Remi DeLouche, a B-25 co-pilot, was shot down over Italy in 1943 and managed to be captured by the Italians, freed and then captured by the Germans without his family ever getting word that he was anything other than missing in action. He ended up at Stalag Luft III shortly after the Great Escape.
http://ww2thebigone.com/2016/04/05/missing-in-action/
Captured by Italians and Germans, but listed as MIA
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Re: Captured by Italians and Germans, but listed as MIA
And has what do do with WW2 in the Pacific and Asia?
"There are two kinds of people who are staying on this beach: those who are dead and those who are going to die. Now let’s get the hell out of here".
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
Col. George Taylor, 16th Infantry Regiment, Omaha Beach
Re: Captured by Italians and Germans, but listed as MIA
one of my step uncles was captured in North africa by the germans but was listed as dead, his family informed and his girl stopped waiting and married someone else. he returned after the war to Australia , to everyone's surprise.