I recently acquired a large lot of photographs, documents, letters and other items that came from the estate of Major General Andrew S. Low Jr. US AIR FORCE (Ret) (1917-2000). Among these items was this small hand drawn map of southeast Germany. Upon graduation from West point Low completed pilot and combat crew training, and instructed briefly in four-engine bomber crew training units. In September 1943 he was ordered to the 453rd Bombardment Group (B-24 Liberator) as assistant group operations officer and arrived in England with this unit in January 1944. He became a squadron commander, then group operations officer and flew 16 combat missions. On his 16th mission, July 31, 1944 his aircraft was shot down by antiaircrft fire over ludwigshafen, Germany and spent the remainder of the war in a hospital and prison camp. Low was prisoner number 7044 and was imprisoned in Stalag Luft 3 (the POW camp that was made famous by \"THE GREAT ESCAPE\").
This small 7 x 11 inch map of southeast Germany was hand drawn with a pencil. The map shows the Auto Bahn and other roads as well as canals and railroads. The largest city on the map is Nurumberg. I found this map in a folder that contained numerous Prisoner Of War related items that belonged to General Low. Low arrived at Stalag Luft III after the so called \"GREAT ESCAPE\" sometime in the Fall of 1944 and was there until the camp was liberated in January of 1945. As with all my items I am starting this sale at $9.99 with !
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Stalag Luft IIIGerman:Stammlager LuftPart ofLuftwaffeSagan, Lower Silesia, Germany
(now Żagań, Poland)Model of the set used to film the movieThe Great Escape.It depicts a smaller version of a single compound inStalag Luft III. The model is now at the museum near where the prison camp was located.Stalag Luft IIISagan, Germany (pre-war borders, 1937)Coordinates51.5986°N 15.3075°ETypePrisoner-of-war campSite informationControlledbyNazi GermanySite historyInuseMarch 1942– January 1945EventsThe \"Great Escape\"Garrison Wilhelm von Lindeiner-WildauOccupantsAllied air crews

Stalag Luft III(German:Stammlager Luft III; literally \"Main Camp, Air, III\"; SLIII) was aLuftwaffe-runprisoner of war(POW)campduringWorld War II, which held capturedWestern Alliedair forcepersonnel.

TheStalagwas established in March 1942 in theGermanprovince of Lower Silesianear the town ofSagan(nowŻagań, Poland), 160 kilometres (100 miles) south-east ofBerlin. The site was selected because its sandy soil made it difficult for POWs to escape by tunnelling.

It is best known for two escape plots by Allied POWs.

• One in 1943 that became the basis of a fictionalised film,The Wooden Horse(1950), based on a book by escapeeEric Williams.
• The so-calledGreat Escapeof March 1944, which was conceived byRoyal Air ForceSquadron LeaderRoger Bushell, and was authorised by the senior British officer at Stalag Luft III,Herbert Massey. A heavily fictionalised version of the escape was depicted in a film,The Great Escape(1963), which was based on a book by former prisonerPaul Brickhill.

The camp was liberated bySovietforces in January 1945.

Major General Andrew S. Low, Jr. US Air Force (Ret) (1917-2000)

A Westerly native, Low enlisted in the Rhode Island National Guard in 1936 and graduated from West Point in 1942. He became a multi-engine instructor pilot and flew 16 B-24 missions before being shot down over Germany in 1944. He was liberated in April, 1945 after 273 days of captivity. Low stayed in the service after the war, serving in many top positions including Strategic Air Command representative at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe. He later commanded the 40th Bombardment Wing, and capped off his military career as director of aerospace programs for the Air Force. In that capacity he drove the first 747 off Boeing’s assembly line. After retiring from the military in 1971, General Low continued his service to his country by teaching at military bases through America and Europe until he retired again in 1987.

MAJOR GENERAL ANDREW S. LOW JR.

Retired March 01,1971

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Major General Andrew Stevenson Low Jr., is director of aerospace programs, Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff, Programs and Resources, Headquarters U.S. Air Force. He is responsible for overall control in formulating, directing and amending Air Force programs in accordance with decisions rendered by higher authorities. This includes analyzing and evaluating program and force projections for balance, phasing and feasibility in relation to availability of resources.General Low was born in Westerly, R.I., in 1917, and completed public school there. He attended Rhode Island College of Education for three years, and left to enter the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y. He was awarded a bachelor of science degree and a commission as second lieutenant from the latter in 1942. In 1963 he was awarded a master of arts degree in international affairs from The George Washington University.In June 1936 General Low enlisted in Battery \"E\", 243rd Coast Artillery (HD), Rhode Island National Guard, and served in the National Guard until he entered the U.S. Military Academy.Upon graduation from West Point he completed pilot and combat crew training, and instructed briefly in four-engine bomber crew training units. In September 1943 he was ordered to the 453rd Bombardment Group (B-24 Liberator) as assistant group operations officer and arrived in England with this unit in January 1944.He became a squadron commander, then group operations officer, and flew 16 combat missions. On his 16th mission, July 31, 1944, his aircraft was shot down by antiaircraft fire over Ludwigshafen, Germany, and he spent the remainder of the war in a hospital and prison camp.Upon liberation, General Low was assigned to G-2, War Department General Staff in Washington, D.C. In 1947 he was transferred to the newly constituted Office of the Secretary of the Air Force as assistant executive officer.In 1950 he entered the Air Command and Staff School and attended both the Regular and Logistics courses. In May 1951 he was ordered to Headquarters Strategic Air Command, at Omaha, Neb., where he served for four years as executive officer to the director of operations. He was then transferred to Paris, France, for six months as the SAC representative at Supreme Headquarters, Allied Powers Europe.In October 1955 he was ordered to Schilling Air Force Base, Kan. After completion of B-47 transition training, he served successively as deputy commander, 40th Bombardment Wing; then director of operations, 802d Air Division; and finally as commander, 40th Bombardment Wing. He attended the Air War College, 1958-1959.General Low then was assigned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force where he served as chief, Aeronautical Systems Division, Deputy Chief of Staff for Development. He became director of systems acquisition, Deputy Chief of Staff for Systems and Logistics, in August 1961. In November 1961 he was assigned as military assistant to the assistant director (Strategic Weapons) in the Office of the Director of Defense Research and Engineering, Office of the Secretary of Defense.In July 1964 he was named deputy director of the Joint Test and Evaluation Task Force, U.S. Strike Command, MacDill Air Force Base, Fla. In August 1965 he became chief, Air Force Section, U.S. Military Mission for Aid to Turkey, and was stationed in Ankara.He returned to Headquarters U.S. Air Force in August 1967 and was named assistant for logistics planning, Deputy Chief of Staff for Systems and Logistics, and in August 1969 assumed duties as director of aerospace programs, Deputy Chief of Staff for Programs and Resources.His military decorations include the Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Air Medal with oak leaf cluster, Joint Service Commendation Medal with oak leaf cluster, Army Commendation Medal and the Purple Heart. He is authorized to wear the Missleman Badge and the wings of a command pilot in the Turkish Air Force.(Current as of Aug. 15, 1969)