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Missing in action (MIA) is a casualty classification assigned to combatants, military chaplains, combat medics, and prisoners of war who are reported missing during wartime or ceasefire. They may have been killed , wounded , captured , executed , or deserted .
The Casualty Branch of the Royal Air Force was established upon the outbreak of war in September 1939. [2] Within the Casualty Branch, a separate office called the Missing Research Section (MRS) was established in January 1942, which had to operate from within offices in the United Kingdom until D-Day, when the MRES became an official entity. [3]
Pages in category "Missing in action of World War II" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 253 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
This is a list of United States Armed Forces general officers and flag officers who were killed in World War II. The dates of death listed are from the attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941 to the surrender of Japan on 2 September 1945, when the United States was officially involved in World War II. Included are generals and admirals who ...
Grachegg, an Austrian equestrian who competed in the individual dressage event at the 1928 Summer Olympics, was reported to be missing in action during World War II. [173] 15 May 1945 Franjo Babić: 37 Maribor, Slovenia Croatian writer and journalist Babić attempted to flee to the Allies, but was presumably killed by Yugoslav Partisans near ...
Missing in action of World War II (253 P) Pages in category "1940s missing person cases" The following 181 pages are in this category, out of 181 total.
An additional 3,576,300 were captured by the Soviets, 442,100 of whom died. Finland and the Axis suffered the loss of 668,200 men as killed in action, missing in action against the Soviet forces or for non-combat reasons on the Eastern Front. An additional 800,000 Axis and Finnish soldiers were captured by the Soviets, 137,800 of whom died. [13]
This is a list of Royal Navy ships and personnel lost during World War II, from 3 September 1939 to 1 October ... 820 missing in action and 14,663 wounded in action. [1]