For Research French POW records?

[Claudius]

Hello;

I have been meaning to ask this question for a while and I was recently asked by a collector;

Are there French records of German POWs?

I am trying to cross-confirm the pilot, Ldr Kurt Luedtke (and his observer/gunner, name?) that were shot down and captured by the French on January 31, 1918. Between the front lines and Paris.

What POW camp was he taken to?

What was name of his Observer/gunner?

Thank you in advance for any information you can give me.

[Chris Boonzaier]

Apparently they discovered an archive at the red cross in Geneva where wounds, POWs etc. etc... were stored. I imagine they were the hub that this info was exchanged over.

I read somewhere that they wanted it all online by 2014

[Claudius]

Apparently they discovered an archive at the red cross in Geneva where wounds, POWs etc. etc... were stored. I imagine they were the hub that this info was exchanged over.

I read somewhere that they wanted it all online by 2014

Thanks for the infomation!

So I guess I have to wait two years.

Did you read that recently or was that a few years ago and the goal to have it done by 2014?

[Chris Boonzaier]

Hi,

it is here...

http://www.wargravesheritage.org.uk/records.html

[Chris Boonzaier]

This is better...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/7940540.stm