Wauwilermoos internment camp
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Wauwilermoos was an internment camp and prisoner-of-war penal camp in Switzerland during World War II. It was situated in the municipalities of Wauwil and Egolzwil in the Canton of Lucerne. Establishe
Aerial photograph of the Wauwilermoos camp area in mid-1944
Wauwilermoos camp in late 1944
USAAF B-17 and B-24 bombers interned at Dübendorf airfield
Wauwilermoos moorland
Swiss Air Force
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The Swiss Air Force is the air component of the Swiss Armed Forces, established on 31 July 1914, three days after the outbreak of World War I, as a part of the army and in October 1936 as an independe
Wauwilermoos internment camp
…Starting in 1943 Switzerland attempted to shoot down American and British aircraft, mainly bombers, overflying Switzerland. Six aircraft were downed by Swiss Air Force fighters and nine by anti-aircraft cannons; 36 airmen were killed. In addition there were 137 emergency landings during the war. Officers were interned…
Swiss Bf 109-E3
Swiss P-51D
DH112 Venom Mk1R
DH100 Vampire Mk6