Prison Camp

A corner of a military prison camp with watchtower and barbed wire. Signed and dated. Capece was in a German POW camp beginning in 1944 so the date of 1942 is curious. A corner of a military prison camp with watchtower and barbed wire. Signed and dated. Capece was in a German POW camp beginning in 1944 so the date of 1942 is curious. Served with the U.S. Army Air Force in Italy and his B-17 bomber was shot down over Germany in June 13, 1944. Captured, he was interned in Stalag Luft 3 until liberated the following year.

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Original record: Prison Camp
Collection: Prints, Drawings and Watercolors from the Anne S.K. Brown Military Collection
Date(s): 1942
Usage: Collection is open for research.
Rights Statement: No Copyright - United States
Creator(s): Capece, William B., 1919-1997 (artist)
Subject(s): U.S. Army Air Force
Watercolors (Paintings)
World War, 1939-1945
Type: still image

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