2013

NS3219 : Site of Doonfoot POW Camp

taken 11 years ago, near to Doonfoot, South Ayrshire, Scotland

Site of Doonfoot POW Camp
Site of Doonfoot POW Camp
During the Second World War, the area now occupied by private housing at Doonfoot was the location of two POW camps, numbers 14 & 112. December 1944 saw the biggest POW escape in the UK when 97 Italians tunnelled out. However, nearly all were recaptured quickly and easily, after having to light fires to keep themselves warm in the Scottish winter. One of the British guards commented at the end of the war that his prisoners were not SS, just ordinary soldiers wanting to get home. There's no trace of the POW camp now.

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NS3219, 144 images   (more nearby 🔍)
Photographer
Mary and Angus Hogg   (more nearby)
Date Taken
Saturday, 23 February, 2013   (more nearby)
Submitted
Sunday, 24 February, 2013
Subject Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3205 1902 [10m precision]
WGS84: 55:26.1709N 4:39.3717W
Camera Location
OSGB36: geotagged! NS 3206 1903
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Southwest (about 225 degrees)
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