz, good to see what you were talking about.

Best Wishes,
Simon

[Ian Jewison]

That is PoW Index Card for those that were interned or passed through Great Britain. On the reverse should be stamps relating to what camps he was interned in.
Those caught in Africa and early on in the war may pass through but were often sent to the States or Canada.
However they often returned to be repatriated.

The PoW Index card was Army Form W3490. It be accompanied with AF W3000 which gave his capture details.

/Ian

[Ian Jewison]

The US equivalent was the Basic Personnel Record (Alien Enemy or Prisoner of War)

/Ian

[Simon H]

Very interesting documents Ian, thanks for posting.

[KevinS]

Hello

I have absolutely no clue, what the SP means...... It is a riddle.


Best regards, Fronti

I know I'm late to this conversation, but I wanted to ask a question regarding the SP designation. I have acquired a Solbuch of a Heer soldat who has the SP in his serial number. With this Solbuch came a few documents from his time as a POW. In these papers, it is noted that he was taken prisoner in Cornuda, Italy on 26 MAY 1945...18 days after VE Day.

Could the SP designation have been used to differentiate those prisoners who surrendered after the end of the war from those who were captured while the war was still being fought? Do any of you know the date of capture of other SP designated soldats?

I know it's a crazy idea, but I thought I would throw it out for discussion at least.

Kevin

[Simon H]

I know I'm late to this conversation, but I wanted to ask a question regarding the SP designation. I have acquired a Solbuch of a Heer soldat who has the SP in his serial number. With this Solbuch came a few documents from his time as a POW. In these papers, it is noted that he was taken prisoner in Cornuda, Italy on 26 MAY 1945...18 days after VE Day.

Could the SP designation have been used to differentiate those prisoners who surrendered after the end of the war from those who were captured while the war was still being fought? Do any of you know the date of capture of other SP designated soldats?

I know it's a crazy idea, but I thought I would throw it out for discussion at least.

Kevin

Anything is possible Kevin, if you are able to post photos of your SB so we can put the details into context it may be useful. But as a great number of enemy personnel were processed after 8th May I can't see a reason to differenciate between them.

best wishes,
Simon.

[Ian Jewison]

Here's one I have had some time, he has the "Intern. Serial Number 81 SP 26,622 LP".
He was a member of Stab, Generalkommando I Fallschirmkorps so I presume he was captured in northern Italy.

/Ian