From Wikipedia.
The KLB Club, which stood for Konzentrations lager Buchenwald Club, was formed October 12, 1944 of 168 Allied fliers imprisoned there. Two died of disease, but the others managed to make it out alive.
Of the 168, 82 were American, 48 British and 26 Canadian.
They were held between August 20 and October 19th.
They were there because Hitler had ordered the execution of Allied fliers shot down and caught wearing civilian clothing. Many were turned in after being shot down by traitors in the French Resistance which might have been how Joe Moser ended up being captured.
Never Heard of This Group before. GreGen
The USS North Carolina (BB-55) My all-time favorite warship. As an elementary school student in North Carolina, I donated nickels and dimes to save this ship back in the early sixties.
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