soc.history.war.world-war-ii

Hi,

"samos" skrev i melding
news:6c86a3e2-f11e-46ab-9727-f58e4a89f715@t54g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
> some airecrew lynching links:
>
> Adrian Gilbert, POW: Allied Prisoners in Europe, 1939-1945, John
> Murray (London, 2006) at 35. After the war, the Allies prosecuted a
> number of German civilians who had engaged in the lynching of downed
> Allied aircrews.


Can I look up anywhere ...:

Is a downed airman per definition a POW?
Would he consider himself a combatant?
Would his own forces expect him to be a combatant (behind enemy lines),
or to turn himself in as a POW?
If he is not (yet) taken prisoner, what status will a civilian have if he
kills the downed airman?
What status do civilians have vis a vis members of enemy armed forces in
case of war?
Can they engage in combat (kill them), or is that murder?

In case of capture (making him a regular POW):
Can civilians capture a member of enemy armed forces in case of war?



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