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Camp Lucky
Strike
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tensions were building between Russia and
the Allies and the fate of the POWs was uncertain until the 8th Air
Force flew into Barth and rescued the POWs in a massive airlift called
"Operation Revival". The Russians had liberated the camp on
May 1 and on May 12,13 & 14, 1945 approximately 9,000 prisoners of
war at Stalag Luft I were flown out of Barth, Germany and back into
Allied control. Royal Air Force POWs were flown back to England
and the American POWs were flown to Camp
Lucky Strike northeast of Le Havre,
France, where they were processed and waited for a liberty ship to
return to the states. |
  Overview of former Camp
grounds looking from north to south. The aircraft depicted is a Fouga
Magister and was a popular French Air Force Trainer. Behind the plane
is the concrete runway which was in the center of the camp. Photo taken
by Gregor Dürbaum, July 1999, contributed to Skylighters by
Frank Dowell.
The rows and rows of tents as layed out in photo at right.   |
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