More RAF POW names

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All of the following were POW's at Camstigal-bei-Pillau in East Prussia in the late Fall of 1918.

1. H. B. Evans of Cape Town, South Africa

2. R. Paisley Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland

3. A. Rintoul of Sydney, Australia

4. A.V. Jones, Shropshire, England

5. John Doe, Bermuda (yes that was his real name!)

Seeking info on any and all of these men.

[ONEALM]

Tom -

All from Henshaw's superb book....I can only take credit for typing (and any typos....),

1. H. B. Evans of Cape Town, South Africa
POW 17 June 1918
148 Squadron. Captured with Lt. HS Collett in FE-2b A'6409 @ 22h10.


2. R. Paisley Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland
POW 29 June 18
65 Squadron. Camel B'7829. Last seen near Guillaucourt at 20h45. Possibly downed by Vzfw Max Kahlow of Jasta 34 who made a Camel claim

3. A. Rintoul of Sydney, Australia
POW 1 June 18
4 Sq AFC. See to go down under control near Bac St.Maur at 15h50 in Camel C'8231. Possibly downed by Schoenfelder of Jasta 7

4. A.V. Jones, Shropshire, England
WIA, POW 10 May 18
80 Squadron. Camel D'6457. Possibly downed by Steinhauser of Jasta 11

5. John Doe, Bermuda (yes that was his real name!)
POW 26 June 18
48 Squadron. Bristol F2B C'818.Downed near Villers Brettoneaux probably by AA fire at around 5 AM.

Mike

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Originally Posted by ONEALM

Tom -

All from Henshaw's superb book....I can only take credit for typing (and any typos....),

1. H. B. Evans of Cape Town, South Africa
POW 17 June 1918
148 Squadron. Captured with Lt. HS Collett in FE-2b A'6409 @ 22h10.


2. R. Paisley Whyte of Edinburgh, Scotland
POW 29 June 18
65 Squadron. Camel B'7829. Last seen near Guillaucourt at 20h45. Possibly downed by Vzfw Max Kahlow of Jasta 34 who made a Camel claim

3. A. Rintoul of Sydney, Australia
POW 1 June 18
4 Sq AFC. See to go down under control near Bac St.Maur at 15h50 in Camel C'8231. Possibly downed by Schoenfelder of Jasta 7

4. A.V. Jones, Shropshire, England
WIA, POW 10 May 18
80 Squadron. Camel D'6457. Possibly downed by Steinhauser of Jasta 11

5. John Doe, Bermuda (yes that was his real name!)
POW 26 June 18
48 Squadron. Bristol F2B C'818.Downed near Villers Brettoneaux probably by AA fire at around 5 AM.

Mike

Hot Dog! Good Ol' Mike comes through again and again! Gonna give you some serious kudos in the book! Which by the way should be fairly soon. Speaking of books Mike, of which book are you referencing?

[ONEALM]

Tom -

No sweat providing this, as I mentioned, I'm just typing.

The Sky Their Battlefield: Air Fighting and the Complete List of Allied Air Casualties from Enemy Action in the First War: British, Commonswealth, and United States Air Services 1914 to 1918

I suspect Grahame or one of our other British forumites might add to this a bit, but if you get a copy of Henshaw's book, you will not be disappointed....

-Mike

[Graeme]

Tom

Whyte was last seen over Guillaucourt while the location of Kahlow's claim was west of Caix; Guillaucourt is 4 Km north of Caix. The match seems reasonable.

Rintoul was last seen at 15:30 (16:30 German time) near Bac St Maur; Schönfelder's claim was made at 16:10 over Laventie, about 4 Km south-west of Bac St Maur. It is possible that Rintoul's engine was hit in the combat.

On 10 May 1918, Oblt Erich Rüdiger von Wedel, Ltn Werner Steinhäuser and Ltn Joachim Adolf Wolff, all of Jasta 11, claimed three Camels around Chipilly, Chérisy and to the south of Sailly-Laurette; 80 Sqn lost five Camels in this general area - Lt C G S Shields (Kia in Camel D6619); 2nd Lt A V Jones (Pow in Camel D6457); 2nd Lt G A Whately (Kia in Camel D6419); 2nd Lt A W Rowden (Kia in Camel B2463); Lt H V Barker (Wia in Camel D6591). I wouldn't like to say who got whom.

Doe is Joseph Eldon Doe; he might well have been known as 'John Doe'.

Graeme

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I found a quote from Lt. Rintoul on an web-site for the Australian Flying Corps;http://www.southsearepublic.org/tag/...g%20Corps/read

For instance this repatriation report by Lt Rintoul shows how effective the Royal Navy's blockade of Germany had been in limiting food supply by late 1918 - Germany was on the point of starvation;

was then in turn taken to the following lagers - Karlsruhe (1 month), where the treatment was considerate. Landshut, Bavaria (6 Weeks), where I met Lieutenant Flight and Lieutenant Feez (now repatriated). There the treatment was harsh. Fort Prince Karl Ingolstadt (3 weeks) with French Officers. Fort Ten (1 month) in the same district, where we had fair treatment although on one occasion we were fired upon by German sentries, for cheering three re-captured prisoners. Kamatigall (East Prussia) 6 weeks until the Armistice was signed when all restrictions were withdrawn.

Food was very bad, but the Red Cross parcels were good though not too regular, being occasionally held up owing to German methods. Medical treatment was bad, also the sanitary arrangements.