WW2 Era Postcard Written by Allied POW while in German POW camp.

[Heartfeltzero]

The postcard was written by an E. Wells. He was a Bombardier. His prisoner number was 36841. The camp he was at was Stalag XXI A in schildburg, Poland. It’s dated March 15th 1942. I’m guessing he was shot down while in an aircraft considering he had been a Bombardier but I’m not positive about that. The letter was addressed to a Reverend back in the states. The letter reads:

“15th March 1942

Dear Padre, I wrote in reply to your letter many months ago. I was so proud to get your letter and shall treasure it always. I am on list of wounded due for repatriation and have on one occasion journeyed from Silesia to Rouen, France en route for home only to get news “Hitch in negotiations.” Our host are treating us decently. I sometimes long for a chesterfield,

E. Wells”

I think he may be a British Serviceman as it seems he was there for many months, which would have been too early in the war for an American to have been captured as the US only entered the war just 3 months before this postcard was written.

[Willmore]

Hi JB.

Very interesting, thank you for sharing this with us.

I found a little bit of information about the POW camp.

Stalag XXIA
Stalag XXIA

Kind regards,

Will.

[BlackCat1982]

Nice letter, a pity he didn't use his full name.

[Heartfeltzero]

Agreed

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Hi Will,

Thank you for the info!

Good day,

JB