Hooper, R. S (Bob)
…before the end of the war. His second escape was with 18 others through a tunnel they had dug at PG 57 at Gruppignano, near Udine, on 30 October 1942…
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Faulkes, John (Ted)
Summary Ted Faulkes was captured in July 1942 at El-Alamein. He spent the first five months of captivity in appalling desert PoW camps, before being transported to PC 57 Gruppignano…
Johnston, Roy
…is killed when ship is torpedoed. Taken through Corinth Canal to Bari and out to camp at Altamura. Put on train for days to Gruppignano. Hunger. Tunnel escape before Armistice….
PoW camps
…BUSSETO (Piacenza) Work PG 57 GRUPPIGNANO (Near Udine) Junior Off. & Other Ranks PG 59 SERVIGLIANO (Ascoli Piceno) Junior Off. & Other Ranks PG 60 COLLE COMPITE (Lucca) Junior Off….
Rocco, Felice – alias Vacca, Phil
Summary Felice Domenick Rocco, known in the U.S. Army as Phil Vacca, was captured in January 1943 and taken to Camp P.G. 59. The camp had a large prison population,…