It was common to have both Air Force and Army POW,s in the same camp, but they were segregated in different compounds. The Germans did regard the Air Force as most troublesome, so were separated where they could, with additional guards, keep a close eye on them. The AF used to do whatever they could to annoy the Germans, in a pastime called Goon baiting. Dad's favourite was to transfer the use of the guards rifle to Ashtray, Mobile, POW, For The Use Of. Every opportunity was taken advantage of; once the Germans did some drill to try to impress the prisoners. Instead the POW,s went behind them and dropped butts down the rifles. One guard in particular took exception to this practice, while naturally singled him out for addition attention. This did backfire once; they would distract him, then someone else would drop the butt in, but he wasn't distracted enough and noticed Dad doing his thing. The guard went to cock his rifle, but in his haste or anger slipped the bolt right out. By the time he got the bolt back in, everyone had wisely scattered.
In Luft 6 the army was very impressed by the Man of Confidence, F Sgt Dixie Deans, who often went toe to toe with the Commandant, more often that not making his point and getting the Germans to reconsider, much to the utter amazement of the Army types.
In the waning stages of the War, PoW were incarcerated wherever room could be found. An example was the camp at Falling Bostle; originally designed to house around 20,000 prisoners, it expanded, partially with hastily constructed compounds and partially with overcrowding, to in excess of 130,000 prisoners under appalling conditions at it's peak.
Jeff