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Notable inmates

  • Frank L. Gailer Jr.
    Frank L. Gailer Jr.
    1923–2018 · military personnel

    Frank Lewis Gailer Jr.

  • Vermont Garrison
    Vermont Garrison
    1915–1994 · military officer

    Vermont Garrison (October 29, 1915 – February 14, 1994) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, and a flying ace credited with 17.33 victories in aerial combat.

  • Hubert Zemke
    Hubert Zemke
    1914–1994 · military officer

    Colonel Hubert Zemke (March 14, 1914 – August 30, 1994) was a career officer in the United States Air Force, a fighter pilot in World War II, and a leading United States Army Air Forces ace.

  • Einar Axel Malmstrom
    Einar Axel Malmstrom
    1907–1954 · military officer

    Einar Axel Malmstrom (July 14, 1907 – August 21, 1954) was a colonel in the United States Air Force. Malmstrom was born in Chicago, Illinois to Swedish immigrants, Per O Malmström and Hanna Eklund Malmström from the area close to Kristianstad.

  • Josef Bryks
    Josef Bryks
    1916–1957 · fighter pilot

    Josef Bryks, MBE, (Czech pronunciation: [ˈjozɛv brɪks]; 18 March 1916– 11 August 1957) was a Czechoslovak cavalryman, fighter pilot, prisoner of war and political prisoner. In 1940 he escaped the German occupation of Czechoslovakia and joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve.

  • Lech Stanisław Laszkiewicz
    1921–2021
  • Hedley Fowler
    Hedley Fowler
    1916–1944 · aircraft pilot

    Hedley Nevile 'Bill' Fowler (8 June 1916 – 26 March 1944) was a British Royal Air Force pilot who became a prisoner of war and successfully escaped from Oflag IV-C at Colditz during the Second World War.

  • Gabby Gabreski
    Gabby Gabreski
    1919–2002 · military officer

    Francis Stanley "Gabby" Gabreski (born Franciszek Stanisław Gabryszewski; January 28, 1919 – January 31, 2002) was a Polish-American career pilot in the United States Air Force who retired as a colonel after 26 years of military service.

  • Bohdan Arct
    Bohdan Arct
    1914–1973 · fighter pilot

    Bohdan Arct (born 27 May 1914 in Warsaw – 14 May 1973 in Siedlce, Poland) was a Polish fighter pilot of the Polish Air Forces in France and Great Britain in World War II, and writer. Arct fought in the Polish armed forces until the fall of Poland at the beginning of World War II.

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World Prisons. (2026). Stalag Luft I. Retrieved October 23, 2026, from https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-luft-i
Chicago
"Stalag Luft I." World Prisons. Accessed October 23, 2026. https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-luft-i.
BibTeX
@misc{worldprisons-stalag-luft-i,
  author = {{World Prisons}},
  title = {Stalag Luft I},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://worldprisons.com/prisons/stalag-luft-i},
  urldate = {2026-10-23}
}