British POWs at Courtrai

Notes:

A group of British and French prisoners pose for a photograph at a prisoner collection center in Courtrai, Belgium. The photograph included Lt. Pat O'Brien, an American who served as a pilot with the Royal Flying Corps, who was shot down behind enemy lines (he is standing in the center of the photograph behind the seated German guard). O'Brien paid a German guard a Mark for the photograph.

Date Created:

1917-01-01T00:00:00Z

Data Provider:

Western Michigan University. Libraries

Subject Topic:

Germany, Capture, British POWs, French POWs, Courtrai, Belgium, World War 1914-1918, Diplomatic History, European History, Military History, and Political History

Rights:

No Copyright - United States. Physical ownership of materials: Pat O’Brien, Outwitting the Hun. My Escape from a German Prison Camp, London: Heinemann, 1918, 70B.

URL:

https://scholarworks.wmich.edu/wwi_pow_camps/188