POW Trains (1)

The following men were on the POW train that departed Rennes on 3 August 1944. The train was strafed while it was parked in the Langeais Train Station due to the rails ahead having been destroyed by Allied bombers.

(courtesy of Jo Shipley)

Line Nr	Name	Rank	ASN	Wound	POW Camp	Fate
33	Mulvihill, Joseph P	Pvt	32216529	penetrating wound middle third left thigh	Stalag 7A	Died Nov 1980
39	Mays, Walter J.	Pvt	35421282	GSW right hip, fracture radius	Stalag 7A	Unknown
49	De Vay, Cyril K	Pfc	38171694	perforating wound right shoulder	N/A	Killed 6 Aug 1944
50	Demciak, Paul	Cpl	33359781	perforating wound right shoulder	Escaped	Still living
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51	Tumlin, William	Pvt	14139805	unknown	Stalag 3C	Died Jun 2005
62	Hogarty, William	Pfc	11130536	Perforating wound right thigh	Stalag 4B	Living?
72	Kiley, Robert	Pfc	11106372	Shrapnel right eye removed	Stalag 7A	Died Jun 1946
128	Lewellen, R. B.	Pvt	38098343	Amputated left hand and bullet left leg	Transferred to Chartres 24.Jul 1944	Died Jun 2009
146	Schlegel, Jack	Sgt	12190855	None	Transferred to E.P.S.*	Living
172	Dushensky, Vincent	Pvt	32856834	Shrapnel left thigh	Stalag 7A	Died Apr 1991
193	Robnolte, Archie	Pvt	35399793	Shrapnel left thigh	Stalag 7A	Died Mar 1992
211	Maraman, Mack	Pvt	35700827	GSW left elbow	Stalag 7A	Died Jul 1973
227	Brathor, Mervyn	Pvt	33726802	GSW left hand	unknown	Died Jul 1989
256	Crouch, John	Pvt	15061347	GSW (Rifle) Pen Wound, left shoulder, Lac W, Rt Scapular [sic] Area	Stalag 7A	Died Dec 1998
Note 1: Paul Demciak escaped, read of his exploits here
Note 2: Cyril De Vay was among the forty Allied POWs killed during a strafing attack of this POW train. See the actual train car now used as a memorial.
Note 3: R.B. Lewellen landed in Gourbesville and quickly engaged in a firefight with wounds that cost him a hand. Red his personal account
Note 4: JO SHIPLEY: "EPS = Ecole Primaire Superieure or something like that. It’s the name of a Catholic girls school in Rennes that was converted to a hospital in 1939 by the French. After France fell to the Germans, the Germans used [it] as a POW hospital. The school still stands today and is used as a high school. It is now called the Jean Mace School."