Lt Frank Hawkins nickname is "PANCHO", his B-25 named the GREEN EYES, had his Nick-Name painted on the Co-Pilot side of the ship, "PANCHO"….. Frank and his Crew were shot down in the B-25 GREEN EYES #41-13102

WAR-Diary; 13 Oct 42:

381stBS: War Diary of: Hawkins, Frank B., 2Lt, pilot

“The saw mill at Lake Hamilton was wonderful - from the logs in the water to the mill, and, then; right to the buildings here that they are building with the lumber. They really work hard down at that mill (Pay $300.) a month). Lt. Katzenbach bought a "husky dog” today. Cost him $35.00 but the men would rather have had two quarts of whiskey (worth $20.00 a bottle up here). I wrote a few letters today. Tomorrow we are hoping to get off to BW-1. Some of the boys made the trip today. Dog's name is ‘Spot of Scotch.’”

Katzenbach, Nicholas D. "Katz", 2Lt, navigator

POW; 23 Feb.1943; CC 21 Chieti Italy 42-14 (Last date of Report 5 April,1946)

Introduction: (Names in the link below)

This list of Allied prisoners who were held in Camp 59 during World War II is certainly incomplete. Included here are the names of all the men I know to have been held at the camp. I trust that the list will continue to grow over time.

Concerning the nationalities of prisoners of Camp 59, Giuseppe Millozzi, in his splendid study of Allied Prisoners of War in the Region of the Marche and Prison Camp at Servigliano, writes:

“According to the Italian military authority, in March 1943 Servigliano’s camp held: 1,445 British; 464 Americans; 4 French

“For a total of 1913 POWs, it should be noting that with ‘British’ Italian Authorities included other nationalities—Irish, Canadians, Cypriots, New Zealanders, Australians, Poles, South Africans, Palestinians (2), Maltese (2), Rhodesians (1) and Norwegians (6). Figures of other nationalities of the above POWs are in the Swiss Red Cross report that covers the same period. In the latter the total figure of POWs is 1902 and the slight difference of 11 POWs between the two totals is not of significance.

“During 1943 many English POWs were transferred to Sforzacosta’s prison camp (CPG 53) and also to various working camps in North Italy in order to make space for American POWs. In fact the number of the latter increased from 445 in March ’43 to 913 two months later, that is in June when the Red Cross delegates inspected the camp for the last time. The number of English POWs in the same span of time decreased from 1,337 to 313.

“All the POWs present in the camp escaped en masse the evening of 14 September 1943; exactly six days after the Armistice had been announced.”

The following list includes the 253 Americans identified in the U.S. National Archives database of WW II POWs as “returned to Military Control, Liberated or Repatriated from CC 59 Ascoli Picenzo Italy 43-13,” (or who died while prisoners).

Many American servicemen who were recaptured after the September breakout are recorded in the database as repatriated from German-controlled stalags. In the National Archives, the camp listed for each prisoner was the last camp they were interned in; some were held in a number of camps.

My sources for information about British and other non-American Allied prisoners have been less official. I am pleased to have been contacted by many in the UK whose fathers, grandfathers, and uncles were interned in the camp. I am grateful for the wealth of information they have sent me to share on this site.

I have recorded below names, military ranks and units, and notes concerning capture, internment, escape, and repatriation. The Survivors of Camp 59 site as a whole contains much more information—interviews, photos, and newspaper stories—on many of these fellows in individual posts. Use the site’s search feature to hunt for more information on any individual POW.

http://camp59survivors.wordpress.com/list-of-camp-59-prisoners/

Frank B Hawkins