embassy events 2009

U.S. Military Searching For World War II Era Missing Americans in Poland

20 March 2009 

Members of the U.S. Department of Defense’s Prisoner of War/Missing Personnel Office in Washington, DC, will be visiting Poland 17 April- 1 May, 2009, to conduct research and interviews in connection with several unresolved cases of American servicemen missing since World War II.  In addition to traveling to Warsaw for research, the team will visit many sites throughout Poland to include Szczecin, Kostrzyn, Swidnica, Myslakowice and Krakow. The researchers will be assisted by U.S. Embassy Warsaw’s Defense Attaché Office and are requesting information from anyone who may have knowledge of incidents potentially related to missing American servicemen in Poland. 

U.S. researchers are particularly interested in information related to aircraft shoot downs, crash sites, the capture or burial of persons believed to have been U.S. servicemen, and any groups who may have aided downed air crews.  Those who have information are requested to please e-mail or call the U.S. Embassy (at 022 504 2636 or email: usdaowarsaw@state.gov).